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being talked over or ignored constantly (which never happens to me, a tall white dude)

I love how you extrapolate this as a general maxim.

But ultimately, I find the parallels to junior high school to be thoroughly unconvincing. Yes, schools can be hellholes, but for completely different reasons than the one you imply, as has been written in detail by the likes of Ivan Illich, John Holt and John Taylor Gatto.




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