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Because maybe in their experience - it definitely was in mine - it didn't happen at all in school. I always disliked school because of the other students that g

by Kaiyou 7y ago

Because maybe in their experience - it definitely was in mine - it didn't happen at all in school. I always disliked school because of the other students that got in the way of my peaceful life. Never had a single friend throughout school and college, either. Maybe you think social learning just happens by putting kids together, but that's bullshit. People like me who'd needed it the most didn't get any of it during school. There also wasn't much in regards to an education. In hindsight, school was a complete waste of my time, that at times negatively affected me because of bullies nobody did anything about. If only beating was still a thing when I went to school, then the teachers maybe would have beaten the shit out of the bullies, so they'd have to first spend a week in the hospital before getting suspended on top of that. Sorry, thinking of school always makes me angry.

klodolph 7y ago
> Maybe you think social learning just happens by putting kids together, but that's bullshit. Not to put too fine a point on it—but I don’t think that very many people who work in education think this way. Especially not the teachers running the classrooms. You leave children to their own devices and you get Lord of the Flies, which was written by William Golding, who based the book on his experiences as a schoolteacher. My personal advice, as someone who “survived” school, is that intense feelings of anger in reaction to school add too much color. You have to wait and let the logical, non-angry patterns re-emerge in your own mind each time that anger reappears.
lonelappde 7y ago
School was bad for you. An alternative would have been good. Sure. But was school bad for everyone? If you never had a friend all the way through college, you are nowhere the majority.
- Kaiyou 7y ago
  So not being the majority makes it okay to completely dismiss me? Was corporal punishment bad for every kid? Is waging war bad for everyone involved? It's a dishonest question.

by Kaiyou 7y ago

klodolph 7y ago

> Maybe you think social learning just happens by putting kids together, but that's bullshit. Not to put too fine a point on it—but I don’t think that very many people who work in education think this way. Especially not the teachers running the classrooms. You leave children to their own devices and you get Lord of the Flies, which was written by William Golding, who based the book on his experiences as a schoolteacher. My personal advice, as someone who “survived” school, is that intense feelings of anger in reaction to school add too much color. You have to wait and let the logical, non-angry patterns re-emerge in your own mind each time that anger reappears.

lonelappde 7y ago

School was bad for you. An alternative would have been good. Sure. But was school bad for everyone? If you never had a friend all the way through college, you are nowhere the majority.

Kaiyou 7y ago
So not being the majority makes it okay to completely dismiss me? Was corporal punishment bad for every kid? Is waging war bad for everyone involved? It's a dishonest question.