High School in the 1970s

This video shows clips of what High school was like in the 1970s
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[@ajdm326]

Class of '72....imagine a world without cell phones and computers , no internet. It was great !

[@fredbiden868]

we were all skinny and no big boobs..lol..

[@DatKat]

yep...we gave up our freedom for tech crap.

[@cm1133]

On April 3, 1973, the very first cell phone call was made (exactly 50 years ago today).

[@Robertodette]

​@@DatKathow does modern tech infringe upon your freedom? Leave the gadgets at home

[@BlackOperations530]

Amen

[@larrywatkins9475]

Even though I am in my early 60’s now, I am so grateful to have grown up in this era. No idea then how simple and great life really was!

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I'll be 60 next June 10, and I have to agree. Today's kids couldn't have lived in our world, could they?

[@julenepegher6999]

Yes, we were living the dream, I was a teen in The 70’s, graduating in 77. They were the best times.

[@julenepegher6999]

@@TheBrooklynbodine I don’t think they could, oh the things we did….😉

[@karlabritfeld7104]

I agree although I wouldn't want to go back and live through those years again. School was fun but home life was hell for me.

[@search4truth104]

Yeah, we were cool. Sorry kids you will never be, its been stolen from you.

[@lovesilk1]

No better time to be alive. We were a very fortunate generation - great music, great culture, great times!!

[@lhzook]

Vietnam, was not a great event!

[@randymillhouse791]

Unless AIDS was your generation's pestilence.

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@lhzook Certainly not a great event with Hamas now either.

[@robertbonds6680]

@@lhzookyou’re really stupid

[@flamingangel999]

Born in 1958 and graduated in 1977. We had no idea how fortunate we were.

[@marep5597]

Me too. It was a magical decade. I feel fortunate to have been young then.

[@luanloud9454]

​@@marep5597 hippie era bro

[@janc8199]

The 70s.. Best decade ever. I remember grown-ups saying enjoy your younger years, life goes by so quickly, and I would roll my eyes. Hell they weren't kidding. It's even going faster now.

[@Helmuesi911]

A year isn’t that long.. once you’re into your mid 30s the calendar is pedal to the metal on overdrive, unfortunately.

[@kadi7471]

.. yeah sad but true..remember me mum saying it and I was like yeah right..now if I would of listened her back then but no we all wanted to be adults work to have money and stuff..stupid me 😞

[@ralphlozano9177]

Some wise sage once noted..."The years tell us what the days never knew".....so, so true.

[@drewpall2598]

Some of you may relate to these lyrics. I Get Out of Breath P.F. Sloan 1965 From the first cry of a babe 'Til  the age of 25 I  searched my soul to find myself But I'm still unrecognized One-way streets, walls of concrete Two  restless feet's all I've got Oh  Lord, I'm so afraid While a third of my life's been shot And  I get out of breath Watchin' the world spin so fast My future becomes my past My mind gets hung so bad That  I get out of breath It's alright for the successful To tell you "Take your time Have patience, understanding" While the suicide rate climbs I work all day to try and pay back Debts which won't go down I can't say that I'm lost No, I just ain't been found And I get out of breath Watchin' the world spin so fast My future becomes my past My mind gets hung so bad That I get out of breath People spend more time Askin' forgiveness than bein' good Everyone's out stealin' Or home plannin' how they could Double standards make good band-aids That strip us of our pride Our moral have decayed, yeah And this I can't abide And I get out of breath Watchin' the world spin so fast My future becomes my past My life gets hung so bad That I get out of breath Alright

[@NoirL.A.]

damn sure the best decade for music. no doubt. i was only a kid but i remember it well.

[@dennythomas8887]

Class of 76! Couldn't wait to get out. Now I'd go back in a heartbeat. On the bright side I did marry my high school sweetheart. We are still happily married to this day. 4 daughters, and 10 grand kids later where did the time go?

[@mimiduquette8786]

Class of 78!! You have exactly the kind of life that I had wished for!! Instead, I was ignored in high school, either that or mocked, went to college and loved it, but couldn't afford it. I never married, never had children. I always wanted the life and commitment to my marriage that my parents had. I hated the 70's because the sexual revolution changed forever the relationship of men and women. I was a nice girl who believed in staying a virgin until one was married. Well, I am in a relationship but still not married. Pretty happy, yes, but still not what I had envisioned for myself....

[@teachandfunnstuff3127]

What was teenage life in the 70s? I was born in 2007 but teenage life than looked pretty cool and fun and im interested into its culture

[@lisagerman2111]

Teenage life in 70's was confusing. War & mandatory draft in early first half of the decade made planning a challenge for the boys, access to The Pill made it like a sexual Wild West for - all our parents 'norms' were out the window by '74/'75 with little road map to go off. The love children from the late '60s, at least those still chasing a drug rainbow, were either rehabbed or living under bridges, music was mutating towards 80's pop at alarming speed, corduroy/beads/bellbottoms & platform shoes (male AND female) were out. It was a bipolar decade.

[@sroydetroy6404]

Oh man you are so blessed to have been born in such beautiful and innocent times. I wish I was born in these days- now it's just pretentious and snubbish millenials who don't know nothing about life and the dating life is all over the place.

[@Pabz16]

@@sroydetroy6404 How did millennials do snub and be pretentious in front of you? I’m 30 and a millennial. I know I don’t have much experience in life as much as 60+ year olds like my parents but as a millennial, I’m starting to realize what my parents thought and did at this age when I was very little and that’s why I now have more respect to older adults than I was a decade ago. Perhaps you are referring to the Zoomer kids or Gen Zs that are at most, age 25. Current high school and college/uni students (@ 2022) are in this generation as well.

[@Tiberius291]

Born 1959, graduated 1979. I hated school but would love to go back and do it all over again just to escape 2022.

[@draghoundgaming]

I wish i could time travell ..

[@ERTChimpanzee]

There are flaws in every time.

[@davidpanetta6400]

Everything was great until video games, computers, and cellphones took over our children's lives. I was fortunate to spend a lot of time with my kids. I would take them and their friends to the movies, amusement parks, miniature golf, sledding, and many other places. They really didn't spend much time playing video games or hanging on their phones when they got older.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

59-79 "I hated school" We can tell

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I think I would, too. I was born 1963, graduated in 1981, and though that span wasn't the best of my life, it was a damned sight better than it's been for many, many years.

[@jekku4688]

'78 was great! Feel like I'm looking at my old high school days! So refreshing to see kids actually *embarrassed* to be on camera, rather than shoving their faces into their phone cameras every 5 minutes. It was a much sweeter time then when people were more open, free, and humor and common sense were in large supply!

[@anthonyriche552]

It's like two completely different worlds- it really is. It so strange how much things can change in a single lifetime and not for the better either.

[@guerralg63]

Both great comments! I can't add anything to either comment as i feel exactly the same.

[@kbrewski1]

The cell phones have really f'd school up.

[@bobthebuilder9553]

Amen!

[@bradtorville5526]

Don't know where you grew up but drugs were regularly sold at my school and the boys' dean used to confiscate them and later resell them back to dealers. Half my home room class were into drugs. Three of my friends were having affairs with teachers. Sweeter, innocent time? Did you all have your heads buried in the sand back then?

[@ralphlozano9177]

Class of 77' here!...the 70's was by far the very best decade for music in every genre, not only that but our oldies were the 50's and 60's music,...how cool was that!

[@leilanigreenwood5064]

I remember the price of a concert. What was it? Like $ 7.00 or $8.00

[@angelabluebird609]

Class of '77 here, too. It just could not have been any better. I had older sisters, so my oldies were not only on the radio, but we had the albums-and 45s. I wouldn't trade 50s, 60s, 70s music in my life for anything. Enjoy!

[@leilanigreenwood5064]

@@angelabluebird609 I loved those times. Going to the movies for less than $3.00. Don't forget double dating

[@RobinMarconeCassidyRN]

@@leilanigreenwood5064 @ the drive in theater!! 😊

[@leilanigreenwood5064]

@@RobinMarconeCassidyRN I remember

[@1notgilty]

WOW! They all looked so clean-cut with no tattoos, caked on makeup or body piercings and unlike today there were almost no fat kids. I had forgotten that most of our male high school teachers in the '70's wore a tie. Most also wore a sports coat while teaching unless it was too hot in the summer, or they were art, shop or physical education teachers. Some wore sweaters and a shirt and tie. We got great educations with books and no personal computers, smart phones or the internet. We also started learning cursive writing in the first grade which most high school students today don't learn because it's too hard for them. OMG, how was all that possible?

[@MarthaDecker1]

All of that was just in its infancy. Doing away with the dress code (in 1971 in our school) definitely helped it along. That, and I'm sure that these videos didn't capture everything.

[@edwardluth7740]

That’s right nobody was into that garbage then and at least most of us turned out pretty good and worked hard. And this group I’m talking about goes through the early 80s …..after the 90s hit I started seeing tattoos and nasty stuff and I do not like our culture at all today, nor do I like the diversity bullshit.

[@tycanuck]

Why do all the teens look 30? Must have been the lead in the water...

[@rogerd9150]

Loved my class of’76! The girls were beautiful…I know because I was lucky enough to have married one of them!👍

[@Freetown54]

Such an ignorant comment, how could cursive be too hard for high schoolers to understand? If a high schooler doesn’t understand cursive then it’s because people your age don’t care enough to implement it into the districts curriculum.

[@1notgilty]

I'd go back there in a second if I could. It was a great time to be in America. We didn't know how good we had it.

[@shirleypoplo-ej7lz]

A big amen!!

[@cosmo1eleven855]

I must be one of those rare ones. I was sad when I graduated in '75. I actually knew the easy life was over. And I loved my High School in Beaverton, OR near Nike World Headquarters

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

You kidding me?! Those were terrible times; watergate, terrible weed wt seeds and stems, patty hurst kidnapping, the cops rousing the SLA to anger, streaking, energy crisis, staflation, ugly clothing, even uglier haircuts, teachers hitting kids in class for minor joking around and "disrespect", police targeting people of color for every little thing. Much harder to sue people; Slip & fall? Nope, its your fault for walking bad. Defamation? Nope, sticks & stones. Kid harassed at school? Nope, boys will be boys. Dog bites you? Nope, you shouldn't have pet him. Guns killing people? Nope, people kill people. The law hadn't been fixed yet. Racism, sexism, rape culture, sexual assaults happening on practically every date, girls brainwashed into thinking dehumanizes hookups are normal and putting out on demand, homophobia, transphobia, people thinking theres only 2 genders, people running around saying whatever harmful triggering statement they wanted that popped into their heads. Schools saturated with hazing and bullying, sexual stereotyping accepted as normal, fratboys running around campus unrestrained in what they say and do, and all the while radio air was dominated by terrible music; either pointlessly angry hard rock without any social conscious, or nampy-pamby bland soft rock.

[@DNBursky]

You were a teenager, you had no responsibilities. Inflation was horrible, worse than today. I don't think your parents would say it was a great time.

[@1notgilty]

​@@DNBursky Actually, my parents DID say it was a great time. America was a MUCH more civil, safe and enjoyable place to live in the 1970's. That was an era before it became so profitable to be a victim, we knew the difference between men and women and people were held much more accountable than today. And, Yes, all of that was going on during the Vietnam War and the Cold War and wars in the Middle East, and despite the OPEC oil embargo and inflation.

[@davidcarson6177]

Class of '78 here. I believe all music genre was at it's best late 60's to mid 70's. What a time to be a teenager!

[@mtntime1]

I agree. Remember Hey Big Brother, by Rare Earth? Back when music was music. Not noise.

[@markrichards6863]

It's true and there was a lot of cross over.

[@tycanuck]

Sounds like nostalgic bias to me.

[@markrichards6863]

@tycanuck It's not generational bias. Yes, some of our music was stupid, but in general terms, it was a lot better. Music today is very formulaic and monotonous. The youth of today mostly have tin ears.

[@traybern]

its best. NOT it’s, DUMBA$$!!!

[@Bud88883]

I was a teenager in the 70s. At least we didn't have to worry about being shot in high school.

[@emuccino]

Come on, don't be ridiculous. No one has to worry about being shot in school. In the last decade, there have only been 202 victims of gun violence across ALL schools in the united states. That includes primary and secondary schools AND colleges/universities. The victims include student AND faculty/staff. The incidents include mass shootings AND gang related violence. The number is even smaller than that if you only want to consider high school student victims of mass shootings. High school students are MUCH MUCH more likely to die from cancer, heart failure, suicide, car accident, or just about ANYTHING ELSE.

[@aedt3]

damn good point

[@LonesomeTroubadour]

People were shot in schools in the 70's.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

lool boomers amd their horrible memories is funny shit Ya, that massively higher violent crime and murder rate definitely screams "at least we don't have to worry about getting shot" Yeah, there were much more real threats to deal with daily Also, why would you worry about getting shot in high school now? You've got a problem with percentages and statistics

[@lockandloadlikehell]

​@@aedt3 _delusional point_

[@cwiii3378]

Class of 73, great music, great times, great cars, so glad to have grown up during those times.

[@flyingpig5622]

great pot

[@luanloud9454]

​@@flyingpig5622 hippie era

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

Class of '79 here. A great decade to be young. Looky looky, no one is stuck to their phone or destroying their brains with TikTok.

[@fluffy1931]

HIV-AIDs enters the chat.

[@musicgram08]

Know for a fact first half of 70’s decade females mandatory dresses only.

[@timothylawson3262]

79' baby some of the best years of my life❤

[@richatlarge462]

@@fluffy1931 not until the 80s, and despite what the government said, it only affected promiscuous gay men and needle sharers, not high school kids in general

[@fluffy1931]

@@richatlarge462 not until the 80's was it on the US radar. Btwn 70's & 80's HIV-AIDs found it's way thru the US. It effected entire population if not physically most certainly entire planets psychology. It dominated headlines & TV most media of the period. try again harder boomer.

[@lou196t]

Graduated in ‘78. I can remember my Dad telling me these are the best days of your life. I couldn’t fathom that given the fact that I did not like school. I loved hanging out with my friends, bringing our records to a party, experiencing life at that age and in those times was the best ever. The music was great. Yes Dad you were right! Jeremy, thanks for the video and for reminding us all of a time more innocent and peaceful.❤

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

The greatest time in the history of mankind. Unbelievable and unexplainable to those not there, but we know , we were there. Thanks God.

[@markrichards6863]

We were definitely cooler than kids today, and the education system was so much better back then, too.

[@chiarac3833]

Kids learned without being tested to death, omg.

[@markrichards6863]

@@chiarac3833 I think we were more motivated and there was better parental involvement too.

[@Unitedhope4animalsOrg]

@@markrichards6863 Public education was more adequately funded in the 70's. The "Taxpayers' Revolt that started in California in the fall of 1978 (Prop 13) came at the expense of public services... like education. Huge budget cuts and mass lay offs of teachers, starting in the 79-80 school yr.

[@RO-dj8dp]

The best years ever with the best music and with girls that didn't look like they fell face first into a tackle box on a fishing boat. Everyone knew their true hair color. A time where you looked where you were going and not looking into a cell phone.

[@kbrewski1]

Yeah, no girls in the 70s ever changed their hair color. Farrah Fawcett, Loni Anderson, Carol Wayne, Cheryl Tiegs, Angie Dickinson all had drapes that matched the carpet 🤪🤪🙄🙄 DUUURRR!!

[@sprkl5d]

And boys were boys and girls were girls!!

[@kbrewski1]

@@sprkl5d Great line Archie Bunker! I guess you missed Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dr Renee Richards, Tiny Tim etc

[@RO-dj8dp]

@@sprkl5d 100%👍

[@basshorseman998]

lol

[@rodkemp1136]

Class of 77, it was so great to grow up without all the distractions of todays world, all we had to worry about was who’s house we were going to hang out at and just the times! What a great time to be alive.

[@julenepegher6999]

Same, wondering where the next party would be, Great Times!

[@nautiquecowboynautiquecowb5317]

Class of 73 That was a damn good time to be alive

[@luciehanson6250]

73 here also! I noticed a clip where the kids were eating Lucerne yogurt. We started the healthy eating craze, and crazed around in great numbers! I'm glad for when I grew up.

[@genesissutton8307]

I don't know what the hell is wrong with me, I wasn't even thought of back then and yet I keep searching up "footage from the 70's". It brings me a weird sort of comfort almost like nostalgia....but for a time I didn't exist in

[@jordangordan8980]

Same. Born in 96

[@JoseAlvarez-nt7ym]

@@jordangordan8980 yo en 1989 naci

[@michaeldavis5775]

I was born in 1956, so I got to enjoy the 60s, 70s, and 80s when I was young. Wish I was been a few years earlier, so I could have more memories of the 50s.

[@silent_whispers319]

Me too!!

[@genesissutton8307]

Wow 31 likes is a lot for me, thanks guys! I'm younger than all of you it seems, born December of 2006. Honestly I think its some sort of escapism for me to imagine what my friends and I would be like in past decades instead of stuck in quarantine 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. Oh well, by this summer we might be in the clear of covid. I also love the music from this era, not the pop I always despise pop but the rock is just aaAAaAAA so awesome I'm learning to play guitar so thats something to do in quarantine.

[@suekaiser4163]

1970 graduate. Awesome times. No cell phones, no soda or snack machines in schools. Respect for teachers and our elders.Girls wore dresses. Never slacks or shorts. Carried our books on our arms, no back packs. So lucky to have lived in those times.❤

[@yolieswitzer9466]

Respect for others and self. Teachers who represented an admired profession and students who went to school to learn without fear of not returning home on any day. Moral awareness. Appropriate clothing worn by both teachers and students. Things young people now can't imagine and unfortunately will never get to experience. Glad for those of us that did.

[@lindahollander3588]

I still dress with class and I worked with a trashy women once that told me scornfully that she didn't like how I was. I told her I grew up going to church and we wore hats and glove with dresses. She just couldn't stand that and went out to smoke her pot.

[@snowyowlz5992]

Class of 74. Carrying books in my arms 5 miles a day got tiresome, yes by choice the school that is, I started using a backpack to make it easier for me.

[@stella-gx8ne]

Girls wore dresses😂😂😂😂 what a great remark. Bet you were an “under stairs” type of guy😂😂😂class of 72 here

[@daved1535]

The way girls dress today, you don't need to be under the stairs to get a good look. It's all showing now

[@TC-eo5eb]

Class of 76 here. My obituary will read in part how fortunate I was to have spent my entire teenage years in the decade of 1970. I wish this video would have shown the high school parking lots so we could see all of those late 60's and early 70's American made muscle cars. My first car was a 1969 Dodge Charger I purchased in 1975 for $1,200 and sold in June of 76 for $1,000. That car today would be worth $80,000.

[@KB-ke3fi]

Class of 77 here....my first car was a fully loaded classic 1968 mustang. Bought it from my dad in perfect condition with 22k miles for $2100. Back when we had to pay for stuff ourselves.

[@afvet5075]

Class of 78. Best times of my life were 72-79. All my family members were still alive and kicking.

[@charlesmiddleton3247]

Much appreciation Jeremy for this video! Graduated in "71" but soon joined the Marine Corps and am so thankful I was part of this era. Memories of my parents, family T.V. time together, family gatherings on weekends, neighbors stopping by to visit. Ppl were talkative, friendly along with kindness and respectful to one another. It seemed everyone would be outside on a pleasant day and kids would be kids enjoying themselves with their OWN creative play!. They say, You can never go back as it once was, but I can still day dream! Really enjoyed your effort of producing this great nostalgic video.

[@ogtme]

Graduated in 1971- wow what memories. Mini skirts, hot pants, long straight hair with peroxide in front.! I can’t believe I’ll be 70 on April 16th🤣

[@alessandrapirelli7040]

In my high school ... nobody had a gun, nobody talked about guns, nobody wanted a gun and most importantly NOBODY was shot let alone killed by a gun! Life was great!

[@generalyellor8188]

Nobody WANTED a gun? I'm from this era, and people haven't changed. Just as many guys back in the day wanted a gun as they do now. Fewer people used them against other students back then though, I'll give you that.

[@smolville]

79 here. Some of the students were fur trappers. They would turn their gun over to the principal and pick it up after school. Than they joined the Marines.

[@wayneanderson8034]

Wow, guns were everywhere in my high school. Every other pickup had a rifle in the window rack, there was a shooting range in the basement below JROTC open to all who wanted. There was never a motive to harm anyone. Guns were/are not the problem, the evil motive is the problem. When I saw someone walking with a rifle or shotgun in the parking lot, I thought nothing of it.

[@l.5832]

@@generalyellor8188 Nobody wanted a gun. That is correct. The 1960s and 1970s were about love and peace. I'm not American so my country did not have a war on their conscience in those decades. No one wanted a gun that I encountered in my Baby Boomer years. But then.....I'm not American.

[@govtom4]

@@72shovelhead45 Same here. Even in junior high (our school was new so we had 8-10th grade and went up a grade till it was a full HS) we had guns in our cars, in the school parking lot. Not sure where this OPer was from, but in Texas, we had guns at school. No one thought twice about it.

[@michaelnazaruk4100]

Class of 1975. So much I wish I could go back and change, but at the same time there's so much I would never mess with. I'm glad I lived it all during this awesome period.

[@alessandrapirelli7040]

High school 73-78, life was simpler, safer, and a lot more fun!

[@lisagerman2111]

Don't know about safer - grew up in beach town Calif., with 3 serial killers locally active. Hitchhiking, an OK alternative to the bus, died alongside many niave innocents. The energy crisis formed many of us in high school at the time - emptying pockets to pool enough gas money for Fri night, alternate days authorized to buy gas, home heating turned to 68° max. 40yrs on, still to warm if heater set above 65°, lol

[@sroydetroy6404]

@@lisagerman2111 I am guessing it wasn't more dangerous than it is today.

[@ERTChimpanzee]

Safer? I assume there were criminals.

[@tonycollazorappo]

@@sroydetroy6404 back then all that could happen to you is getting punched as opposed to a shooting in school. And I think the kids were not as violent or at least not on school grounds. I was in Sr. Hight School from 77 - 79, as it was called by then since there was a Jr. Hight School which I attended from 74 - 76.

[@ERTChimpanzee]

Simpler times for tobacco companies :)

[@davidhunt6463]

I bet these kids never once thought how they would some day be in their late 50s and 60s.

[@qtrhors1]

Class of 78....and no I never thought about it...will be 63 in a couple months. :)

[@l.5832]

I often thought about how it would be in my 40s though. I thought it would be nice to be settled.....thought I would be married with kids, white picket fence etc just like I saw on TV shows. I think we were very influenced by TV then just as young people are influenced by internet now. I was naive in thinking 'happily ever after'.

[@ECLynn]

My sister and I figured what year it would be when we turned 65. 2022 for me - it seemed like a year out of science fiction.

[@eddieboggs8306]

I figured I'd be dead by 37. Now almost 70. Never did officially graduate. Had to go to summer school to get my diploma. They didn't have what I failed because not enough to take class. Got something harder. Passed by one point. When it rains it pours! Maybe in your life but in mine the whole dam breaks!!

[@debbiescott6732]

Of course we didn't. Remember back then we all thought 30 was so old.

[@guitarttimman]

I was a damn good guitarist in the 70's. I mean real good. One time, we played at a high school. The principal didn't like what we were playing so I told the band, let's play something Jazzy. I came out with Misty. The principal was tapping his foot and he said okay you guys can play. Just as soon as he walked out of the auditorium, I started play Black Sabbath Paranoid! LOL The audience ate that up!

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Wow you're still in high school

[@guitarttimman]

@@karlabritfeld7104 I'm still that same kid inside. I was abused by a cult who made sure that I didn't even finish middle school, but girls liked me. I was a dropout, but I took girls to the prom.

[@ritadyer9295]

My brother was in a band in the 70s. They played Smoking in the Boys Room and dedicated it to one of the principals. We thought that was the coolest thing ever! Remember opening the bathroom doors and getting knocked out by smoke before it was illegal for teens to smoke? Lol!

[@guitarttimman]

@@ritadyer9295 Yeah that was crazy. The schools are still corrupt more than you know. Organized crime: control the school and you rule the people.

[@kevinwhelehan421]

​@@ritadyer9295 you talking weed or tobacco?

[@sandygrimes7196]

I was a kid in the 70s, so grateful I didn’t need today’s technology to have a great time..

[@sandygrimes7196]

@lmaofunnyman it’s worse today because it’s on social media too not just in person so yes times then were better!

[@anactualalpaca7016]

@lmaofunnyman You've watched too many movies, kiddo

[@Frozo-nt2ky]

@@sandygrimes7196 how lol? You can just turn off your phone. Plus, they were definently not better. You had the looming threat and dread of the Cold War going nuclear, vietnam, and many things like phones or the internet you and I take for granted not yet around

[@sandygrimes7196]

@@Frozo-nt2ky I’ll tell you what’s more dangerous today than back then, boys doing videos on how to wear make up, hi heels dressing up in drag, no social skills, no eye contact, walking round like zombies on their phones, they don’t play outside instead sit all day long playing video games, don’t believe in God anymore, don’t care about their country have no idea about past history because it’s no longer taught in the classroom, self entitled, spoiled, that my friend is far more worse than the Cold War..

[@Frozo-nt2ky]

@@sandygrimes7196 that’s literally just a generalization. 99% of people aren’t like that. Plus why the hell is not believing in god bad? Some people actually have common sense and don’t push their religion on other people. I am very good at history and so are the majority of the people in my age group. While I don’t like a lot of peoples Attitudes and complaining about everything, it is the best time to be alive

[@stevedeleon8775]

Class of 1977 here!...the clothes..hair styles..& the life style..what a different world my generation lived in..carefree..& not a worry but go to school & play hoops after school

[@ERTChimpanzee]

They say the same thing 40-50 years later lol.

[@FluteLoops59]

77 goes to heaven!!

[@lockandloadlikehell]

And get murdered

[@l.5832]

@@ERTChimpanzee Nope!

[@ERTChimpanzee]

@@l.5832 I'll say it lol. You are probably dead by then lol.

[@bobthebuilder9553]

High School between 1976 and 1980 was a blast.

[@steveavant9727]

High school class of 1975. Patriotism, great music, good friends and good times. Some memories I sometimes wish I could relive.

[@lisashields852]

Amityville class of 75. The very best time of life. Miss it all. Go class of 75.

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@jaya-squishiehuntr019 "Is"?

[@SmithDavid65]

How are you doing

[@janettamcgee8124]

Born in 1958 and was the class of 76. Thanks for the trip back in time. Great memories.

[@JoseAlvarez-nt7ym]

Te felicito soy de 1989 y tengo 32 años y pues ciento volver ala escuela

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

Me too, just celebrated my 64th birthday. Where did the time go?

[@draghoundgaming]

@@sabrinapittsley2304 Damm exactly time flies!

[@philchurch1115]

I'm a 1974 grad and my Husband is a 1976 grad .. very happy we grew up when we did .. miss the 1970's

[@draghoundgaming]

Those time seems to be amazing .i wish i could time travell ...Are you missing that time?

[@snowman9977]

I’m a ‘74 grad and my husband is also a ‘76 grad. What a great time to be a teen and in high school.

[@kbrewski1]

I was in Honors College Prep Physics my junior year 1977. Brutal class. One day a buddy of mine raises his hand and asks the Physics teacher "Is it true that there are rings around Uranus?" Of course most of us could not contain our laughter. He was told to write a long essay on how to be respectful in class or something like that, and he had to read it to the class. Probably didn't help his grade either, but he was a smart dude. He also orchestrated a thing during lunch where we noticed that 2 of these nerdy shop teachers would always enter the men's room at the same time, together. So a group of us would go into the rest room right before they came in and take up all the stalls and urinals, and take our time. After about a week of this the shop teachers finally figured out what was going on, and a bunch of us got a visit to the Ps office. We explained to him that after lunch we had a limited time to use the restroom before aft classes and it was unhealthy to not empty our bladders. I think the P told the shop teachers to use the faculty john, 😆. We also were all heavily into the Monty Python shows at that time and we frickin memorized those skits. So in classes where a few of us were in, we would sometimes answer Q in an English accent and quote various Python lines that we thought were funny. Yeah, we could be knuckleheads at times but this was subtle highbrow humor!!

[@3847CAK]

I was a TAG honor student in all of my classes. Loved them.

[@kbrewski1]

@3847CAK I don't know what TAG means, but congrats I guess.

[@stevel6939]

Entered high school in 76. Scared to death of the big kids who seemed to be dropping regularly from car crashes and over doses. I came to history class one Monday to find 6 of my class mates died on Saturday when their jeep overturned comming from the party spot out near the resevoir. Life was great back then but it had lots of hazards besides the war which had about wound down by then. My dad and uncle both went to Nam. Dad a medic uncle a grunt then an air traffic controller. When Dad flew to Danang to pick up wounded to bring back home, my uncle would instruct/land his plan coming in. Both lived.

[@jillconner5062]

Yeah I remember viewing H.S. kids as pretty much grown ups going into my freshman year. People were more mature earlier back then. It's unthinkable to imagine grown adults behaving the way some do now back then.

[@lorimidwife]

Wow, wonder where you grew up? I was 16 in 1976 in Phoenix and deaths pf teens were rare compared to now! Alcohol was the popular drug like it is in high schools now, easy to get. None of us knew anyone who died from suicide, cancer, all those other diseases everyone gets now. Definitely a cleaner, safer lifestyle back in the 1970s.

[@ltwig476]

@@lorimidwife Phoenix was a bit short of real trees in out lying areas where youth partied. A lot our drunk driving deaths were head-on into large trees.They are still finding missing teens from the 70s still in their cars at the bottom of lakes throughout the midwest.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I entered high school in September of '77, and shortly before starting (it was July or August), a fellow I'd known since junior high (wow, is that a dated term or what?) committed suicide a few months shy of what would've been his 16th birthday. In 1980 (seems like it was April, but it was relatively late in the school year), a guy with whose brother I graduated killed himself with a shotgun blast at age 18 or 19. He was born in 1961, so he was one of those two ages, though I don't remember which.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@jillconner5062 I don't know how old you are, but I'll be 60 next June 10, and I know today's kids couldn't have lived in my world. There were VERY few obese kids, no cell phones, and we got our music on vinyl records or cassette tapes. However, vinyl records (the 12-inch variety) are making something of a comeback.

[@libertyann439]

Class of 75! I remember when you could smoke and leave the campus for lunch. I remember no stupid dress codes and no banned books at my L.A. high school. And the kids looked great with long pretty hair of normal color. I wouldn't be a kid now for any amount of money. BTW, I never started smoking.

[@inkey2]

OH I so remember smoking and leaving campus for lunch. A friend had his dads huge oldsmobile 88 convertable and we would cruise to the nearest eating venue.

[@kareemestwani2400]

So lucky, I am class of 2022 born in 2004; the people looks happier and the girls look better and relaxed. I like people I was well liked by my peers but people have become entitled with an attitude for no reason and incredibly toxic.

[@joeydepalmer4457]

no banned books because people thought and had brains

[@AS-xj9cy]

@@kareemestwani2400 yeah same class of 2023 here, and kids nowadays think they are better than everyone else and don't know how to have actual fun

[@davidpanetta6400]

The 70s was a great time to be a kid. We smoked outside and went out to eat. On the weekends, we always had something to do. The kids these days just want to sit at home and play video games or talked on Twitter or Facebook. You couldn't keep us in the house. If we were bored, we would hang outside with our friends and talk or goof around. Life was fun back then. I graduated 1978.

[@4tuneagent]

Class of '77.. We did not realize how good we had it! Fantastic music..$7.00 for a concert ticket.. gas was cheap, and keggar parties were popular, just like in Dazed and Confused, the movie. Minimum wage was about $2.35, but you always had some money in your pocket.. worked at Ho Jo's, which was fun. Great times, and most all of the girls were friendly with positive attitudes, and looking to party just like the guys..

[@peaches911]

Representing the class of 1974! Best time ever. So glad we didn't have cell phones, computers and internet. I feel so lucky to have grown up in the 60s and 70s. If I had a time machine I would go back and do it all again

[@luanloud9454]

70s

[@dubliners0999]

I love this VID! I was born in 62 and yes, this is exactly what it was like. Hair parted in the middle (sometimes greasy), "chalk and talk" in the classroom, weird, big glasses, smoking, old fashioned overhead machines in classrooms, goofing off in the bathroom. One thing I really noticed is there are a lot more skinny people back then. That was BEFORE the sugar industry convinced everyone (including the FDA) that fat was the problem. Science showed they were wrong--hence the good number of people going low-carb and keto these days trying to reverse those effects.

[@jennifermurphy2226]

Thank you for sharing this! Also, I totally agree with you saying how the FDA convinced people that dietary fat was the problem. It was an absolutely terrible decision and now people are trying to unlearn it. Many people nowadays are thriving on low-carb, keto and carnivore diets. :)

[@joeydepalmer4457]

what do you mean some times greasy?!

[@joeydepalmer4457]

Oh and we did alot more stuff out doors, with our friends! Biking, roller skating, sports, and generally, anything out doors and not in front of the tv playing video games

[@anthonydavid5121]

Exacctyl. 1962 here too. CHS, Class of 1980 .... the dawning of a decade was our class theme

[@syndicatedsatellite7288]

People moved around back then, now they're just stationary for the most part...

[@Momster1000]

We were SO LUCKY! No tech, And we had amazing music and cars. The world was so much nicer! I would go back in a minute! Class of 79 btw

[@cm1133]

The first cell phone call was placed April 3, 1973 (exactly 50 years ago today).

[@morbusxx7]

I graduated in 1975. I miss those awesome high school years. This videos brought back so many great memories.

[@leftoverporkchop9972]

Class of 80....The clothes, the cars, the girls! And teachers wearing a jacket and tie. Great times.

[@oldiesgeek454]

And those ties were wide! 😊

[@cmasse64]

Class of 81...I remember the cool boys wore jeans and band tee shirts!

[@threeg6966]

Graduated in 1976. Great times. So innocent and care free. Had it really good, but wasn't aware of it. I would go back to those times in a heartbeat. Played sports, had a job, got good grades, had a girlfriend, had a great family. Jobs were plentiful, so I didn't go to college, I regret that. But that is about the only regret I have from those days.

[@robertbowman7636]

Graduate of 82' Some of the best years of my life! Girls, Marching Band, Football games, friends and no responsibilities! 4 years with the Anthony Wayne Marching Generals. 3 hour practices after school it was all worth it. Would love to relive those memories again with a younger, more fit body ofcourse!!

[@dantana5774]

summer of '73- me and a buddy went to our first concert- Led Zeppelin and were in the standing area in front of the stage..minds blown..

[@Scott-jf1nh]

I also saw them in 73. Atlanta Stadium. On the pitcher’s mound. I was in 10th grade smoking hash.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Lucky you! I'm a huge Led Zep fan, and would have killed to see them live!

[@oxfordmontello3281]

Class of '79! The memories are AWESOME!!!!

[@timothylawson3262]

All day baby 79'

[@kevinmichael2538]

these old high school 70's videos recorded on video cassette already show how good those times were

[@inkey2]

more likely recorded on actual film. When I was in high school 1969 to 1972 only TV news stations had an early form of video tape. The general public did not.

[@generalyellor8188]

Video cameras were barely even available in the 70's, and only in the late-70s. All of this footage was shot on either 8mm or Super 8 film with a movie film camera.

[@inkey2]

@@generalyellor8188 correct General

[@ronlee1894]

I remember my 10th grade English teacher bumming cigarettes off me and trying to get the latest gossip on the students. She was. Such a great teacher.

[@JoseAlvarez-nt7ym]

Jajaja 🤣 que chiste

[@paulo0651]

bruh, you smoked in class

[@paulo0651]

?

[@birdsfan57]

Sounds like my 12th grade History teacher, who used to meet some of his male students at the bar on Saturday nights (the mid 70's, when 18 was the legal drinking age) and gossip with them about the girls in class. Even bumming money off of them to pay his tab. He was 25, acted like he was one of his students, and was a real "stoner"...don't know HOW he was EVER hired...

[@bobblowhard8823]

I was there! Graduated high school in '79. Those were such magical times. I feel sorry for kids of today.

[@rbnhood39]

Class of 75 what a great time to be a teenager. Would go back to that time in a second.

[@Froghair75]

Aaaah, the good life when people knew how to communicate, interact in a personal, friendly way. Love was all there was, no worries, we strived to do our best to become a hard working contributor to the world. Dreaming big with big ideas that eventually became a reality, although some of those technology ideas have now destroyed our world and disconnected everyone, especially family. We actually had real values back then, yes, beam me back Scotty!

[@paulaleckey1968]

Everything was so colorful, safe, and simple. "Class of 80"

[@julenepegher6999]

Graduated 77 being a teen in high school was a blast, smoking in the girls room, skipping class riding around listening to ELO and those cute long haired 70’s guys, Best Times!

[@oldiesgeek454]

ELO! 😊 👍

[@julenepegher6999]

@@oldiesgeek454 ELO and Boston remind me so much of high school. Cheers!

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@julenepegher6999 Me too. I listened to 8-Track tapes of both in my '74 Datsun. Class of 1978...Cheers to you too! 😊 👍

[@DatKat]

@@oldiesgeek454 72 datsun pickup standard tranny.....smoke it up

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I still miss guys with long hair, lol. They wear it too short nowadays, IMO.

[@kkampy4052]

If I could go back I certainly would work harder in school. And I would be more confident with the ladies. We had it good, no social media, no annoying phones and great music. Just hanging with friends and having a good time.

[@memphisslimbo9837]

Right there with you! If I only knew then what I know now!

[@shirleypoplo-ej7lz]

Right with you just wish I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED THAT TIME IN MY LIFE A LOT MORE!!

[@michaelc7880]

Graduated in 1971 from Moline Senior High married young lady Carey Lou Randerson from Rocky ,three children Amy,Isaac,Katie. Twelve children and three great grandchildren.The time was second to none, the music the best.❤😇

[@apuuc]

I am class of 79 and the big thing I noticed on this video was nobody really wanted to be on camera. Times they be changed now:))wow

[@timtostige8124]

It was a great time to be a teenager. Graduated in 1980. Muscle cars or big land yachts were the cars of choice. Usually equipped with Pioneer stereos and equalizers. Home stereos were usually Kenwood or Marantz. A great album came out EVERY week it seemed while still riding the wave of the British Invasion and Motown. Bell bottom jeans and silk shirts, lol. The girls with the big beautiful hair, no goofy implants or other fake alterations. Just pure beauty. Most people got along or an occasional fistfight would break out but no guns or knives. Usually the 2 participants in the fight became good friends afterwards. Concerts at Cobo Hall in Detroit with all of the greats. Driving to Florida for Spring Break. It was the best of times and we knew it!

[@kbrewski1]

Daytona Beach Spring Break 1978.

[@larryrowe5259]

Graduated in 1970. Boys had haircut rules, girls had skirt length rules. Manuel typewriters, fast cars,good music, Vietnam War going on. We missed our 50th anniversary in 2020(covid), but through the years, attended many. Some classmates I never seen again after graduation night.

[@michaelmorris2243]

That was great .👍 The Class of 79 will ALWAYS shine .✨️ 😎 Party on. 🙋‍♂️🐈👌

[@timothylawson3262]

79 baby gone but never forgotten.

[@PEDRO-lq9ph]

Mad respect to the people of the 70s 💞

[@JoseAlvarez-nt7ym]

Yo soy los noventas y fue una decada bonita tengo 32 año

[@patriciabarnes6841]

I graduated in 1976. Had some good high school days and some bad. Looking back,those days were simple.

[@gigigennaro3303]

Class of 74. Loved high school and I would ❤️ too do it all again. The best music, pool halls, dancers, proms 🎉🎉 we were so blessed. ❤

[@DISCOVEGASGUY]

Class of ‘79. The greatest year in popular music, disco, tv, movies. We had it all. How lucky we all were to be born at this time in history. These poor kids in 2023 have no idea how much fun it really was to be alive in the 60s and 70s. Greatest decades ever. No internet, no cell phones, no violent tv shows or video games. Great clothes, everyone got along and communicated and helped each other. The world has become a wasteland and sewer in so many ways. Sad.

[@michaelknapp8961]

I was just a little kid back then but my dad was a high school history teacher in the 70s and he would have his students babysit my siblings and I. Dad always talked about those kids in the 60s and 70s as if it was a golden time to teach. The kids were a lot more respectful than they are today.

[@lorimidwife]

I graduated in 1978, I swear I see myself in these videos sometimes, girls all dressed alike, wore their hair the exact same way!

[@BRIANDER100]

they all dress alike these days also....they all wear those yoga panys

[@michaelterry1000]

And I was in love with every one of them (Class of '80)

[@dennisbulkley7499]

The girls were all gorgeous. Class of 1978

[@ShirleyDeeDesigns]

Class of 78 here too.

[@kbrewski1]

Right around 77-78, girls started curling their long hair in front on each side. That led to much more curling irons in the early 80s. I always liked the nice straight long hair look of the mid 70s when I started HS in 74. Interesting that straight long hair style has been back for the last decade or so.

[@guerralg63]

I graduated in 1981, but started school in 1977/78. Watching these videos just takes me back to old memories, some good some not too good, but one thing for sure, as bad as high school could be, its not anything as bad as today with social media, violence, and perversion. I also noticed the huge change in style from 1970 to 79. It started out very Hippie and ended up somewhere between disco and surfer/stoner.

[@cmasse64]

Perversion? There's perversion in high schools?

[@sroydetroy6404]

Seeing these videos makes me wanna cry- I envy this generation so much wish I was born in these beautiful and innocent times when everything was real and social- no Instagram, no Facebook, no dating apps- non of that crap- just straight up vibing oh man 😥

[@rookmaster7502]

In many ways it was like that, but it wasn't necessarily always fun and innocent. Depression and isolation existed then too. Sometimes it was quite difficult to find help with issues when you needed it. There was no internet to turn to for support.

[@jerryjones2818]

Actually, approaching High School in 1970 as a male, one real concern was would I be sent to Nam after I graduated? There were Race riots going on in the cities still. The "Summer of Love" was over. Inflation was rearing it's ugly head. We had the National Guard killing 4 kids in Ohio. We had a President who turned out to be ALMOST as corrupt as Trump. It was not all sunshine and flowers. By graduation (74), Nixon had resigned, I had to still register for the draft but we were all classified 1H and never even took physicals, gas and car prices had doubled since '70, and there were even gas shortages thanks to the beginnings of OPEC This video, besides obviously taken at a almost all white upper middle class school, presents a "Rosy" picture of life in the '70's.

[@sroydetroy6404]

@@rookmaster7502 I agree with you but something tells me that because of that hard of way of life- kids grew up to deal with reality better.

[@jillconner5062]

Your personality was your social media. And your ability to interact with people face to face .

[@KnockOffBeingFat]

Always remember to tell older people today just how friggin Lucky they are for so many obvious reasons!!

[@lotsoffun4716]

We were young and free! Best music ever!

[@luanloud9454]

Hippie era

[@DrVonChilla]

Class of 1982. I entered High School in 1978 and I wouldn't trade my youth to live in ANY other time. It is shocking, however, to see film footage of my high school days looking like something from a museum exhibit....!! LOL 😆 Kids these days, with their hi-def cameras, will NEVER be able to feel the "museum exhibit" sensation in the same way.

[@larryrobinsonlewis3035]

I graduated in 68. Good old days

[@Joe-ef2sj]

You... WHAT? I graduated a few years ago and you... Why do you even have social media, oldie?

[@ItsMiggy668]

@@Joe-ef2sj man leave him alone lol

[@ItsMiggy668]

@@Joe-ef2sj ngl he’s old af

[@cowgovroom9788]

woah! what was it like being a teenager in the days of beatlemania?

[@arielperez3613]

Lucky

[@paulhunt4690]

Graduate of 78! Thanks for the look back. Good times!

[@billwalker7556]

class of 1975. great music, great cars. great time to be alive. Oh and the sweet beautiful girls!! I went to college for 1 year on a football scholarship but tore my knee up. Never played again.. I started working for a major commercial airline in 76 and could fly anywhere I wanted (for free) and worked at that airline 35 years before retiring. I dated mostly flight attendants in the 70's and early 80's Wow! What great memories for me.

[@kokonana4086]

Watching this makes me realize that I was born to a wrong era. These highschoolers look so relaxed and happy. Simple clothes, no make-up, no cellphone and real education from dedicated teachers.

[@shirleypoplo-ej7lz]

Indeed it was awesome!!

[@bbhoustontx]

all the great muscle cars of the 70's... I drove orange 1969 Camaro SS396 and saw all the great ones of the day. I now have a 2013 Boss 302 green mustang that would walk all over the camaro, but I am looking for the exact car I drove in 1970. Times were easier when I was very young playing outside all day until dark no problems with pedos never locking the doors leaving the windows open for fresh air...... good times for sure.

[@philipe7937]

Memories. I wish I I had had the guts to ask the girl I was in love with out on a date.

[@cecilecorpuz5735]

We would leave a pumpkin on their front door with a message.

[@cm1133]

You and me both. Her name is Missy Reich. She is STILL smokin hott these days!

[@memphisslimbo9837]

Probably applies to 75% of the guys reading this!

[@cm1133]

@@memphisslimbo9837 it applies to probably 98% of the guys reading this.

[@lindahollander3588]

Ye the hih school boys didn't have confidence back then,my husband did have the guts ro ask me out when his friends told him she won't go out with you

[@skeaneable]

youtube videos about a bygone era.....the closest one could get to a time machine!!

[@carolann8286]

Class of ‘75 here. Good times back then. Probably will watch this video a few times.

[@patmosrevelation5250]

Class of 75. Have so many wonderful memories of high school. Great friends, great times. Feel blessed to have lived in that era.

[@cathyheckman7415]

LOL, born 1959 class of 1977! Biggest thing you missed was the Baby Blue Eye Shadow! Thanks so much for Trip down Nostalgia Lane!

[@beehappyalways]

Class of 1976. 1968 baby blue Pontiac Firebird. Gasoline .87 cents a gallon. IMO, best music was in the 70s. Life was sweeeet.

[@dillysgirl4ever]

‘78 grad here. I distinctly remember the parking lot at my school looked like a muscle car show - every day!

[@Honest-abe76]

@@dillysgirl4ever those were the days. I graduated 1976 in a little town n Maine... Nobody had money for new rides.. we all drove 1967--72 model's... Here's a kid with a learner's permit with a GTO440 Magnum... You learned to drive or you were killed....😆

[@mtntime1]

You know it. Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, 10 Years After, The Who, Allman Brothers, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Skynyrd to name just a few. When music was music!

[@Honest-abe76]

@@mtntime1 I was in my 2 nd yr USAF... We all went to see Aerosmith in rapid city SD... Back then. No name bands opened for the show.. Mar 1977... Unknown band named AC DC.. we were all high... Front row seats... Joking about the name ( back then ac DC meant u took it either way!)... Announcer says... Welcome from Australia AC DC... We weren't ready for that... Bon Scott was un fuckin real... Aerosmith came on... People were still yelling AC DC... End of the concert??? Not a word was spoken about Aerosmith... Who the hells this band?? They rocked the stage down.... I was front row .. never forget it..46 yrs ago

[@mtntime1]

@@Honest-abe76 Loved early AC/DC, with Bon Scott! Highway to Hell, Dirty Deeds, Jailbreak, Girl's Got Rhythm, Shot Down in Flames, Long Way to the Top (if you wanna rock and roll) complete with rock and roll bagpipes! Angus Young in a schoolboy uniform. You're lucky to have seen them with Bon Scott. By the time I did he was gone. Just not the same without him.....That was some music!

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

This is good . My mom graduated in 72. Due to Corning having a flood . She graduated in August. Love these videos. Such a great time no cell phones. Technology has destroyed our true nature of happiness. Thank you

[@glaucouswingedgull]

Class of '71. Best looking girls, best music, best athletes. They had to go to metric system for later races when they could no longer break our records in miles, etc. Best students, and still had a broader education, which included shop class, and real science labs. Would love to do it again, but do it differently.

[@tycanuck]

Best looking? Everyone in that video looked over 30. Must have been the lead.

[@sg-yq8pm]

"They had to go to metric system for later races when they could no longer break our records in miles, etc" - We have a 'stupid sentence of the year' contender!

[@thyden2k]

Crazy how all the attractive women in here are probably somebodies grandmother by now

[@user-nn8no8pw1o]

same lmao i cant believe that the guys are old enough to be my dad 😬

[@sroydetroy6404]

I am going to add something that is pretty sad- imagine that most women in our age will never get to be grandmothers because they have been indoctrinated by Feminism and most of us men will never become fathers or husbands. Now that is what I call a tragedy

[@draghoundgaming]

@@sroydetroy6404 why men though

[@sroydetroy6404]

@@draghoundgaming What do you mean? Because finding good quality women these days is very hard. You need a woman to become a father and a husband and if most dudes can't find that- than we will be sharing the same fate as them. Sorry... as tragic as it is ain't no way going around that.

[@j.6845]

@@sroydetroy6404 it’s not because of feminism. I personally don’t want children because I believe that i won’t be able to provide that love and comfort a mother can provide them. and honestly, i wish my opinion about it was different but sadly it isn’t. so why would i bring a child into this world knowing that i didn’t want to in the first place? i wouldn’t want any child to experience that. So yeah, no it’s not really because of feminism that some women don’t want children or to get married.

[@EmilyTienne]

Philip Morris appreciates some of this imagery. They understood the importance of hooking ‘em while they were still kids. Aside from that, this is so nostalgic and beautiful. Love the music too.

[@cmasse64]

I remember we had a smoking section outside for the smokers. There were alot of us. And yep, I got hooked back then. It took me decades before I quit. Better late than never, right?

[@EmilyTienne]

@@cmasse64 This is true.

[@jimmyclark9595]

Class of 1975,back then was a time in my life I wish I could go back.I loved it so much back then,great cars,great music and the world so easy going not like today.People back then had respect for other people.We all had a great time with these drugs of today.We all loved to go to the skating rink on Saturday and the bowling alley,life was so simple back them.

[@davidwhitney1171]

Born 1957, James Madison High School Midwood, Brooklyn, Class of 1975. Big public urban high school- I was just a number passing through. A non-entity I suppose- but it really wasn't so bad. I don't remember ever being bullied- that's how anonymous and unimportant I was (chuckle 😊). I was lonely at times. When sitting in class listening to the teacher's blah blah blah, was usually daydreaming about girls and cars. Otherwise always had my nose in a book of my own choosing, usually while cutting gym. My favorite classes were History and Art. Somehow I survived it all and ended up going to Law School and became an attorney. Things sometimes work out for the best...

[@msharradan]

I graduated in 1970. Hair styles and clothes were really great. I also married in 1970, and traveled around the US with my serviceman husband. It was so much better back then (except for the Kent State killings).

[@draghoundgaming]

Thats great those times seems to be amazing ..I wish i could time travell ..Are you missing those times?

[@frostyjim2633]

Right. It's a travesty that only 4 of those little pukes got killed. Shameful marksmanship by the National Guard

[@soodumoodu]

Damn. Frosty Jim is frickin' nuts.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

@@frostyjim2633 The four students were walking between classes and were totally innocent. They weren't protesting. Pull your head out.

[@cmasse64]

@@frostyjim2633 Wow, you're advocating for students' deaths? Wtf is wrong with you?

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

Me too, Class of ‘76, year of the bicentennial. I miss those days of innocence.

[@raymondlong3024]

76 for me, any one of these kids shown could have been 1 of my classmates, we all looked like that, tucked in shirts, not a phone in sight, girls in dresses, tattoos were unheard of on high schooler. What great days.

[@marciahenthorn9050]

Graduated in 1976. I will always remember the clothes; great cars and music. Loved the guys with long hair!

[@latrellsprewell653]

I was born in 1978. Just here cause I love 70s stuff

[@luanloud9454]

Like being hippies

[@curtishatem6739]

Class of 72. I was going through old pics and found some of the wallet photos of some of my classmates. Everyone commented about my sense of humor. I guess I was a funny guy. Trying to make sense of the chaos of the 60s & early 70s. I'm still using that sense of humor as these days feel so familiar. Wars that only the rich win, inflation (poverty), corrupt government, and mainstream misleadia. If history has taught me anything, it is what it is and not in my control. Laghing in the face of it seems to be my coping mechanism. Keep smiling it drives the sane ones crazy.

[@sprkl5d]

Class of 76! If only I could go back! Best times ever!

[@michaelhegyan7464]

Class of 76..Best of times..it has been very difficult getting older, with two of my childhood friends, both passing away..

[@KennyBFunky]

Even though we wanted the coolest cars, we were happy with any car that could get us from point A to point B and back. Before we could get a car or a license, we walked or rode our bikes everywhere, or rode the bus, or bummed rides. We played pickup basketball, football and baseball on the school playgrounds after school hours, or at local parks. Class of '78...what a great time it was!