Yes! I agree with all you wrote. They didn't show us much mercy in the 80's either. We had no air-conditioning so we just melted in the hot months, no matter if we were inside or outside the school. And we were outside we ran our rears off. We played on blacktop that you could fry an egg on. We got hit in the face with dodgeballs and we were tackled (not tagged) in playground football. And we loved it!
Now that would be considered inhumane and violent. Here, have a juice box.
...and a trophy.