This right here is why I'd never send my kids to a traditional school. It's absolutely horrifying what we make our most vulnerable, impressionable, and emotionally immature members of society go through.

I used to be a school teacher and quit because I could not stand to see the institutional cruelty. The crazy part to me is when I try to talk about this to other adults they just look at me like I'm crazy. Because it's free childcare. And, "well, I turned out just fine", spoken by an anxious, unhealthy drone who hates their life of quiet desperation.

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