My high school years (US) were the late 2000s. It was okay I guess. Academically, I felt I was decently prepared for college in all areas except science. There were only a few science classes and they were mostly qualitative, while the science classes I had to take in college (I studied computer engineering) were mostly qualitative.
As far as the social environment goes, it was also okay, despite me not being one of the popular kids. I found the stereotype in media of jocks being bullies to be false, they were mostly the same as any other group, just more athletic. IME the bullies/assholes were the kids from rich families, and they were usually not that popular outside their small group.
The teachers were more or less the same as teachers in any other part of America, some cared about doing a good job, some didn't, most were somewhere in between. Politically, most seemed to be pretty standard libs/conservatives, but most avoided talking about politics. The two I remember that didn't were both libertarians, one was the German language teacher, and one was the economics teacher. I didn't think of him this way at the time, but the German teacher was pretty much the stereotypical neckbeard; he loved things like retro video games and anime, had a goatee, wore fedoras, and had pictures of himself wearing trenchcoats on his myspace profile (which I only knew about because he shared it with some students for some reason 🤔). The econ teacher was an old guy and had some high-ish level position in American Express before becoming a teacher. I think he was only a teacher because he got genuine joy from spreading capitalist propaganda.
My high school years (US) were the late 2000s. It was okay I guess. Academically, I felt I was decently prepared for college in all areas except science. There were only a few science classes and they were mostly qualitative, while the science classes I had to take in college (I studied computer engineering) were mostly qualitative.
As far as the social environment goes, it was also okay, despite me not being one of the popular kids. I found the stereotype in media of jocks being bullies to be false, they were mostly the same as any other group, just more athletic. IME the bullies/assholes were the kids from rich families, and they were usually not that popular outside their small group.
The teachers were more or less the same as teachers in any other part of America, some cared about doing a good job, some didn't, most were somewhere in between. Politically, most seemed to be pretty standard libs/conservatives, but most avoided talking about politics. The two I remember that didn't were both libertarians, one was the German language teacher, and one was the economics teacher. I didn't think of him this way at the time, but the German teacher was pretty much the stereotypical neckbeard; he loved things like retro video games and anime, had a goatee, wore fedoras, and had pictures of himself wearing trenchcoats on his myspace profile (which I only knew about because he shared it with some students for some reason 🤔). The econ teacher was an old guy and had some high-ish level position in American Express before becoming a teacher. I think he was only a teacher because he got genuine joy from spreading capitalist propaganda.
Wow it truly was a different era.