I can remember hearing this exact same speech but using slightly different reasons in 1977 while in 8th grade.
“I can remember hearing this exact same speech but using slightly different reasons in 1977 while in 8th grade.”
When I was in the 8th grade (’71), they told us by the year 2000, the world would be so polluted we wouldn’t be able to produce food and would become cannibals. That we’d be living in an ace age and wouldn’t live past 40 years old.
So, trying to scare little kids apparently isn’t considered child abuse.
Frankly, these people are FOS and looking for any excuse to control the individual.