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Post by Ass_E9 on Mar 8, 2018 19:39:37 GMT
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Post by Catman on Mar 8, 2018 20:51:19 GMT
What does that even mean?
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Mar 8, 2018 21:14:46 GMT
Nope
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2018 22:59:29 GMT
No
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Post by marianne48 on Mar 9, 2018 1:05:06 GMT
Nope. My high school years were of the same era, and very similar to, the type depicted in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
We even had a student order pizza, which was delivered to our class, just like Spicoli did--except in my classmate's case, he ordered
enough pizza for the entire class (his parents were going through a divorce and wanted to buy his love, so he had money to blow on whatever his whims were) and the teacher was okay with cancelling class for that period to let us have an impromptu pizza party.
The pep rally scene in the gymnasium, with the cheerleaders desperately trying to work up some school spirit while the rest of the kids sat sullenly in the bleachers, was exactly like our pep rallies. Attendance was mandatory (or else almost no one would have shown up). At one football game, only four people showed up to watch, and the administration complained that we had no school spirit. This changed in the decades since (maybe since the town's population exploded), but in the late 1970s-early 1980s, school spirit was just not a priority.
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Post by someguy on Mar 9, 2018 2:20:11 GMT
Not really. I didn't begrudge my high school experience the way some do, but I could never feel any real emotional attachment knowing things would have pretty much been the same at any other school.
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Post by Sulla on Mar 9, 2018 2:25:35 GMT
Nope. My high school years were of the same era, and very similar to, the type depicted in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The pep rally scene in the gymnasium, with the cheerleaders desperately trying to work up some school spirit while the rest of the kids sat sullenly in the bleachers, was exactly like our pep rallies.
I love that scene! 
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Post by Sulla on Mar 9, 2018 2:30:00 GMT
Not really. The others in my school did probably because the football team was undefeated, but I never could get excited about it. Pep rallies were only good for getting out of class.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Mar 9, 2018 4:02:25 GMT
What does that even mean?   Fur example, going to school pep rallies. |
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Post by Nora on Mar 9, 2018 5:11:36 GMT
From my point of view I did, but nobody else seemed to agree with me. I was expelled from school (different schools) like 5 times, I repeated years (many times, many years) I didn't go to classes much. Wait, oh I see. they WERE right. I didnt. but fast forward 10 years later and I got two masters and a doctorate, so in the end it all kinda worked out. I think. We will see  |
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Post by Roberto on Mar 9, 2018 5:39:05 GMT
What do you mean?
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Post by Raimo47 on Mar 9, 2018 11:01:04 GMT
No.
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Post by alfromni on Mar 9, 2018 12:20:12 GMT
Hated every second at school. Played traunt like hell. I still ended up acquiring better jobs than most of my classmates. So what does that tell you?
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Post by marianne48 on Mar 9, 2018 12:31:57 GMT
What does that even mean? Now this we would have gladly come to see! |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Mar 9, 2018 12:38:51 GMT
My high school experience was kind of like Animal House, just with a lot more sex. Well, and a bit more focus on academics. too.
"School spirit"? I don't know. I had a good time, though.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Mar 9, 2018 12:43:50 GMT
I always went to pep rallies, but because I was in the band. I was in jazz band, marching band, concert band, orchestra, and since I felt that wasn't enough music classes, I even took beginning and intermediate band as an opportunity to try to learn some tenor sax. (My primary instruments are--and already were when I was in high school--drums, bass and keyboards.)
The band didn't look at pep rallies the same way as people who went because they wanted to participate in a pep rally. We were required to be there.
Since I was in marching band, I was also at every football game the school played.
And I went to every baseball game, but simply because I was also on the baseball team. I played baseball from little league through high school and even a little bit at university. Unlike with music, though, I was never more than a run-of-the-mill baseball player, and the chance that I'd ever be able to do anything with it other than languish on low-level minor league teams was pretty slim, so I didn't pursue it beyond that. It was surprising that I made my university's team even.
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Post by Nora on Mar 9, 2018 16:00:34 GMT
Hated every second at school. Played traunt like hell. I still ended up acquiring better jobs than most of my classmates. So what does that tell you? I see that often these days. School (universities especially) may be becoming somewhat obsolete. One of my friends (whom I respect very much) claims that universities will mostly go out of fashion (and need) soon. (soon being decades) That it will just make more sense to study what you determine you need to study on your own via internet resources and in specific groups that you yourself find might benefit to you. Not according to someone elses plan and idea of what you need in order to do a certain profession. Of course for jobs like medicine doctors this may never change. But for the rest of us, are universities still relevant/imporant as a way of acquiring the best knowledge? What do you think about that? In a way I agree with him (since all I know in my former profession I learned outside of school and/or completely on my own) but then again I think it takes certain kind of people to A) want to and B) be able to research and study on your own, per your own plan. |
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Post by Ass_E9 on Mar 9, 2018 17:12:24 GMT
 For example, did you happily partake in school rallies at which a mascot performs? |
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Post by Roberto on Mar 9, 2018 23:51:29 GMT
For example, did you happily partake in school rallies at which a mascot performs?  Can't say I did. |
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Post by poelzig on Mar 10, 2018 1:42:42 GMT
From my point of view I did, but nobody else seemed to agree with me. I was expelled from school (different schools) like 5 times, I repeated years (many times, many years) I didn't go to classes much. Wait, oh I see. they WERE right. I didnt. but fast forward 10 years later and I got two masters and a doctorate, so in the end it all kinda worked out. I think. We will see It's amazing how many anonymous people on message boards barely put effort into education yet have multiple degrees, numerous masters and a plethora of doctorates. There's even another snarky female from somewhere in europe on this very site that makes bigoted comments about the US. She also put zero effort into school but has several degrees, including masters and doctorates as well. I know because she seems to mention it in every post she makes. You're an online movie critic, right? In the US the only qualifications to do that are access to the internet and a keyboard. In fact the keyboard is even sort of optional. Apparently in Belgium or wherever that lofty position requires a post graduate degree. Pardon. MULTIPLE post graduate degrees. I'm guessing those are some REALLY impressive reviews though.  I kid I kid. |
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Can't say I did.