I found this film to be very interesting. Mainly because there was such a fine line between parts of high school that are still that way in present time and things that are now completely different. One thing that stuck out to me was the girl who got in trouble for violating the dress code with the length of her skirt. It was relatable content because public high schools in present time still have dress codes but I did have to laugh a little bit because I know for one in my old high school that wouldn’t of been even a second look by the principle let alone seen as a dress code violation but that was just one instance that showed how much times have really changed since then. I also noticed that some of the classes I’m assuming they where health class where separated by gender, I know back then it wasn’t exactly socially acceptable to have classes like that to be co-ed. I’m aware there are probably a handful of high schools in present day that still hold classes like health separated by the gender of the student but majority of high schools now have everyone regardless of their gender in one room and everyone learns about everything together. The major thing that stood out to me and honestly kind of annoyed me however where the classes that seemed to be geared to teaching men to be men, or women to be women. Although I’m aware that the image of the “American dream” is for the man to be the bread winner and the women to take care of the children, bills and the home I think this would be an extremely hard class to have in any public high school in any part of the country in todays day in age. Its more common now then I think in any other time period in our country’s history for children/young adults to have been brought up in a single parent house hold, whether that be a single mother or father. The film also made me wonder how much is going to change socially and in the education system in the next 40 years.

