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Aella
@Aella_Girl
some ppl responding are like 'but aella ur childhood was abnormal, this isn't actually a societal default' no, *most parents* just go and send their kids to school, which i find to be the biggest quietly accepted thing we'll one day as a civilization look back on with horror
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I think most of my issues from my childhood stem from parents treating me like a thing they're supposed to make obey them as opposed to a real person with preferences that matter but like, this seems to be the societal default for all parenting, not just mine
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@Aella_Girl
we have *so many memes* about school being good. ppl love it for nostalgia reasons, ppl elevate it for moral reasons, ppl view it as a necessary part of a functioning society imo this is all a cope
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@Aella_Girl
(fwiw i dont think *all school* is roughly tantamount to child abuse, like it's possible to intentionally design a thing we would recognize as a 'school' that is not abusive, but most of current schooling is)
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@Aella_Girl
"aella its ridiculous to view it as child abuse, i went through school and it was fine" yea if u go to a country where its normal to beat your kids and u tell any of the adults 'beating your kids is child abuse,' they'll be like 'naw i was beat and it was good for me'
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@Aella_Girl
if u present to me an adult from this civilization who insists their schooling was fine, i will believe you that u are not using a framework that views schooling as bad (and there's some ways this is beneficial!) but this doesn't mean we shouldn't change it!
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School for me (public in SF) was kinda boring and dreary but nothing like what you describe in your relationship with your father or child beating. Most of it was dull, but some teachers actively sought to expand my horizons. They were good role models and cared for me.
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