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(Putting aside for a moment the "This is worth a 100?!" question...)

Look. The problem of hyper-reactive teachers/school administrators is systemically inherent. If you think the problem is bad now, just wait! It will proceed to get a lot worse. There are no forces working to reduce how hyper-reactive teachers are. There are forces (teacher accountability, parental economics, political grandstanding, etc.) which drive this process, but the only faction which cares to object is the students themselves and maybe a few geeks.

So if you are a parent, and you object to your kids being treated like this, you have two choices:

1. Put up with it, and convince yourself that it's not all that bad.
2. Pull your kids from school. From all schools.

If you're a Conscientious (Schooling) Objector, you're in good company. Go read Teach Your Own by John Holt, contact Growing Without Schooling here, check out this portal for everything homeschooling. There's only several zillion resources for someone determined not to submit their kid to an institution they do not approve of.

Parents, stop whining about the system. If you don't like it, opt out.

P.S. If you think being schooled fscked with your head, and you've been working on getting over being institutionalized, there's an email list for people you. It's on OneList. Find it for yourself if you're interested.
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