So my school has recently been undergoing some annoyingly tough "Anti-Senior bullying measures" lately.
What I mean by that is they have put an end (or are trying to end) the whole "We're seniors, lower classmen are worthless scum, especially freshmen" thing typical of high schools. This normally takes shape into seniors running through crowds of freshmen or messing with freshmen in prankish ways (such as pretending to be a teachers assistant and asking for hall passes from freshmen) but nothing ever physical. (except for the creeps who date the freshmen).
While a lot of my classmates think this has something to do with Newtown (my high school only being an hour or so away from there) it just seems to me to be a part of the over-sensitivity of our culture.
At any rate, with that context in mind me and my friends were discussing whether "Senior seniority" is really an outdated thing or a needed "trial by fire".
Personally I see both sides; on one side abrasive seniors can lead to an unpleasant freshman experience, on the other side (The side I camp on) its something that gives the freshmen a rallying cry to unite against and I think is part of the loop of high school that ends in the freshmen of now being able to look back with pride that they dealt with the seniors when they themselves become seniors.
Then again maybe I'm just bitter because I think freshmen should go through what we went through; who knows.
So what do you think? Is senior seniority something that should go the way of the dodo bird or should it remain in high schools.
TL;DR
Should the whole "Seniors rule the school" idea and practice still exist?
I apologize if this seems like a poorly written OP, I am tired.