Never in my life have I encountered a place with as many rules and regulations that are constantly and actively followed by a bunch of teenagers (!) as is currently the case at Stevenson High School. It is so unbelievably well put together, the school is a machine. There is an amazingly low level of outrageous activity that one would expect at any high school. Rarely a fight occurs and usually the security guards step in before any true punch is thrown. Come on! What is high school without some good old-fashioned ball busting? When I lived in England the school was split into the young'uns, of which I was a part, and then after 6th grade the school was split into a boys school and a girls school. The girls are vicious - cat fights prevail and often they are accepted as normal and are left to be split up by surrounding spectators/friends which usually happens relatively fast. Would that happen at SHS if the guards disappeared? I think not. The students would be so enthralled that I bet the fight would be allowed to continue a lot longer. There's a lack of exposure here that one has to identify and analyze before appreciating. You cannot imagine what went on at the boy's school in England. Paper airplanes set on fire were thrown at the teacher, slingshots built in the back of the class made to fire markers at lightning speeds among various others. So which community better prepares one for the world outside? I clearly have my own opinion, but anyone else got one?
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