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The elephant in the room is that schoolchildren are not empowered to solve their issues. If I'm having a rough day I can let my employer know and take some time
by mkl95 4y ago
The elephant in the room is that schoolchildren are not empowered to solve their issues. If I'm having a rough day I can let my employer know and take some time off, or quit my job if I have had enough. There's no such flexibility when you are a kid, you are expected to show up and do your time unless you have some strong, tangible proof you are unable to. Iatrogenic harm could be as simple as exposing this fact to the patient, who is trying their best to ignore it. Nobody wants to be reminded they are a virtual slave.
- version_five 4y ago> If I'm having a rough day I can let my employer know and take some time off, or quit my job if I have had enough I'm lucky enough to be in the same position but I don't think that's how it works for > 90% of the adult world.
- em-bee 4y agoi think it could work like that for many but most don't have the courage to ask. frankly a company where it doesn't work like that is not a healthy work environment to begin with. (like some examples discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35032286 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35032286 )
- krageon 4y agoMost physical labour (construction, but also work in harbours etc) just doesn't work this way. Perhaps that's not a healthy work environment, but if it is the only way you can earn the money that feeds you and perhaps your family why does that matter?
- em-bee 4y agowell, it does seem to matter because since covid more and more people refuse to work in such conditions.