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  • I had similar school experiences, as did many of the people
    that are now my friends. I think the experience of school
    actively damaged my ability to deal with people.

    I like to call it the "prison model".

    I would have been way better off just hanging out with a
    skilled programmer for a few years in my teens, and reading
    on my own about other stuff. Particularly given that the
    version of history presented in US public schools is rather,
    um, selective and often just wrong.
    • I would have been way better off just hanging out with a skilled programmer for a few years in my teens, and reading on my own about other stuff.
      I'm willing to go even further -- I'd have been better off if they'd just put me in prison for half that time, because then I'd have half the time I wasted there back.

      Of course, I'm starting to get the impression that my school was a 1 on a scale of 1-10, a shithole out of a plethora of shitholes. Not the Worst School Ever, but definately in the bottom 50 or so.

      I guess I should be proud that I left with my mind somewhat intact.

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