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AntiSchooling is not anti-education, anti-learning, or anti-intellectual; it’s anti-coercive education. The noncoercive alternative being self-directed education, which includes democratic schools, and unschooling.

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What was your "wait, are they even allowed to do that?" with school? (self.AntiSchooling)

submitted 2 months ago by Sel_de_pivoine

One time when I was 12, I decided to skip school (I had my reasons, still think they're valid). The moment they notice my absence, not only they called my parents but someone from the school came into my house (without hitting or ringing the door) to get me. I always thought it was a bit overkill even though law doesn't apply in school since inmates students are not people but recently I told this story to people, ranging from teenagers to people old enough to be my parents, and all were shocked. Their words: "Are you sure it was a school?"

Let's discuss all of those "WTF! Are they allowed to do that?" moment regarding schools.

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[–]GoldenWhiteSunshine 3 points4 points5 points 2 months ago (0 children)

Deny me the ability to make a grievance because my parents said no.

Oh and deny the instructions of the STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION to evaluate my grade.

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[–]jaded_idealist 5 points6 points7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

2nd grade a teacher regularly berated a student in front of the rest of us, including sometimes throwing a book at him when he would ask for help.

Sometime in elementary school we had a stoplight looking thing in the cafeteria. When the noise would become too much (Like if 80 kids were talking at a normal sound during their lunch hour to their friends) it would turn red and make a terribly loud sound. If it did it 2 or 3 times, we lost recess "privileges". And we would have to sit in the gymnasium quietly reading or doing schoolwork. Instead of moving around and getting sun was the opposite of what elementary aged kids needed after spending several hours sitting still inside not talking.

In middle school when I was going to be gone for a day and did my due diligence of taking a paper to all my teachers to fill out about what work I needed to make up, one teacher chose instead to say I'd fail the assignment if I weren't there because things need to be scheduled during breaks so I am not missing school.

And the list in high school is so long, multiple teachers assaulting students, a couple known for sexually harassing us, coaches throwing basketballs at kids heads while they're running drills, threatening to fail us when we couldn't do things outside school hours whenever he demanded we be there.

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[–]CheckPersonal919 0 points1 point2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Why were you required to make up for the work?
What was so important about it?
Was it anything more than mindless busywork that actually served some purpose?

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[–]jaded_idealist 1 point2 points3 points 2 months ago (0 children)

It was just about control. She was offended I had anything to do other than be in her class. It's been nearly 30 years so I can't remember what the assignment was.

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[–]RealWolf09 1 point2 points3 points 2 months ago (0 children)

In my country I figured out police can raid your house to drag you to school.

Oh yeah and if you come late my school forces you to do mandatory social labour. (Unpaid slavery, of course.)

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