When I was a kid in school in the Middle Ages, we had roll-up shades in the windows. All of their pull down cords had been tied into small nooses, in every classroom.
It was a segregated schools system in Mississippi, so there were no blacks to be ‘offended’ or intimidated there.
It’s just what kids do......................
I was a useless Cub scout, couldn’t tie a noose no matter how many times I tried.
Was I am virtuous kid or what? ;-)