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Wow that’s absolutely not what public school was like for me. It was brutality left right and center. My first grade teacher put me in “remedial class” after sh

by ianai 5y ago

Wow that’s absolutely not what public school was like for me. It was brutality left right and center. My first grade teacher put me in “remedial class” after she “caught” me being able to read upside down and backwards. She was across the room at the time. Then there’s all the bullying on the playground - including being knocked out unconscious the first time I actually stood up to a bully. The school punished us both with the exact same punishment. I swore. He probably did brain damage to me. Etc etc. In short, this concept that school actually has benefits is pretty alien to my lived reality.

Foobar8568 5y ago
First week ever of school, my daughter was bitten to almost bleeding. Some kids (both 4yo) tried to kiss her on her mouth, she pushed him away. This year (7-8yo), one sexually harassed her, school did shit, so she is homeschooling now. I won't say more but many other things, including a crazy teacher humiliating kids as punishment (in a nutshell, asking the classmates to laugh at the kid), only listening to bullies etc. If this is the so called socialization, fuck school. And we are in a supposedly a good town in Switzerland.
- ianai 5y ago
  One of my first bullies (around 7-9 yo, I think?) was my “best friend” at the time. As an adult I suspect he just singled me out and I wouldn’t have known any better. Social pressure may have contributed there too. He would grow his fingernails out, sharpen them to points, and dig them into my hands until I bled on the playground. I vehemently support homeschool. The homeschooled adults I met in both college and in professional work are some of the best able to actually deal with reality. They’re not perfect and can be downright unaware, but that’s going to be true of anything. The bullying out there overrides any benefits.
uniqueuid 5y ago
I'm deeply sorry that school was so horrible for you. I can also tell you that in contemporary affluent european regions, my rosy version of the story is common. It's of course an enlightment-style utopia, but even if reality often was and is different, I'm very convinced that this is what we should strive for. There are different stances towards educating children, of course, but this one (and its versions) is arguably the humane one.

by ianai 5y ago

Foobar8568 5y ago

First week ever of school, my daughter was bitten to almost bleeding. Some kids (both 4yo) tried to kiss her on her mouth, she pushed him away. This year (7-8yo), one sexually harassed her, school did shit, so she is homeschooling now. I won't say more but many other things, including a crazy teacher humiliating kids as punishment (in a nutshell, asking the classmates to laugh at the kid), only listening to bullies etc. If this is the so called socialization, fuck school. And we are in a supposedly a good town in Switzerland.

ianai 5y ago
One of my first bullies (around 7-9 yo, I think?) was my “best friend” at the time. As an adult I suspect he just singled me out and I wouldn’t have known any better. Social pressure may have contributed there too. He would grow his fingernails out, sharpen them to points, and dig them into my hands until I bled on the playground. I vehemently support homeschool. The homeschooled adults I met in both college and in professional work are some of the best able to actually deal with reality. They’re not perfect and can be downright unaware, but that’s going to be true of anything. The bullying out there overrides any benefits.

uniqueuid 5y ago

I'm deeply sorry that school was so horrible for you. I can also tell you that in contemporary affluent european regions, my rosy version of the story is common. It's of course an enlightment-style utopia, but even if reality often was and is different, I'm very convinced that this is what we should strive for. There are different stances towards educating children, of course, but this one (and its versions) is arguably the humane one.