Board Thread:Kart Kingdom/@comment-31322722-20171012190805/@comment-31322722-20171014204431

Sesamegirl517 wrote: The state I live in the public schools are nice, of course there r rude people but the teachers are nice and most of kids are really friendly. The middle schools are not bad, the high school has som issues with boys but that is about it. High schools and elementary schools are the best, and I'm pretty sure that middle schools are bad everywhere. Besides rude people. Here are a few unfortunate situations I've faced at my old middle school (I'm in high school now).

1. The teachers

A lot of the teachers were kind of corrupt. They talked about politics, said not appropriate for school (but not inappropriate exactly) insults to other teachers, or just didn't teach at all.

2. The discipline

Of course there are bad kids at every school. You can't expect everyone to be perfectly nice. But the kids at my middle school crossed the line. A few examples would be when I was in seventh grade. It was the end of gym, and we were heading back to the locker rooms to change and get our books to get to the next class. Now, this girl had been bullying me for a while, but I don't think too much of it. On this one day though, she hadn't bothered me much until that moment, at the end of class when she downright tried to kill me. She tried to choke me, and in my internal panic and shock, I was unable to move. I had no idea what to do because the attack was so sudden. A minute had gone by when her friend came and saved me by pulling her away. That situation got taken care of a bit too late. And this other time, eigth grade, on the after school bus, there was this sixth grader who knew me very well because we used to live across the street from each other until he moved. He knew I was Jewish and said...well, he said some awful things. Not only that, but he also stole my phone and texted inappropriate things to the group chat currently open on my phone. Again, it got taken care of, but a bit too late. And I've heard some stories from my sister as well, about this guy who had a knife collection in his locker...the list goes on. Not to mention the dress code, which isn't barely ever followed. I don't know why it was like this; the school has money and stuff...and it is supposed to be a good district...

3. Getting "Swept Up"

Have you ever had the problem where some classes are just so far away? Well that won't be tolerated if you attend my middle school. This is where they go too harsh. Every month, a "sweep" is held. During the sweep, some staff members casually stand off to the side in the hallways. Once the bell rings, they take every kid in sight in that moment, and lecture them in the auditorium. Your name is taken down, and it goes on your temporary record. In fact, you miss more class time there than you possibly would on your route. The sweep system also applies when there isn't a sweep. The computer program notes if you're late 3 times. Once that happens, you're stuck in Detention for an hour. Get noted twice? An hour, for TWO DAYS. The punishment system is horrible.

4. The guidance counselors

AGH. GUIDANCE COUNSELORS. So, the guidance counselors are there to help you with scheduling, taking care of bullies, career planning, etc., so they don't sound too bad, right? WRONG. Most guidance counselors decided just not to schedule students last year. Not only that, but... ok where do I begin? Well, when I was in eighth grade, I had this class called "Honors Earth Science". I am terrible at ES, and I STUDIED. Believe me, there isn't anything more frustrating than when you're trying your best and someone says "You're not trying your best!" and punishes you for it. Well, yeah that's what happened with my guidance counselor. I realized that ES was just gonna bring down my grades. So I faked depression because 1. I was getting a bit depressed by ES. Just being in it. And 2. it might be the thing I needed to get into regular Science 8. But it only made things worse. I doodled a bit in class, and I wasn't really bad at drawing then, so naturally it didn't look quite right. It got confiscated and taken to my guidance counselor. She met with me during lunch and asked what it was, and I explained the plot of the comic, but she thought it was something violent, that I'm not going to mention. So I continued to explain but she didn't believe me. All she said was "You know what this looks like" and I got up and tried to throw it out. Because, If that's really what she's going to say to me, then my drawing deserved to die. She stopped me, and I BEGGED her to just let me finish it, but she said "not until your dad sees it on Friday". I got really angry at that. Then she wanted to take care of a bullying problem my dad hadn't reported, and I just left in tears. The next day she took me you the school psychologist and we had a friendly talk about what a bad person she was.