The first date burned in my psyche is the assassination of JFK, I was in Kindergarten.

WTH??? why???

@SkotlandSkye odd little ninth graders in central PA

@SkotlandSkye, @maturin1919 Private school parents care what their kids do.

@Beowulfsfriend ok...but I graduated HS in Western PA....now I'm even more shocked by the reaction?

@SkotlandSkye It was in the middle school and specifically the ninth grade, which I would guess were led by a few as they were watching it en masse, about 220 students. Still, more than the leaders joined in.

@Beowulfsfriend that's embarrassing. I would have given them all detention and made them do reports on the Apollo missions.

@SkotlandSkye I had no authority. The principal was fairly weak and snuck out. The assistant did gave them hell and wouldn't allow the one leader to run for the student council, or some such school student position, which caused more upset the following week.

@maturin1919 I'm generalizing too much. But, many wanted the school to deal with all problems. Had a girl with a 27 year old boyfriend at 16. Now, as a mandatory reporter and new rules, i would report it to the state. Then, it went to my immediate boss who spoke to the mother, who approved. And the boss dropped it. That case was another reason I wanted to go elsewhere: the guidance counselor put his arm around my shoulder and lectured me like a life rookie, "some girls are sexual active at this age." No shit, Sherlock, I was in the military before my college. I didn't say that, but wanted too. I was a rookie teacher.

@maturin1919 they are exactly correct. Why I left teaching, the kids were fine, even the challenges.

@maturin1919 I wouldn't burn it all down. but a massive overhaul? Surely, I would agree. We are 47th in the world, so we aren't doing something right. My best classes, even with younger students were the ones I could run like a seminar, as in what we did in graduate school. Small, around a table, etc.