High school students in other locales are not minors?
Sorry, misinterperted your post...since I havent taught in every school in the country...hard for me to attest to what's going on at other schools around the country.
But, i assume u r right, that there is little difference in other places.
This guy was just weak. When u teach kids, u have to seem them as "kids", no matter how developed and persuasive they may be.