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Well, you could start by forcing children to sit still (!) in the same room every day, lecturing them about things that they do not care about, forcing them to do things that they do not want to do, finding ways to shame them if they do not obey, and then insisting that this is what education is and what the process of learning looks like.

That would be one way to teach them not to seek education.




Not all school environments are like this.

From the sounds of it you probably need some sort of therapy. Did you talk to your parents about it at the time? It's their choice how to educate you.


To believe that there is a problem with the current system is apparently a sign of mental illness (ie, a need for therapy).

Sure, why not? It's the end of history, after all.


No, to believe that the current system is a deliberate form of torture might show that you have some scars from that time in your life that could do with talking out. I didn't say (or even imply) you were mad.

And you didn't have to be there, your parents had a choice like everyone else's.


"Scars" imply a growth that is abnormal. It an attempt to mark off my reaction as somehow freakish and thus not legitimate.

As for "deliberate"? Deliberate's got nothing to do with it. See also "The Yellow Wallpaper".


No, scars imply you were wounded and you still bear marks. Nothing more.

It is an attempt to pass off your reaction as not legitimate, yes, because it's not. I'll say it again - you didn't have to be there, nobody was forcing you to be in that classroom, that was your parents choice. The only choice they didn't have was not to educate you at all.

--edit-- Further on the scars thing - in your first post in this thread you explicitly talk of emotional abuse and deliberate traumatisation during your schooling, I'm not sure why you would think my suggestion you talk to someone about this is so offensive?




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