Its all part of the “its not fair” doctrine we have allowed to invade all schools, it started back when my now 30 year old was in the 1st grade.
It wasn’t fair that the homeroom mothers for her class brought pizza for one of their homeroom parties and the other classes got something different. This “its not fair” soon moved to the basketball court where it wasn’t fair that some teams won and some didn’t.
My husband was a volunteer coach for her basketball team when they were in 6th grade they won the state championship, first time in the schools history and they weren’t allowed to hang their winning banner in the gym because it might not BE FAIR to the others who didn’t play or didn’t win.
This bull has been around for a l o n g ti m e
Maybe it some places, but not in TX where my kids (who are now 32, 29 and 28) went to school. In fact, I taught in TX in the late 90s and 2000s. It didn’t go on there either. I’m sorry you lived in such a silly place!