Teacher Walks in Student's Shoes, Exhausted

[sorghum]

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The rigor, the austerity, cutthroat competition, the lack of empathy from the teacher, having to carry around 50 ton backpacks, etc. all work to build character.

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<p>My experience was that high school was thoroughly unpleasant, and the ‘real world’ is quite pleasant, nothing like you suggest. </p>