When I was in high school, many seniors, as a cruel joke, voting for one of the ugliest and fattest girls in class as the Homecoming Queen. Years later, I found out from a teacher, the girl “won” but the teachers knew it was a farce and excluded her votes. The girl with 2nd most number of votes “won” the coveted title and was named Homecoming Queen.
High school students are dumb. Teachers, at one time, were voiced of reason and checks on student’s behavior. Now they have become enablers and they wouldn’t want to stifle the student’s personality or growth.
Teachers, with a few choice exceptions, are dumb.
It’s not that high school students are dumb, it’s that high school itself is a socio-political crime which influences some people in a negative way.