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I've been campaigning for the reformation...no...reinvention of the public school system through various blogs and forums, only to find that this site was thirty-seven steps ahead.

I'm Doa. I'm an enigmatic adolescent that got tired of pretending to be a sheep half a year ago. Despite attending an above-average public school on the rich side of town, complete with competent teachers and intelligent student body, I'm still disillusioned with this system of slavery and indoctrination - in fact, the very idea that most people have it worse than I do is what drives me to keep writing, keep debating, keep challenging.

I'm going to snap - I have to return far too soon (I'll have taken hours to recover from my first day precisely one week from now), and I'm tired of going it alone. I need to find a base of support. I can't defeat the entire U.S. government by myself.

If there's anything you want to know about me, don't hesitate to ask, unless you're trying to get personal information out of me, in which case you should hesitate indefinitely.
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Oh hello there. Welcome to SS. I am sure you will be happy participating in this community. We all share your views about public schooling and the pain of living in it for 12 years.
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Thanks. Luckily for me, I've only had to experience the pain of living in it for *11* years.
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Hi there. Smile

Feel free to post links to those blogs/websites you were talking about over here. If I like them I might link to them more prominently Smile

You might also be interested in checking out EFO: http://edfreedom.org
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