#school abuse

and he’s been there ever since

Including when my little sister was there, when the kids I’ve looked after in youth programs were there, when friends became teachers and staff there

Please pray for the victim (or victims)

Please pray for anyone who has been through something like this to have the courage and safety to speak up quickly

Childhood&adolescence socialization does not only exist in school. Your parents have purposefully isolated you from your peers not just by homeschooling you.

Protection from abuse must exist for every situation, and school would not have saved you from abuse. If it did, infinitely less of those who go/went to public school would be/have been also abused by their parents — as well as by their teachers (and other staff) and other students.

Systems of power are the problem, including, at the core, that of the family — and school is a system of power too.

It's insane to me that since I left school in this hellstate this practice (solitary confinement in schools) has been formalized to such a degree that there are literal padded cells in school buildings in this state now. Like my PTSD is in part from being subjected to solitary confinement in an office with a desk and chair and work to do, I can't imagine how much worse it would've been for me to be forced into a closet-sized padded cell during those periods.

But eventually we moved and I switched schools and it didn't take long for me to get good grades again and start actually somewhat liking school.

I have issues in school and get triggered by school and schoolwork because