
I always knew my high school was slightly fancy. Nothing extreme just, had decent facilities and decent groundskeeping, etc.
I never realised it was fancy for having under 40 kids in a class. This, at the same time as yours.
I promise myself to never to fall for that “kids these days aren’t we good as we were” bullshit. Kids these days are going to need a lot of help. Maybe more than we can even give.
Raise a reader like your life depends on it, has been my approach so far