Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018)

Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by smt88 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @11:05AM (#22987652)

I went to HS at the #1 school in my state in the early 2000s, and my experience was like GP's, not yours. Nothing s/he said was surprising to me.

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Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by nkozyra on Sunday April 26, 2020 @01:18PM (#22988571)

I have never really heard high schools referred to by a ranking event though I went to high school at the same timeframe you did.

Is this common? What's the measurement? State testing methods? Seems nebulous.

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Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by kube-system on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:09PM (#22988906)

Yes, any ranking on subjective criteria is nebulous. But it's definitely not uncommon to rank school performance. State testing is the easiest data to use because it's typically public information.

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Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by smt88 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:07PM (#22991931)

At the time I went to the school, there was a national ranking that used a variety of factors, including number of IB/AB courses per student, (P)SAT/ACT scores, and GPA.

I absolutely don't think the ranking was meaningful, but it at least says something about how many of my classmates had affluent parents who put a lot of pressure on them to succeed.

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Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018) by discostrings on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:21PM (#22988999)

Now what's the matter buddy, ain't you heard of my school? It's #1 in the state!

People have been true to their schools since at least 1963.

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