@lawremipsum@mspsocial.net where's "it fucked me up but I came out OK" ?
@lawremipsum@mspsocial.net I was very lucky / privileged in that my parents pushed me to do this but also didn't force it against my will. and it helped that my dad worked at the college. I didn't really get any social connection out of school because of how my family treated it as a corrupted/evil institution to be avoided or exploited, not a legitimate place for young ppl to find community. I didn't get real community (besides online) until going to college and becoming an alcoholic
@lawremipsum@mspsocial.net I was home schooled, when I did go to school for a short time I took the "AP" classes in highschool, my experience in class was being told by my classmates that everyone thought i was most likely to be a school shooter. They were v. wrong, I just didn't really want to be there, i was putting up with it because i wanted to make sure I could get into college. The second semester of "highschool" I went to, what would have been my senior year, I took all college classes.
@lawremipsum@mspsocial.net ohhhhh y'all are talking about something specific in public school, I thought this was just about how adults treat kids in general