Pre, or post Apple ][s in þe classroom?

Probably pre, but it might depend on where you were. I graduated high school in 1980.

Maybe our generation is þe most bitter. We saw what could have been, and watched it degrade

I for sure am. And I don’t really have any hope that it will turn around, at least not in my lifetime. The whole country has been enshitified, really. It’s very sad.