Schools traumatize our kids from the bullying that is going on alone, not even including the way staff treats children. School staff continue the same punishment methods and bullying has only gotten worse. When will they try something new?
I remember being told "just ignore them" whenever I went for help for bullying issues; I had one really bad case of bullying from one student which, by that time, I had stopped looking for help, and it has effected me ever since.
I never experienced physical abuse in public school, however I still feel the whole experience was traumatic in its own way. I was carrying a lot of stress and pain from home and then to have to go into school so early in the morning and just be constantly criticized by teachers all day for a little things that don't matter in the real world really wore on me. On top of that the constant peer pressure bullying etc.
I wish we talked more about trauma from school because if you took that from my childhood then it was perfect. Like I know it’s not your responsibility to raise these kids but when you have to look after several different kids from varying backgrounds it IS your responsibility to make sure they feel safe with both you and each other
“if education doesn't solve a problem, then it is a problem; If the educated do not solve problems, then they are the problems.” ― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Thank you for sharing your story and experiences 😢how sad that you went through this. Horrible that it was happening in THE SCHOOL you attended! My prayers for you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 My prayers also for all children who have experienced this 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Prayers for all schools to become a safe place 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I was totally wondering this, I grew up with the best parents ever I never saw them fight only small normal disputes every now and then. No yelling, when I did something wrong they talked to me understood my feelings helped me pursue my dreams, I'm very lucky. But I remember ever since Kindergarten started I never wanted to be in school all the way up till high school, I tried to leave early in the morning went to the nurses every day and made believe I was sick until they got sick of me I would hide in the bathroom like everyone else. It came to a point that in high school I couldn't even make it to class, I broke down crying in the stairwell and completely ran away every period I got to somewhere in the school and got high to pass the day. I was never bullied, when I was a little girl I was mostly involved in drama ALL THE TIME and then later I thought nobody liked me and I ran away and hid in the counselors office every lunch for a whole school year even if people did like me. It's strange, my parents never taught me this. But I was always very anxious and hated being around the kids in my class. To now I have graduated and I still feel like I need to fit in, even if do my best to not and never have.
You're a grown-up, you choice to be a teacher and you're able to defend yourself. Children can't. It's insane that you'd be traumatised by children.@@n9mone
