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[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know it's not exactly the point of the post but I want to go on a tangent and note that it's 100% valid for kids to complain about school even if you have it harder. You should take their feelings seriously because their feelings are just as real to them as you hating your job is to you. When a toddler spills their juice and starts crying, those feelings are just as intense as yours, and you should respond accordingly instead of thinking "don't they know about the wars in the middle east?"

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's all relative. It's just incredible how your perspective can change in your lifetime.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had an absolutely terrible time in my small underfunded high school due to chronic illness, family tragedy, coming from a poor home, and just generally not having that many friends. I got picked on, I struggled intensely with untreated ADHD and depression, and was just all together miserable.

But to spite all that, I completely understand what people mean when they say they miss that period of their life, and I'd never seek to make them think they're wrong for feeling that. There's a weird defensiveness about this topic where people seem to feel anyone else having any sort of positive association with that period of time somehow invalidates their own hardships.

High School is not a good or bad thing. It's just a thing. An experience that was different for everyone. It's okay to leave it at that.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Babies cry because whatever happened was the worst thing they can ever remember happening

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I cry because babies are the worst thing I can ever remember happening.

[–] Knightfox@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you're a social and relatively smart person (or just take the minimum requirements) high school is probably really fun and easy. If you aren't social high school is either a job or a prison.

If you liked high school more than adult life then you probably peaked in high school.

[–] Fal@yiffit.net -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

High school was easy, but so much busy work. Homework every night? Wtf. Not that it was hard, but, like, I'm not doing that shit

[–] s_s@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao. You did homework for high school?

[–] Fal@yiffit.net -1 points 1 year ago

That's exactly my point. High school was easy, but not doing homework caused me to get very meh grades.

[–] twelvefloatinghands@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The homework tho. It was the homework that hurt.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Homework should be illegal.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Homework is really helpful didactically, but it should be coordinated throughout the entire school to avoid overlapping crunch time and limited to 30-40 hours per week of combined class time and homework time total depending on age.

[–] Maultasche@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

And the exams.

[–] thedoginthewok@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Nah, man. fuck school

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah I can do whatever I want now

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. The people who long for the freedom of school life sure fucked something up in their adult life.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I mean I fucked something up as well, but it will get better ;)