"School is like work"

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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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RE: "School is like work"

(09-04-2013 12:10 AM)Dunjen Wrote: so now here is the important question...

What are we going to DO about it?

pointing it out and being upset about it is one thing-an important thing-, but now its time to do something about it. i don't think it will take out-right revolution, violence, or education reform. it takes action on your part. the parents and adults may screw things up, but you dont have to let them win. I said "screw all of you" and i redesigned my own life. right now i get out everyday at 12pm. i'm taking classes at the local community college part time and i have lots of extra time to run a business. if i had done what the adults wanted me to do i would be: first off miserable, i would be in class till 3. i would be filling out college applications, i would be working for minimum wage at a fast food joint, and i would be slave to the ideas that the adults force on all of us. I made my own plan and i plan to prove it.

in short, Screw the Adults! if you can come up with solutions then execute, but if you can only identify problems then you better come up with solutions. If you only have problems then you will be stuck complaining in place until you graduate.

That's pretty much the way to do it. Go your own way and refuse to let others dictate your life for you!

(This post was last modified: 09-04-2013 03:44 AM by Just A Minor Threat.)

09-04-2013 03:44 AM