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1 like = 1 school was torture story to further unschool pill you all
1. i spent first grade doing fuck nothing bc i could already read and write and do basic math as a result of huh, my parents giving a fuck.
2. school tried to indoctrinate us into vegetarianism, "there wont be any water in the world by 2010 and brazil will be target of war bc amazon (?)", climate change and "everyone will be brown by 2015", all of which caused me great anxiety
3. by second grade i had taught my peers the concept of "cheating" and almost got expelled for like the third time out of boredom.
4. my only regret in life was not finishing high school where i started it, by the middle of first year on a school where they took memorizing all of high schools material to "get into a good university" (no SATs in brazil) i began experiencing dissociation and was put on meds
5. for these last 2 hellish years, despite endless mental health professionals attempts to intervene and allow me to be homeschooled, i was forced by POLICE to attend school much more than id like to which meant waking up at 5AM to begin with. at 16. super healthy for teens.
6. it depressed me to no end knowing what i wanted to do with my life and not being able to be home or in music class long enough working on it while getting the condescending treatment from school psychologists
7. as school took over my life for longer and more exhausting periods of time i had to make hard choices and leave extracurriculars which actually made me happy such as dance and painting lessons
8. i went from "gifted" to "huh we not sure" to "genius diagnosis" to "you're getting nowhere in life", the last one quite literally, from school teachers who felt entitled to say shit like that to my face.
plot twist: im better off than any of my careerist peers.
plot twist: im better off than any of my careerist peers.
9. i went to high school to go back to sleep on my desk and was occasionally woken up when the english teachers didnt know something.....
10. although ive always been a little bitch who fights back i think being bullied for my looks ("too skinny") during all elementary school did have its impact after puberty when i devoloped severe body dysmorphia and suicidal thoughts bc of it. oversocialization is real and bad.
11. by the end of high school i was among a bunch of asexual indoctrinated robots who could only think of GETTING INTO MED/LAW/ENGENEERING SCHOOL
and i was the weird one.
and i was the weird one.
12. i was shunned and laughed at bc id occasionally flex by saying i justed wanted to be a housewife.
WHO IS LAUGHING NOW
WHO IS LAUGHING NOW
13. not ashamed to say that i used the "oops i have blood on my pants and have to go home" like 7 times a month bc nobody could dispute that and honestly thats the only power i had to get out of HELL
14. id also say i felt nausea bc of my psychiatric medication and ask for dramamine which would get me slightly high and make it easier to fall back asleep on my desk.
15. as a last resort ive injured myself on purpose to get out of school more than one time. notice a theme?! id rather be ANYWHERE, even on a fucking emergency room than at kids prison.
16. i went to private schools all my life except for one month in fifth grade when i said i was done and wanted to go to public school.
the "teaching" was akin to first grade and i had to leave under DEATH THREATS from 12 YEAR OLD PSYCHOTIC PEER.
the "teaching" was akin to first grade and i had to leave under DEATH THREATS from 12 YEAR OLD PSYCHOTIC PEER.
...because apparently i was "too rich" to be there.
17. once a kid who'd lost his dad recently was misbehaving and this monsters of an old, ill tempered woman we had for a teacher yelled at him something like "YOU CANT BE A LITTLE SHIT JUST BECAUSE YOUR FATHER IS DEAD"
18. we auspiciously got sex ed from the big boobs hot biology teacher who didnt flinch before answering a 12 yo question about whether "size matters": "its not so much about size as it is about girth", said the classy lady.
i repeat: 12 years old.
i repeat: 12 years old.
19. as soon as girls began growing boobs they were harassed by male peers and the school would do nothing to intervene. they were often ashamed to tell their parents.
my only luck is im still waiting for my boobs.
my only luck is im still waiting for my boobs.
20. a high school teacher once professed his "love" for me in red ink on an exam i got an A+
21. i was more than physically active as a kid enrolled in all dance lessons but id still have to get bogus doctor dismissal letter for P. E.
i was bullied bc i couldnt run and was afraid of balls and nobody cared about my pirouettes.
i was bullied bc i couldnt run and was afraid of balls and nobody cared about my pirouettes.
22. they had the P. E. teacher who was dumb as a rock and mispelled simple words and admited he became a P.E. after failing architecture school teach us mandatory chess classes.
23. on my first day of first grade everyone had to tell their names etc and this other P. E. teacher said i had an ugly name. to my face.
24. sometimes id be awake in class only to write music and to this day if you find me writing notes on staff paper you can bet im not well
25. my family thought it was important i went to college so finishing high school was only kind of a relief. i thought id be strapped to a desk for the next decade all over again so my suicidal ideation didnt end there.
26. infectious diseases? the entire school had to get mumps shots bc one kid had it and it gave me mini-mumps which lasted two weeks and hurt like hell. all could have been prevented had i not been forced to be at the same building as 500 other kids every day.
27. i was severely sleep deprived for three years (thats how long our "high school" lasts). from 15 to 17. critical brain development time. no fucking wonder i ended up spiraling half-way through it.
28. had an english teacher in middle school who simply couldnt speak english which id often bring up to admin but they wouldnt have it that i knew what i was talking about for being already fluent.
i taught her english in this language school i got a job at during "gap year".
i taught her english in this language school i got a job at during "gap year".
...by which i mean i tried, she was hopeless.
29. the best school ive been to was the one i mentioned where learning truly was optional bc they had a bunch of dirty rich kids who clearly didnt need that shit and i actually had some fun that year. the school director did the final exams i was about to fail for me.
30. the best teacher i had... huh... taught me to... huh well i dont have any such memories to fill the gaps there haha
31. last one. sorry theres only so much recalling of this shit i can bear at one time.
art class was lame and indoctrinating and if i hear about brazilian modern art week and that ugly ass painting by do Amaral once again im gonna puke.
thanks for everything. love ya.
art class was lame and indoctrinating and if i hear about brazilian modern art week and that ugly ass painting by do Amaral once again im gonna puke.
thanks for everything. love ya.
32. theres one test all senior year students are supposed to take and it can help you get you into "good universities".
i scored high enough i technically had a scholarship for med school in a great private uni. catch? i couldnt actually claim it bc i went to private schools.
i scored high enough i technically had a scholarship for med school in a great private uni. catch? i couldnt actually claim it bc i went to private schools.
(this got way more likes than i expected so i'll add as i recall stuff)
