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School brings its own traumas. School can be a bit prison lite both in structure and social dynamics between children. But for some children school is still a m

School brings its own traumas. School can be a bit prison lite both in structure and social dynamics between children. But for some children school is still a more plesant experience than whatever is happening at home and so it is an important and life saving escape. High school gave me severe social anxiety and I was “popular.” I know many others had it much worse than me. College was a good change of pace for me and I got over it, but then a few years into my career I worked at a place that was very high school like and all of the trauma and anxiety returned and then some. Took years to recover my confidence.

npsimons 6y ago
This. I mean, if the prison lite that is school (love that term) is better than a child's home life, doesn't that speak to deeper issues? Maybe GP should try not to excuse the stories from the Hellmouth[0] that is school by saying that home life is worse for some children. I for one, don't see how my being stuffed into a locker was conducive to any sort of "learning experience", and I've always had problems staying awake in lectures since as far back as I can remember. Give me books any day of the week. A one size fits all approach is shitty for everyone, both those "privileged" to suffer at school, and those for whom it is an escape from a broken home. [0] - https://slashdot.org/story/99/04/27/0310247/more-stories-from-the-hellmouth https://slashdot.org/story/99/04/27/0310247/more-stories-fro...