[omnivore]

"Psychopathological findings: At first contact, M. was alert, oriented, calm, somewhat browbeaten. M. presents herself as being affectively noninvolved, her drive and psychomotor movements seemed to be normal, thinking and perception are not greatly disturbed. M. appears incommunicative, appeasing, her willingness to cooperate did not seem genuine. Her mood tended toward depression, the affective ability was markedly reduced. Overall, M. appeared very unhappy, as if at a dead end."

Wow, and I thought it was just me! This is basically an exact description of how I felt EVERY FREAKING DAY in public school up through the eighth grade. (High school was better, praise God.) Welcome to the machine, kid, whoever you are.

[wodinoneeye]

Actually if the German public school teachers were subjected to the same scrutiny you would find alot more children on average at risk there. But since the teachers are government employees they are untouchable and NOT even subject to equivalent scrutiny. There is a socialist agenda to eliminate any/all home schooling.

[Aquinasfan]

This is basically an exact description of how I felt EVERY FREAKING DAY in public school up through the eighth grade.

Easily the worst years of my life, and that includes the death of my parents at a fairly young age. High school didn't start for us until ninth grade, so we got an extra year of torture.