I can't speak to how horrible things are now because I'm an old fuck, but back in the 90's, here's my highlight reel: -A teacher told us if her daughter got pregnant, she would force her to get an abortion -A teacher hated me. I mean, hated me. I was quiet, did absolutely nothing wrong in her class. She often threatened to send me to the principal and get me suspended or kicked out of school. After my mom met her, she told me to keep my head down and mouth shut because that teacher had it in for me. -I had a principal who reeked of alcohol every day and slurred his words. He would frequently wander off to the parking lot in the middle of the day. No proof he was drinking on the job but, well.... -Fights were weekly at least. Sometimes you could have multiple fights in a day. -We had mentally handicapped kids in the school. They would escape their handlers and run screaming up and down the hall and into classrooms. One attacked me with scissors and I was blamed for it. -Another teacher hated me. She took me aside one day to ask me my future plans. She then told me that college was a bad idea because I'd never make it there or anywhere in life. -Lockers were frequently broken into and things stolen -Some kids didn't have lockers because there were too many kids in each school. They had to carry every single book for every single class on their backs. This might not seem like much, but we had some big honkin' books and no one had properly fitted backpacks. -Our entire cheerleading squad got too drunk to cheer while on the bus ride to a big game. They were suspended for a few days. Other kids with lesser penalties who weren't football related favorites would have been kicked out. -Drug use in bathrooms was common (if it could be smoked, it would be) -Drugs were typically bought and sold on school grounds -I saw a guy getting repeatedly molested by a group of sportsball kids. Teachers saw. Teachers didn't do anything -Sex in parking lots and in bathrooms Throughout it I didn't really learn anything except that I hated school and hated people. All the real learning I had was on my own.