Morgan wrote:
Agree, they should still be offered in High School, the schools are really lacking on how to prepare our kids for after high school. Some schools are so restrictive, that by the time kids go away to school they don't know how to stay on track with all their new found freedom and wind up failing classes.
When I was in high school, your free time was just that, you could leave the school grounds, it was your responsibility to make it back in time for class.
We had an open campus when I was in high school.. Those of us with cars would leave for lunch. I had no problem getting to class on time. They tried to impose a dress code on us though-- side burn lengths for boys and no hair touching the collar. Girls had to kneel and have their hemlines measured and bra less was expulsion. Finally a rich kid grew a mustache and sued the school to keep it and won. Then we had a student walk out. The dress code went away but they continued on the teachers. Men had to wear ties Women had to wear dresses---They walked out when they fired a male and a female teacher for dating each other.