08-03-2023, 07:37 PM
Some awful stories here, and none that indicate any educational advantages from the bullying and sadism.
I went to an aspirational girls' high school and the headmistress was terrifying. She would suddenly appear from around a corner in the playground and we would be sweating with fear. Sometimes a pupil would piss themselves in terror. And we didn't come out of that with a good education, we were all too anxious to be able to learn things in that culture of intimidation. I still have a block when learning foreign languages because of a French teacher who ridiculed us every time we spoke.
I went to an aspirational girls' high school and the headmistress was terrifying. She would suddenly appear from around a corner in the playground and we would be sweating with fear. Sometimes a pupil would piss themselves in terror. And we didn't come out of that with a good education, we were all too anxious to be able to learn things in that culture of intimidation. I still have a block when learning foreign languages because of a French teacher who ridiculed us every time we spoke.