Woa. I’m suddenly convinced my highschool time wasn’t that bad.
NONE of the teachers were bastards. Okay, one maybe, but I never had a class with the guy. All teachers were pretty much friendly young people who far more enjoyed having a discussion with their pupils, than stuffing their heads full of ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’. But my highschool came in third or fourth in a research about the best highschools of the Netherlands… so yeah… (I was suprised about that too. @_@)
My peers in highschool, an entirely different story. [Insert long story about 8 years of bullying here.]
I severly disliked highschool. The reason I graduated was because I wanted freedom. And guess what? I HAVE IT. I love college. College rocks! Kids, if anything drags you down, highschool is being a bitch, keep that in mind. College. Freedom. Of course, you gotta be careful and pick the right college education or else you’ll end up unmotivated and flunk out of college, which is not good. That’s why you gotta obey the rules. You have to cheat the system. Let them think they’ve got you under control… and then you leave, come back and beat em. Metaphorically speaking of course, I’m against teacher violence.
The other month I got a letter from my old highschool. If I wanted to write anything about my first year in college. If I had any tips. I wrote down, ‘Wallflowers, nerds and outsiders; DO NOT GIVE UP! THERE IS HOPE! College rocks! Work hard and get yourself out of highschool! If I can make it so can you!’
I really don’t know if it’s been placed in the schoolpaper… but it would be cool if it did. Someone seriously needs to speak up for the bullied, the nerds, the geeks, the outsiders, the lonely, the unpopular. ME!
Anyway… I think I have the luck of growing up in a rather peaceful low-populated area, when I hear your stories. o_o
I think it’s a problem, really. Teachers are the most valuable in society, next to parents and possibly family. Teachers are partly responsible for raising a new generation and teaching them important things - not just math or English but stuff about life and philosophy. But alas. Teachers are underpaid, schools are underfunded, standardized tests suck the life and motivation out of students and people who stand on a stage singing some dumb song earn millions of dollars. I wonder, why are those that contribute the least to our society, awarded the most - and the other way around?