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Because even the social environments that don't resemble schools are created by, operated by, and comprised of people who learned how to interact socially in th
by adrusi 11y ago
Because even the social environments that don't resemble schools are created by, operated by, and comprised of people who learned how to interact socially in the school environment. This means that many of the subtle conventions that underly the more visible dynamics will be intuitive to someone with a school background, and inaccessible to someone without it. The issue is exacerbated by the fact that the school environment is unnatural and irrational, and so its customs will never follow from common sense.
Also, not sharing a huge formative experience with the rest of the population makes it harder to empathize with them.
- toothbrush 11y ago> comprised of people who learned how to interact socially in the school environment. [...] This means that many of the subtle conventions that underly the more visible dynamics will be intuitive to someone with a school background I am sceptical. I think that these effects are, as you say, subtle, and given how people are able to emigrate/immigrate when adults and still manage to fit in with foreign customs, etc., seems like evidence to me that it isn't all that bad. All foreign customs are unnatural and irrational when viewed by the outsider—i experience this daily in the country where i'm currently living (been here 3 years, it still seems bizarre sometimes, even though i'm reasonably integrated with local friends and SO etc). Anyway, perhaps i'm comparing apples to oranges :).