Vastly different milieu than what I encountered. There was no hazing in highschool, and physical punishment was illegal long before I entered grade school (although that didn't stop my parents from trying to convince me it was still practised by a few of the harder looking teachers handling the grades above me in order to frighten me into caring). Out of curiosity, what would have happened if you'd denied outright anything the upperclassmen asked, asphalt hopping and all? Would you have called the bluff of their implied threat of "worse," or was there a real physical threat behind it? It seems like for hazing to work a certain amount of cooperation is necessary on behalf of the victim, and that a staunch defiance will confound the other side since it refuses the 'rules' and makes the process more trouble than it's worth. But this is speculation, and I don't know how they do it in Texas.GringoTex wrote:I grew up in a small Texas town and D&C is easily the most realistic highschool movie I've seen. We weren't paddled, but we were heavily hazed by the upperclassmen. Like following our bus in their trucks and ordering us to do stuff that would get us in trouble- like throwing shit out the window or make out with some girl on the bus. If we did, the bus driver would suspend our bus privileges for a week. If we didn't, they'd wait for us at our stop and make us hop around on hot Texas asphalt in bare feet. And like D&C, you had psychopaths like O'Bannion who were sadists, and cool guys who would protect you later on if you handled the hazing well.Mr_sausage wrote:I'm curious, how common is (or was) this? Like Colin I've never encountered it, but then neither of us are from the States; so does anyone else have memories of being paddled by older kids in Highschool?colin wrote:Plus, my time at college seemed better in comparison since I never got beaten with a wooden bat - so I had all the (metaphorical) highs and none of the lows!
Of course, we didn't need upperclassmen paddling us, because the adults did it for them. I was probably paddled a hundred times in school by teachers and principals, and that's no exaggeration.
Anyway, it's a testament to the strength of this movie that despite sharing very little with it in the way of particulars, it still seems to me the best depiction of regular teenage/highschool life.
