Gen Xers: Did your HS have a “freshman slave” auction?
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Anonymous
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Class of 1989 here.
I vividly remember being auctioned off in a “freshman slave day” back in 1984 or 1985. It was a fundraiser type of thing. I think there’s a twist on this where seniors are the ones who are auctiones. This was in Ohio back in the mid-1980s. Wondering if it was common. |
Anonymous
| I graduated in 1987 and this was not a thing at my school. It sounds like something a frat would do. |
Anonymous
| Holy shit, NO! That's disgusting. |
Anonymous
Op here. I googled it and apparently it was a thing. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely not. |
Anonymous
| No |
Anonymous
| No. And there are no circumstances in which anyone would have viewed this as a good idea. |
Anonymous
| Def had freshman “hazing” type activities. A theme, seniors could have you do whatever, a pep rally. |
Anonymous
| I'm not even gen x - I am a millennial and this was a thing at my high school (2004-2008). It was seniors being auctioned off as a fundraiser for grad and they would be your slave for the day (driving you to school, carrying your books, buying lunch etc). |
Anonymous
| Absolutely not. 1984 graduating class. |
Anonymous
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What region?
I'm a bit younger, class of '96. Probably just a few years past Gen X, but I had older siblings too. Don't remember this ever being a thing, but our Catholic school's charity auction every year had a few people auction off 'work for a day' type things where a sophomore or junior would come to your house and do odd chores. Never referenced slaves, though. |
Anonymous
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My school did it. Class of 1984, independent school in Alabama.
Other things you wouldn’t find today, the local public high school had a smoking court for students to take a smoke break |
Anonymous
| Class of 96, mine did, rural MD. |
Anonymous
| Gen X, California, absolutely not. |
Anonymous
| Sports teams did. Class of ‘97. Upstate NY small town. |