““Third graders didn’t do this in my day.”
“Not only did third graders NOT do this in our day”
I’ve seen it happen as early as second grade, and last for four years. 1980-1984.
Had a kid transfer into the school at the start of second grade and from day one most of the class picked on him and about seven or eight would beat him almost daily because he was the “new kid”, the “outsider”. I tried to intervene on several occasions, but I found myself getting my ass kicked as a result. The teachers and the school admin were indifferent.
Ran into him 20 some odd years ago down at JRTC-Ft Polk, he was a Green Beret. He thanked me for trying to stick up for him way back when.
Now THAT is strange!
BTW, I was at Polk when it was still 5th ID :)