There is hardly a more unpleasant experience in my typical work week (and most other people's that I've spoken to) than walking in the streets or riding train with NYC public high school students. They're the most impolite, aggressive, inconsiderate, and vulgar group of people I've ever come in contact with. (And this is coming from a guy that lives in a somewhat violent neighborhood in New York, a place where, interestingly, I've never run into a problem.)
I feel for the old ladies sitting on the train who ride in fear of being run over or shoulder tackled by these students as they explode onto the trains or into the streets with shouting, bullying, violent posturing, and other outrageous behavior that I can not even come up with the words to describe.
They're like a bacteria. And if this sounds like a sweeping generalization, so is the fact that less than 50% of these "students" graduate from high school on time. It's awful and depressing. I feel fortunate that I generally work in an environment far removed from them. And that I'm not one of these poor deli clerks, like the one man I just saw, being shouted at, bullied, and threatened... by a small crowd of fifteen or so of these young scholars. Because the "mutha f----er" didn't hear the girl say "lemme get that with no mayo.I said don't put any mayo on my sh-t."
Disgusting. Vile. And entirely commonplace...
Plus one for self motivated activities.
Let's all go back in time where time itself was worth more than convienence.
