One thing I can say about the movie High School (other than that it's wicked boring) is that at least they had a more legitimate sex ed program than most places in the US nowadays. For the love of fuck, if you treat high schoolers like adults and educate them like adults, I'd imagine they'd be more likely to ACT like adults. They's be better equipped to enter the adult world, hopefully (but not likely) better educated. Jeez, let's not kid each other. Abstinence ain't the only solution (unless you shouldn't reproduce).
Now, whenever this flick is supposed to take place (the 50s, the 60s!?), adults seemed to have this idea in their head that children should automatically, no matter what, show them respect. Also, of course, children weren't due any respect. Personally, I think that's outdated and ageist. No one deserves ANY respect unless they earn it. However, it is good to show your superiors at work at least some MOCK respect until they earn it from you properly, so as to not get your ass fired.
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For some reason, middle aged adults in general seem to have this idea that they're very experienced and as such, their opinions and actions have more value than those of a younger adult or teenager. I feel that this 'higher-than-thou' attitude extends to individuals later in life in the Western world, whereas in other cultures one is seen as having the capability to be a responsible adult not too long after they hit puberty. The role of the parent in the wild is to teach the young how best to survive, but what we get before we hit college is usually pretty low quality in the area of survival training. It's very hard to respect older individuals who have not given you any reason to respect them. I think the reason the Old have their experience arrogance is because they have more to offer than a younger person in that area but rarely do the Old give out their 'high-quality' wisdom without some sort of provocation and instead overuse 'when you're older'. It seems like there's an awkward duplicity.
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