>It's also important to note that there is widespread, normalized abuse in the teaching system, especially towards children with poor grades, or who are just po

>It's also important to note that there is widespread, normalized abuse in the teaching system, especially towards children with poor grades, or who are just poor. Things like yelling, demeaning, even spanking and hair cutting (for male students with longer hair, especially) Americans will be appalled, without realizing that these are common hazards for poor, and especially black, students to face. In many cases, these tactics aren't even used for punishment, but as preemptive control measures (especially the hair-cutting). It continues to surprise me how many parallels there are between the Eastern European and Inner City American experiences.