I don't know if anyone had that experience, but I remember that I was absolutely blown away by how well I was treated whenever I was outside of school. Even when I was still a teenager it was like: "What would you like sir? May you have a good day." It was the typical polite relationship to a customer, which they get paid to do of course, but it was still miles better than how you are treated by the teachers and supervisors in school.
The latter always seemed to assume the worst possible thing about you at every time, about assignments, listening in class, obeying the rules, etc. And ironically, when people around you constantly assume the worst of you, then yeah you do start behaving as such. It seems to me that the main work of teachers and supervisors is to deal with problems they themselves create with their coercive institution. I guess they cannot be blamed for it, because school is part of a broader network of institutions which work for the system, but still.
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2024-08-05