Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11284416)

That's so true, I moved to America when I was 18 and fresh out of school, I was in London by 19 with an Aussie friend I'd made in Boston(we're still good friends to this day actually and she's coming to Ireland for a visit in June :love: ) and we really were thrown in at the deep end of figuring life out money/accommodation/work/keeping ourselves alive etc :laugh: The only contact I had with family and friends back in Ireland then was letters and the occasional phone call from a payphone (it was pretty expensive back then to make international calls)

Originally Posted by Redway (Post 11284418)

Aww. I hope your Aussie friend has a great time in June.

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11284422)

She will no doubt, she's spending some time in London, Scotland & Greece too. She still travels a lot from since we were 18

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11284397)

my old school is a housing estate now too, It would be different time frames, but i do wonder :laugh:

and to answer the op, the influence of school shrinks proportionately to your age

and just to further complicate things, i went to an upper school after o'grades

Originally Posted by Redway (Post 11284622)

Ah, I see. But no, today’s teenagers seem very baby-ish compared to how teens from a more zennial/millennial/Gen. X ilk were. Whether teenagers were officially recognised prior to the 1950s or not is irrelevant. They’re just not as world-savvy as they were even 10 years ago. Max off Corrie is an example of an infantilised, overly impressionable 16-year-old. It’s even worse considering that the guy what plays him (who’s a terrible, terrible actor) is actually like 20.