As yall probably know, I was homeschooled from birth to the end of 'high school', and cut off from most secular culture - except for 3 months, when I attended public school at the age of 14, and ran into a lot of public school norms that shocked and confused me (cont).
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1. The wasted time. SO much wasted time. The whole day felt so slow, with lots of waiting and a tiny amount of learning inside it. I remember thinking I could have done the work of the whole homeschool day inside of 1-2 hours at home.
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2. The impersonalness of the teachers; it was disheartening when the teachers treated my work like it was just another thing on an assembly line of grades (which it was). It didn't feel like I was 'being taught by someone', but like I was pressing buttons in a teaching computer.
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3. The maturity level of the other kids. I'm not sure how 'legit' I'd view it today, but I remember distinctly thinking that the kids in public school felt approximately two years 'younger' - in jokes and mannerisms - than the other homeschooled kids I knew of the same age.
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4. The lack of community. Maybe this was partially me-specific because I was weird and religious, but it seemed true even beyond me - that you couldn't trust kids that weren't your friends. I was used to near-total trust in all the other kids I met in my life.
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
Is this a bug or a feature? If the point of school is really to socialize kids for modern urban society, then learning not to trust is important, even if very unpleasant.
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Replying to @quirkyllama
I get the impression public school kids have *significantly less trust* in each other than adults do. Adults typically aren't afraid their peer group might physically beat them up or put them through psychological torment, and adults have the ability to leave.
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
That's true. There's a sort of "Lord of the Flies" aspect to Public school that is *not* a part of adulthood. I'd always assumed it was just kids being kids, but maybe this weird place with super high kid:adult ratio breeds that atmosphere.
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If 98% of kids spend their formative social years in an environment of fear, that's going to shape the way they are as adults. High school isn't preparing kids for the hardship of adulthood, it *causes* the hardship of adulthood.
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