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School is fucking over
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School is fucking over

Im depressed, I was anxious, I had social problems without feeling judged and yelled at, now I am free from school for atleast for nearly three months. My parents do not understand noir question their own livehood or the instiution of schooling, in some ways they are rather ignorant about learning and what deep meaningful learning is. So i plan on discussing and talking in a non coercive and calm matter to get myself the hell out of school, I need to critically think for myself and have free inquiry, something school fails to do so. But for now AC and stuff

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School is fucking over

It's been over for me since May

Wake up people, and look at life around you
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I just have to concentrate on getting out of my boring suburban. I hope to start some sort of group or thing in my local area or getting out there and making change myself.

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Suburbs murdered America

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They've been here since the 50s

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50s culture balanced it out.

Suburbs don't deserve to exist. Urbanism all the way.

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Why not ask your parents if you can visit NYC? That's one way to get out of the suburban environment, at least temporarily, and see life beyond what you're familiar with.

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(06-20-2015 12:27 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  50s culture balanced it out.

Suburbs don't deserve to exist. Urbanism all the way.

have fun with the overcrowding.

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but I like the suburbs, less noisy than the rural areas and not as overpopulated.
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you mean urban areas?

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Yes that is what I meant, kinda rushed myself XD
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this summer has sucked so bad for me that i kinda want to go back to school. And I hate school. Too far from Columbus to go there (45 minutes from my house to Easton, a mall on the far northeast side of Columbus), and my mom can't drive for a while (slipped, had to go to ER last Saturday). And my little half-brother and I have barely anything in common.

I can't go anywhere, so I'm trapped inside a house most of the time (it doesn't matter if I'm at my mom's or my dad's, because my dad is barely getting by as is). My mom, stepdad and I didn't even go to Origins this year (that's almost a tradition, I went there at least 5 straight years before 2015). Origins is a board game convention in Columbus.

At the very least I have marching band practices and a Cedar Point trip for the marching band. Can't wait for the Cedar Point trip. It's by far the best amusement park in Ohio. Kings Island doesn't even come close. And I've been to both.

At least my suburb doesn't suck as bad as the cookie-cutters closer to Columbus. Then again, the shitburb I live in has super-high taxes (to invest in "education", so it's expected for me to excel in/love school, plus our suburb has Denison University). I am sure as hell hoping to go to college far from the boring-ass suburb of Granville, Ohio. Cornell, maybe (after all, I am related to the founder of Cornell)? I got 5 years, so time's on my side.

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177 days until i get out of freshman year (aka hell)
1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)

(as of november 28, 2016)

also Fu school

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Honestly SchoolSux ypur situation is alot worse than mine.

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(06-26-2015 09:14 AM)MurkScribe Wrote:  Honestly SchoolSux ypur situation is alot worse than mine.

at least u live like 10 minutes outside of one of the best cities (if not the best) in the country

plus my stepdad blocked SS on the home wifi (it helped increase my hatred of school) so unless i'm at my dad's, i can't get on SS (my phone is ultra-slow, but i'm getting a new one sometime within a week, so maybe ill be able to get on more). even then i got a spotty wifi connection. so im sure as hell hoping for my phone to arrive ASAP.

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1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)

(as of november 28, 2016)

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