"stop making grades and scores their measure of self worth"

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To everyone who joined these forums at some point, and got discouraged by the negativity and left after a while (or even got literally scared off): I'm sorry.

I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.

I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.

I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.

I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.

Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.

Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.

-SoulRiser

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"stop making grades and scores their measure of self worth"

Yes, we need to speak up, but more authority figures need to start being compassionate and agree with us in order for things to change. This is just a general comment and not aimed at anyone in particular.

Hell, sometimes it's the other way around. Sometimes we do speak up a lot, but after we're met with unwavering opposition, we give up. In terms of schooling, there are extremists on the pro-school side. My parents were more or less a part of that opposition. I consider myself one who never gives up, but when faced with the fact that I'd face a judge and the worst-case scenario would be that I could be sent to juvie, what other choice did I have?

The internet is really the only way I can continue my fight against compulsory schooling... for now, and thankfully I'm out of school so I have lots of time on my hands in order to work on the movement, no matter how small our impact may be. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, the size of our impact will expand.

Seven crappy hours of our lives.

11-08-2014 09:43 AM

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"stop making grades and scores their measure of self worth" - xcriteria - 11-05-2014, 05:04 AM

"stop making grades and scores their measure of self worth" - GamerGurl - 11-08-2014 09:43 AM

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