He said that in reference to coworkers at your job. Some of the women are “mean girls” who gossip about other people, some guys are bullies (obviously not in an in-your-face way), and some of the adults just act like high school students. The only difference is that some of your coworkers are in their 20s, 30s, or 40s.
Would you say thats accurate?
We did have “study hall periods”, but you weren’t allowed to disappear and do what ever. You had to sign up for them, and if you never showed up they forced you take a normal class. (And it was a few times a week, not every day).
You could pretty much either stay in the classroom or go to the library. And the library kicked groups out if they weren’t really doing anything beside being noisy. They didn’t really care before/after school hours so much.
Some of the schools had a courtyard, but they didn’t really let us use it freely.
My school spent a lot money (grant, I think) to build a nice lounge area and then didn’t let students use it because they were afraid the soft cushions we’re going to get wrecked.
The cafeteria and library were pretty much the main “hang out” spots before/after school. We only had 5 minutes between classes, so it was always a mess of students rushing across the building.