All those things you list--detention, boys, evil teachers, sex, etc--totally typical not only of high school in the 80s but high school now (we had all those things where I used to work). I find it difficult to comprehend how you missed them and kinda wonder what other pop culture references fly right over your head as a result. But yes, they were real, if slightly exaggerated here and there, and we worshipped John Hughes for getting it, and geting it so damn well.
(Also, if you recall the fact that we are talking about the 80s here, it was pretty damn true that no one would love you if you weren't conventionally pretty. Really. It was a product of the insanity of the "greed is good" decade. If you were going to be greedy about everythig else, you weren't suddenly going to stop while you were shopping for a date. Just sayin'.)
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Date: 2010-05-25 05:38 pm (UTC)(Also, if you recall the fact that we are talking about the 80s here, it was pretty damn true that no one would love you if you weren't conventionally pretty. Really. It was a product of the insanity of the "greed is good" decade. If you were going to be greedy about everythig else, you weren't suddenly going to stop while you were shopping for a date. Just sayin'.)