Are high school kids worse?

The other day in my Educational Media class, my teacher brought up the subject of high school age kids. She has always been an elementary school teacher except, of course, when she is teaching this college course. She made the comment that after visiting a high school she saw how bad the kids were and that those of us who were in secondary education would need some prayers.

When I told my family I had chosen secondary education as my major, my grandmother had much the same reaction as my teacher concerning high school aged kids. She said that kids are getting worse and worse every year and that by the end of my teaching career, kids behavior will be almost unbearable.

These opinions really scare me! I guess I knew when I chose secondary education that high school kids were hard to handle. After all, I was a high school kid just a few years ago, but I thought I could handle it. I am still confident that I can handle these unruly children, especially with a few years of practice under my belt.