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Much of the problem rests with the absolutely insane way that schools work. They encourage bullying and social isolation, they have become almost like prisons,
by InclinedPlane 14y ago
Much of the problem rests with the absolutely insane way that schools work. They encourage bullying and social isolation, they have become almost like prisons, and provide very little benefit in actual education in exchange.
- saraid216 14y agoThey're microcosms of the societies they're meant to prepare us for. And we have plenty of bullying in the adult world.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoNo. They're nothing like the real world. Some parts are similar, but some parts of prison are similar to the real world too.
- saraid216 14y agoPrisons are microcosms, too, and the way prisoners and guards interact is also a good indicator of what we do as a society. If you fix bullying in schools, you will help fix bullying in society in general. If you fix bullying in society in general, you will help fix bullying in prisons. I had the surprising insight a few months ago that rape culture is just the Stanford Prison Experiment writ large. It was an insight triggered by reading some commentary about Stuebenville.
- DasIch 14y agoI don't think this is at all a problem with schools. It's just that you can't avoid people in school as you can in the "real world".