I'll share this: I had great teachers, enjoyed school, felt well supported, had a tight friend group, and learned a lot. I was a nerd from a fairly poor family

I'll share this: I had great teachers, enjoyed school, felt well supported, had a tight friend group, and learned a lot. I was a nerd from a fairly poor family who lived well outside of a town of about 25k people. This was in the 80s and 90s, in the U.S. I was never bullied once, never felt threatened or scared. Was anxious sometimes, certainly did not like doing homework. If I had told my parents I was too anxious to go to school, I'm pretty sure they'd have let me stay home once. If I kept doing it, they'd have found a polite way to say "tough shit, you're going to school".