Yeah all those school shooters in the US are sure not emotional... lol

As the parent of a high schooler, I can confirm that they definitely can get that emotional!

As someone who graduated from HS, I can confirm we were that emotional.

was just about to say this lmao

I think for most teens just day to day living is focused on their emotions above and beyond anything else.

Ummmm yeah! Being a Freshman when this came out, this was TOTALLY relevant.

yeah, basically. Maybe not QUITE this exaggerated, but it's not far off...

It’s heightened of course, but not far off what high school was like back then. The main thing I’ve noticed with reactors is that there are things these kids do and say that were against the rules back then, but not quite as out of bounds or beyond the pale as they are now. Most notable probably is Bender’s treatment of Claire, but also how openly and bluntly Vernon abuses Bender. I’m sure that kind of profiling goes on still, but it’s probably a bit more subtle and papered over with a bunch of euphemistic language.

You mean it's not like that now? How sad.

@@apulrang Yeah man. Our Principal was a damn Bounty Hunter. Leaving school didn't mean she wouldn't drag you back Literally sometimes. These kids just don't know. lol

it was slightly different for me, I was a Bender pretty much the whole time attitude wise. For a while I tried to dress in the corduroys and button ups so I'd look like something better than I was but the thing about a small town is everyone knew I was "the poor" so I got bullied the entire time until I got shipped off to my current city. I didn't really notice the groups until middle school in the new city where no one knew who I was then I was a social chameleon and could go hold up a wall and be ignored then high school happened and I went all out I never had interest in college so I had 4 years to find myself and it was a hell of a fun trip and I'll never find a group of Party boi psycho's and introverts that all rallied around liking the same music again.

@@endless013 I grew up in a small town too. In Iowa. Also very poor. I got bullied pretty hard until I learned to blend into the background.

Agree %100.

@@epicmage82 I went the other way, I learned how to knock heads and make them stop. Too bad no one told me there's always someone eager to fill the power vacuum which means one bully out one bully in a few months later.

@@endless013 unfortunately

Except that the "library" was actually the constructed in the gym as the actual library was way too small.

I love Sixteen Candles. It's more light-hearted, but lots of fun none the less.

@@treadstone1138 Yep at Maine North HS

@@deadeye4520 Sixteen Candles has aged _reeeally_ poorly. It's not as timeless as some of John Hughes' other movies.

Which raises the question: Do John, Claire, Andy, Brian and Alison go to school with Ferris Bueller, Cameron, Sloane and Jeannie?

Damn, I never thought of that but now it makes sense.

I always thought that he wanted more detentions to prove he would not give in to authority. Your reasoning is a whole lot darker, but probably right.

@@Tigermania I agree. If Bender really was trying to get away, he wouldn't have looked upset that his defiance kept giving him more detention. The actor, Judd, did an excellent job with his expressions.

That's a fan theory but, I dunno. It just doesn't hold up. Why try to get detention if you could go anywhere and do anything? He had friends and even girls who he could hang out with for a while. Or just go chill by himself, get a job to make money, or go to the movies. Back then, you could sit in the theater all day. As long as you didn't go to another theater, no one cared. So, getting in trouble just to get away from home isn't necessary. Being sad, troubled, intelligent, and observant made Bender hide his insecurities behind being hardheaded with the 3 teenager Bigs: a big mouth, a big chip on his shoulder, and a big attitude. This makes him complex. But, that's why Bender is such a good character. haha That's my take anyway. haha

Yeah I don't agree. He has plenty of friends to hang out with. That's where he would go. He agreed to all those detentions to not give in to the bullying by the teacher. He'd rather give up his saturdays then let Vernon win.

She misses something that existed like three hours ago ?

@@tempsitch5632 she can't be more than 22 or 23 yrs old, so I'm sure the memories of High School aren't that full of cobwebs yet (I think she just graduated from college).

You beat me to this comment.

Sure..You know 🤔😏 That wicked rush of nostalgia that you feel for... 5 years ago.🤯😋

@@1ListerofSmeg How are Arnold, Kryten and The Kat

That is amazing 😊. A good friend of mine hates this movie because he says it would never happen in real life. It's nice to know that it did for you and the movie touched people enough to do something different.

As someone who went to high school in the early '80s I can confirm that the "cool kids" do sit in the back of the bus.

@@tim_davidson6344 my story ended with one of the boys getting banned from the bus. *cough* 8th grade

I've always said this movie should be required viewing in all high schools for this very reason. It makes you look at other people's points of view in an entertaining way.

@@erictaylor5877 Yeah, its hard to fathom that people from different walks of life in high school would really find common ground and become closer. Maybe not lifelong friends, but it might show them that other people are not that different after all, they just come from different situations that molded their personalities differently. Now, it would be rare for just random cliques of high-schoolers to really come together like this. But, in situations where they may be forced to be together, its very possible that they do see that commonality. I mean, we're all still human. Its also a good life lesson, that even as we age whenever we see people from different walks of life, we are all still humans and can find commonality with that. They might be a rich person, or a homeless person, or someone from a different religion or different country. But, we're all just people.

"Everything is still new and feels like the biggest problem/achievement they've ever had" Technically, whatever they are going through is the biggest problem/achievement they ever had for most of them.

HS was a lot of feelings. I was brokenhearted a lot, but I'm one of those who kept their feelings inside XD

Unfortunately the teachers didn't help at all.

Also Anthony Micheal Hall's real mother and sister dropped him off.

@@thereturningshadow That too

@@thereturningshadow Damn, I just wrote that and you beat me by 12 hours.

According to John Hughes, there was a single exception to this. And none of them have ever admitted which story was pre-determined. (My personal guess is Bender.)

"An interesting bit of info for you: the scene where they’re describing how they arrived in detention?" That is a very strange question.

No disassemble.

Stephanie!

she was more cute in wargames

IIIIIINPUUUUUUT!!

Omg, yes! Watch Short Circuit!!!!

Tbf one had a cap 'n' crunch burger.

Me and my goth friends didn't "miss the point' so much as we were pissed at the misrepresentation. This re-enforced the idea that liking what we liked and dressing like we dressed was not self-expression, just attention whoring. In the end all you had to do was conform to "normal" beauty and everything would be better. Notice no one else had to change how they looked to make everything better.

@@Imfarias1 I think you really did miss the point of 2wingo's take because it seems far more likely. I never met a goth that gave a damn about what a classic movie had to say about their style, that was kind of the point. Every one I hung out with, goth or otherwise, if the mainstream didn't "get it" F'em. If you and your friends were pissed off because of a movie I have to question your story. Just my 2 cents. I would also like to say Ally Sheedy is really pushing the bounds of even being 'goth' by lumping in anybody wearing dark clothes. I just looked at her as the weird person most schools have without any real clique, like 2wingo. If dressing dark and frumpy while acting weird is goth I guess I am and never knew it.

I agree. The makeover had nothing to do with impressing Andy like I’ve seen in comments before. This was her coming out of her shell. She didn’t have any friends or any real interaction with others. She was ignored by her parents and everyone else and craved the attention, hence dumping the contents of her purse onto the couch. Andy then asked what was wrong and what was going on with her home life and figured it had to do with her parents, thus finding out that they ignored her. He listened. He cared. He gave her the attention she wanted so badly. He said, “I can see your face. That’s good.”

St. Elmo's Fire is the quintessential Brat Pack movie. It was kind of a flop at the box office, but it gained a following over the years. I'd recommend it.

@@OneEyedJack1970 I agree I chose not to use Brat Pack because was anyone under 30 probably wouldn't understand the reference

@@paulobrien9572 They can learn. This is the correct reference, after all. So, use it, OneEyedJack1970. Use the term Brat Pack like the Wind. haha

St Elmo's: "Oh it's so hard being from a rich family." SMH

@@treetopjones737 It could be

Reminds me of a certain college student I knew who wasn’t sure that Shakespeare was really as good of a writer as people kept telling her he was because he relied so heavily on cliches.

@@markhamstra1083 That hurt my heart And my head. But, at least your friend knows who Shakespeare is. haha

I personally find it sad that the younger generations relate everything to bloody memes. It's like, we had culture, and they have tiny out-of-context cultural references. I'm so glad I was a kid then and not now.

@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Hell to the ye

It took a while to get used to younger generations refrerring to memes for their cultural knowledge, but I can't blame them.

You said it bro,Im 35year old and i miss my preteeen/teenage times,Shooting bb-guns and doing all kinda Fun staff with Friens

For reals, I remember lots teachers would slam books or papers on students desk because they did so poorly on some test, etc. In today’s school and even in a workplace that’s considered a threat

@Sean H It's amazing how much has changed in relatively little time.

@@RC-nv4bh Absolutely, and the system was complicit. Where I went to school you just took it. No one ever thought about reporting this kind of behavior to anyone.

Corporal punishment was legal in North Carolina schools back then. I got my ass beat by the principal several times.

Teachers are much worse now, in every way except the physical violence.

Same.

That was a good year to graduate 😉

Absolutely right! The world was a completely different place back in the 80's and 90's than what it is now. Everyone in a way is a product of the time they're born and raised in, which ultimately affects their behaviors and motivations.

Ikr? She's surprised teenagers drop f-bombs?

Like all the adults that were shocked about the language in the Bad News Bears

Indeed. When I heard her say that, I was like: 😳 Adolescence being one of the *most* emotional times in a person's life. 😱

Okay, but since she wasn’t traumatized in high school maybe it wasn’t that emotional for her. You guys should take it easy, this is a pop culture reaction channel not a policy debate. That understanding of how traumatic high school is for some people is not something you would be born understanding, but something that should come to a person over time.

@@jonathanhill4366 What does it matter, as long as we're both having a civil discussion amongst ourselves? Adolescence being an emotional time is not exclusive to high school. Which is why I didn't mention it. It's not even wholly experiential, but also physiological. Besides, I simply said it surprised me. And discussing the reaction _is_ kind of the point. There are nearly eight billion people on the planet, and 500 hours of video uploaded to KZfaq _every minute,_ resulting in over one billion hours of videos viewed every single day. These comments here (as with virtually *every* YT comment) are not only relatively _insignificant,_ but often quickly forgotten. Maybe have some ice cream instead. 🍨🍦 _Yummy!_ 😋

@@CaesiusX I was more reacting Eidlones original comment, but I looped you in because you validated her response. To me, it feels like saying I have no idea how someone can have that opinion if they went to high school is kind of an attack, albeit not a crazy one. My experience in high school, in the eighties, seems vastly different than my children’s experience, in the 2010s. Even though they attended the same school system that I did, the children seemed markedly less vicious than when I was in school, and the experience seemed less traumatic for them. So I do not find it that surprising that someone her age doesn’t seem to have the same perspective on the ‘high school experience’ as I do. I think it is understandable what she said, so I am pushing back on your two comments. I am accusing neither of you of being uncivil so I hope you don’t take it that way.

@@jonathanhill4366 I didn't mean it as an attack, it just really confused me. Not having the experience personally is understandable, but in a class of 3000, she didn't know at least a few people that had a rough time emotionally? Again, not attacking, just that concept is very foreign to me, and doesn't line up with every other experience I've heard from people. It just shocks me is all

Everyone talks about Molly Ringwald, and deservedly so because she's hot, but thank you for helping me represent the Ally Sheedy fandom because I always preferred her.

@@jeremyfrost2636 I'll be honest, I never liked Molly's style. Ally Sheedy was definitely the hotter of the two to me, and in more of my favorite movies hehe

My clique was like the random clique. We had nerds, pyros, slackers, stoners, just about everything except jocks. Our interests overlapped just enough we somehow made it work.

@@lordmortarius538 Just out of curiosity, opinion on Phoebe Cates?

@@jeremyfrost2636 ehhhhh, she's ok. I liked Mia Sara a lot more

The writer of "Fast Times," the movie "Almost Famous" is a dramatized version of his real life as a kid.

And if you want to see life in high school in the 70s, watch "Dazed and Confused". Although we never did any paddle hazing in my school, but the rest was extremely accurate.

Doesn't give him the right to abuse children.

@wantutosigh I'm sorry, but I don't agree. Speaking harshly to kids is not "abuse." And as for what he did to Bender, ooooooh, did Bender earn that. He needed a little schooling as to his proper place in the world, and what was going to happen to him if he didn't shape up. I've more or less kept up with most of my high school classmates over the years, and it's funny how the ones who acted like Bender are now working minimum wage jobs, or in prison, or dead. It's a goddamn shame, but they thought they were smarter than everybody else, and real life kicked their asses soundly.

@@gspendlove I agree. That wasn't abuse. The teacher provided Bender with a safe way of realizing that he wasn't all that. That would be much worse demonstrated on the street, with a guy with a gun. I think teachers should be given the rights to be rougher to kids.

@@vovindequasahi Vernon tries to get Bender to fight him, threatens him and tells him no one will believe him and then locks him in a basement room. Abuse. If you guys think Vernon is helping any of these kids out, your delusional. You guys are major sellouts in your older ages.

@@wantutosigh1117 You are a part of the new movement where everybody is a victim. In my day, a kid who acted up in school got the stick. Now kids can do whatever the hell they want, because nobody will oppose them. Bender being put in his place by an authority figure is EXACTLY what he needed. That's not abuse, that's Tough Love!

no, the ones that got high would not be caught in the library.

So very TRUE! We had an ex-military guy for a math teacher, He took NO bullshit in classroon, if you got out of line he came over and gave you the up/down treatment! Grab your long hair and pull you up out of your chair until you stood on your toes!!

@@openfor45 I had a teacher in fifth grade who would kick the chair out from underneath you if he caught you leaning back in your chair.

The principal at my school in North Carolina had a paddle in his office, and used it.

Backward red states. SMH

Thinking back to even elementary school in the 60's, that crap did not happen here in California.

same.

Yeah, her before look was better, nasty.

To be honest , a makeover would never change her for more than a fleeting moment . At home , she's still got the same problems , she's still got the same clothes , make up , hair and style . To walk around with a new preppie look would probably make her feel like a clown in costume .

That was just Claire's idea of what she should look like, coming from her point of view in the clique she's in.

Although on your homeworld, Gorn With The Wind is a much more popular movie.

For a second I read that as "Mr. Venom."

@@fergalstackstreams You’re gonna be a turd in the wind of you don’t get your act together buster

Yep. You pretty much summed it up. Can you imagine if we had social media or even the internet back then?

You're trying to get her committed, aren't you? haha

@@LA_HA 🤣👍

@@LA_HA they'd get punched the hell up if they even tried to get near her. The walk is not only good at establishing dominance, but it's also a perfect defense mechanism.

@@habitsrabbit You do realize she can't establish dominance through a walk? She has to Be dominant. Plus, can't see her punching anyone. Haha. But, this was just a joke thread. It's all good. haha

@@LA_HA it was just a joke.. A joke ruined by basically deconstructing said joke..

I don't miss it at all. Early 20s, that's something different... :)

Ya Burnt: There are likely millions that agree with you. haha

Agreement is good :)

@@yaburnt9754 Disagreement can be good, too. haha. It's just that I read and hear people say it all the time. The 90s, too. People talk about going back to the 90s quite a bit. Even people born After those time periods. I'd like to. haha

If we follow the usual cycle ,the 90's are next ;)

Can you make the link bigger ?

@@tempsitch5632 Lol. Tell that to the internet and FASCISTbook.

Yes! Also *Project X,* another Matthew Broderick movie.

Wargames offers a glimpse into the late-Cold War mentality that the world could end any time because some politician did something stupid. I know kids these days have their own pressures, but growing up under the threat of Mutually Assured Destruction is something the kids these days just can't comprehend

Right? I was class of 88 and it was just so different of a time.

what does that have to do with the average high school experience? y’all will find any way…lol

Right, you could buy a flare gun from a boating supply store.

How would Bender figure The Janitor had a boat for his son?

@@jonathanpickett3068 No part of that comment makes sense. Just thought you should know.

@@BlackavarWD did Bender even visit Brian's house to see if they had a boat to fish in? Basically it would all just be speculation of how he thinks Brian's family would live like.

Brian could have just bought a Flare gun from the sporting goods store, unless it came with a boat

Class of 82 here. Yeah, the 80s were a lot about conformity and how to respond to it. Or put another way, they were about authority and how to tell it to go screw itself. The Boomers were all growing up and getting mini-vans, greed was good, and I was just pissed off about most of it. Punk and alternative music were a good outlet, and so was a bit of teenage rebellion (within reason). I never wanted to hurt anyone, but I did want people to know I was not entirely going with the program.

That's the problem. When someone who hasn't experienced or seen those type of social environment they don't have any comprehension which makes it hard for them to understand the complication that most people goes through (mostly outside of HS). It is, what it is.

Thank you!! I thought the exact same thing! I mean her reactions are usually delightful to watch and she's usually spot on when it comes to the themes and morals but this one just flew right over her head and it was just annoying as she did, like you said sympathize for all the other characters except him. It's IMO even more annoying especially since John Bender is actually the best character in the entire film (and I say that not being able to personally identify with him, as I saw myself more like Brian) because he's the catalyst for everyone in the film. For Andy, he was the mindless athlete who doesn't think for himself and is best described as a race horse, who does nothing but always follow orders, is obsessed with winning (hence why he was trying to be the group leader in the beginning, evident especially when they were roaming around in the hallway) and always doing the right thing while fearing not doing so will be the end of the world for him. But by the end of the film, Bender inspires him to break the rules which gets Andy to smoke weed (something he was against doing at first because it was wrong in his eyes), he loses at trying to become the group leader (yet Bender doesn't rub it in his face or make him feel bad about it like his Dad would) and is taught that losing isn't the end of the world. Bender in a way frees him of his anxieties and gives him the ability to think for himself which opens up Andy's compassion and empathy towards Allison and Larry Lester (the kid he wronged that got him thrown in detention in the first place). For Brian, he’s considered to be nothing but a nice, normal, somewhat nerdy, socially awkward yet simple guy who nobody would have a real problem with, but because of that he’s very much a people pleaser and very submissive to everyone which leads to him being trampled over and taken advantage of by most people. But because of Bender, he learns to be more assertive, to rebel (particularly when he writes the essay and uses it as a form of poetic justice on Vernon), to stand up for himself (by cursing at Claire when she thinks he doesn’t know pressure, sneering at Allison, and especially by arguing with Bender and refusing to back down, the one guy he was afraid of most and the last guy he would want to piss off at the beginning of the movie), and ultimately to be more social and to have more of a voice in the group (the thing he lacked at the beginning which he then develops and is how he ends up belonging in the group) For Claire, she’s considered to be nothing but the princess, miss popularity, the prom queen, miss goody two shoes, the conceited shallow rich girl of the group who probably has more purses than she does friends, but by the end of the movie she’s more kind and compassionate, less conceited, more expressive, and less passive (rhyme not intended LOL). Now this change in her behavior is more so inspired by her interacting with everyone in the group, but nobody would have even interacted with each other if it wasn’t for Bender in the first place (if he wasn’t there, it’s very likely they would just sit there, be bored and do their essay like Vernon asked them to). And even though, he is an asshole to her most of the film, he challenges her as well as directly inspire her the most out of everyone else in the group which has a very positive effect on her, hence why she pursues a relationship with him (she also does it to get back at her parents too). It's also important to note that her passivity and soft demeanor is a really great contrast to his aggressiveness which also in turn inspires him to grow) so double credit to Bender for that. Now for Allison, her case is a little different. Bender probably doesn’t really inspire her directly as he does the others, perhaps because they see each other as very similar or as allies (which IMO is why she's the first person he speaks to and says “I’ve seen you before” at the beginning of the movie, and why he tossed her a coke when they were having lunch) because both of them don’t conform like the other characters do. And usually when you have 2 similar people hang out, there’s more a feeling of comfort and familiarity which I don’t think really inspires change or growth. So her change, her lowering her defenses, and gradual inclusion in the group is more so a result of Andy’s compassion and empathy for her, but then again that most likely wouldn’t have even happened if Bender didn’t inspire him to be more expressive prior to her opening up to Andy about how her parents ignore her, so credit to Bender there again. John Bender himself is the main driving force in this film and the character with the most commanding presence (and for good reasons too!) He is dealt the hardest life out of everyone else (not just because of his home life, but also because of what everyone says and thinks about; that he’s nothing but a lowlife criminal who won’t amount to anything). But he doesn’t let it get him down, instead he gets angry (though TBH, that's probably all he knows due to his home life) and seemingly tries to use that anger constructively (anger can be a positive force when channeled properly). He uses it to try live his life without fear (evident when crawling through the vents to escape the closet Vernon locked him in, refusing to back down when Vernon is giving him more detentions), and to teach the others to rebel (which is positive because it teaches them that not everything is all black and white and that there are such things as gray areas when it comes to life). It’s also great to see that he even though he has a hard life, he doesn’t let it make him bitter (at least not entirely) because he actually cares about everyone in the group, he wants to talk and hang out with them, he shares his weed with them, and even sacrifices himself so they all don’t get in trouble when they were out roaming around in the halls, which solidifies his position as the group leader (and Bender is a real leader, because leaders strive for their team to do better, and he did just that for everyone.) I don’t care what anyone says, John Bender is the real hero, the real MVP (literally and symbolically as he walks out into the football field) in "The Breakfast Club"! Everyone changes and grows because of him, even he himself does! That’s why the movie ends with him raising his fist triumphantly (everyone’s growth including his own is ultimately his victory, because he inspired it and he proves to everyone that they were wrong about him; that he's not just a lowlife criminal who won't amount to anything) Wow, this comment ended up being way longer than I originally intended (then again, I have a tendency to do that on some KZfaq videos). What started off as me simply agreeing with you ended up as a persuasive essay as to why John Bender is the best character in "The Breakfast Club".

@@ivanholguin164 Well said! 🔥✊

@@ivanholguin164 Gold medal. Bravo sir. You have encompassed the full meaning and message of the movie. I'm glad I'm not alone in how I felt about this reaction. She literally did the same thing to Bender that everyone in the movie does. She judged him on his looks and attitude as a criminal and a bad person, missing the entire point of the movie

@@ivanholguin164 It's okay, a comment this long holding my notoriously wandering attention for its entire duration means that it was a really fucking awesome comment. So good job, and keep posting comments like that without caring about their length.

It's amazing how important high school was to us. Especially when you consider that it's only 4 years of your entire life! Now think back to 2017, and compare it to 2021. Pretty short time, yet that was the entire length of your high school experience. Weird, isn't it?

Emilio Esteves was definitely the man back then. There's another really great movie he was in that I'm too lazy to look up, but he's with a group of friends on their way to a game. They make a wrong turn into a bad neighborhood and end up running for their lives from Denis Leary, who plays a ruthless drug lord. I think Cuba Gooding, Jr is in it. The other actors in it are popular, too. I just can't recall their names. haha And, of course, AMH is in the upcoming Halloween Kills movie as Tommy Doyle. Can't wait. Just 2 more weeks

Judd Nelson was also creepy as fuck as the serial killer in The Cabin By The Lake.

@@jeremyfrost2636 Oh, I'll give that a look. Thank you

@@LA_HA Enjoy!

@@LA_HA he’s the older brother of Charlie Sheen. I use to think Charlie was the older brother, but no Emilio is the older brother

I know a guy from high school who's still institutionalized. Class of 1997 if he would've lasted that long, literal axe murderer, probably in a rubber room for life. Yes, kids get arrested at this age a lot, sometimes for some really horrible shit.

@@jeremyfrost2636 we weren't getting arrested for horrible stuff necessarily - there were some arsons and assaults and worse, but "vaguely looks like he's heard of marijuana" was sometimes all it took

@@JBWinter Yeah. Emphasis on sometimes in my comment. Usually it was small stuff my classmates got arrested for too.

The Brat Pack!

Bender was always my favorite character as well. The rest of them are just conformists (at least until the end), whereas Bender mostly stayed true to himself, even if that occasionally came off as hurtful or mean.

Hey,i'm in my early 60's and still trying to figure myself out.

Makes you wonder what breakfast would've consisted of, since Claire was wearing Bender's lunch.

It makes me glad I'm out...

@@dupersuper1938 why ?

@@lowkeylowkey2186 Because it was Hell...?

@@dupersuper1938 how bro ? I mean im from California it was chill dont worry about bills and check out chicks all day and smoke and go to taco bell after school it was fun

"Stop crying or I'll give you something to REALLY cry about!" Hearing that and similar from adults as a kid back then wrecked me, internally.

@@wardenm Yeah, but remember, for the most part, they did it with our best interest at heart. The only "abuse" I suffered was from my own peers. Adults, for the most part, were simply trying to make me into a better person, prepared for what life would throw at me(including the abuse of my peers). I'm not saying ALL adults were like that, because we know better. There were a lot of abusive parents/guardians/teachers/etc.... but there is a huge difference between "discipline" and "abuse". Most of which boils down to "intent".

@@IggyStardust1967 One of the hardest lessons for us to learn growing up, is that the adults who we think have all the answers, are still just figuring it out as they go along themselves. It's they're first time being the age they are, dealing with the situations they're in. They make mistakes same as anyone, some forgivable and some not. It's a huge eye opener once you finally start to realize that, for sure!

Exactly. When Vernon said that he's been a teacher for 22 years, that means that he started in 1962, because the movie takes place in 1984. Vernon is from the baby boomer generation, now stuck surrounded by Gen X teenagers who he claims are getting more and more "arrogant." hich is ironic because these kids were famousforbeing hardly parented because they were oftentimes alone when they came back from school.