University felt like a limbo where the government expected me to be an adult and pay my own way but the school wanted me to be a child and trust that they knew what was best for me.
In our (UK) system, there's no profit incentive because there's no bad customer service that will be enough for you to give up the economic signalling. So, despite being the most expensive thing I've ever paid for, I had less input into how it was done than I do for my coffee subscription.
I didn't have a bad experience with school before that but I still remember distinct occassions of cruelty or unfairness. At that age you're just less well equipped to deal with it, nobody trusts you and you have no freedom, so your world is smaller. So a minor thing has a major impact. Adults used to tell me that it's all downhill after 18 - did they forget what it's like to be a kid?
In our (UK) system, there's no profit incentive because there's no bad customer service that will be enough for you to give up the economic signalling. So, despite being the most expensive thing I've ever paid for, I had less input into how it was done than I do for my coffee subscription.
I didn't have a bad experience with school before that but I still remember distinct occassions of cruelty or unfairness. At that age you're just less well equipped to deal with it, nobody trusts you and you have no freedom, so your world is smaller. So a minor thing has a major impact. Adults used to tell me that it's all downhill after 18 - did they forget what it's like to be a kid?