You can be sure there are very many people out there - people you would probably never talk to - reading not only this post but every one of the 413 comments on this post (and the 215 comments on the overflow post). The author writes, "the way I was by my classmates in high school was pretty typical for a geek. At best, I was ignored. At worst, I was beaten." Or, if you want to take the gloves off, Dan Savage's Clique...Clique...Bang! It is clear from these comments that school - and especially high school - remains a bastion of fear for many people, not from stalkers or predators, but from their own classmates. Via Stephen Hsu.
When I went to my high school reunion, I found no sign of my presence there, and ran into only one person (hiya Dean) from the people I knew. My high school experiences were pretty bad until around Grade 11 or so when Ralph James taught me to box (thanks Ralph) and defend myself. Even so, I was still pretty miserable, and I left high school as soon as I could, before graduating, completing my studies in the city at night school while working at Lansdowne Park. I was accepted at university five years later as an "unmatriculated adult". If it had happened today, with higher tuitions and tighter enrolments, I would never have entered university.
When I went to my high school reunion, I found no sign of my presence there, and ran into only one person (hiya Dean) from the people I knew. My high school experiences were pretty bad until around Grade 11 or so when Ralph James taught me to box (thanks Ralph) and defend myself. Even so, I was still pretty miserable, and I left high school as soon as I could, before graduating, completing my studies in the city at night school while working at Lansdowne Park. I was accepted at university five years later as an "unmatriculated adult". If it had happened today, with higher tuitions and tighter enrolments, I would never have entered university.
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