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what were the worst years of your school life? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago by therealverobiscuit@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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for me, id have to say 7th and 8th grade, but mainly 8th. full of hormonal, crazy 13 and 14 year olds who harassed me, found my number and address, and treated me like a subhuman.

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yea, I'd agree with 7th and 8th. 13-14 year olds are old enough to be relatively smart and know what things can hurt others, but young enough that most haven't fully developed a sense of empathy. While most kids are relatively good, more than a handful will exhibit literal psychopathic tendencies that would get any adult labeled as highly dangerous or criminally insane. And they locked us all inside with them.

I'm not exaggerating when I say those were the darkest days of my life. High school wasn't much better, but holy shit middle school was definitely responsible for the majority of my childhood trauma at the hands of my peers.