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Originally posted by scastle
All segregation such as this is bad. People should learn to get on with each other, and tolerate other people's differences.
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I agree with you on that scastle!
I went to boarding school (all boys) for 6 years, the first 3 years were terrible - I suffered a lot of bullying (physical & mental), because I am small & wear glasses.
Thing is, there wasn't an alternative (or I didn't feel there was) - my Dad was in the RAF & my folks were living abroad and the school culture was such that one never "sneaked" on anyone else so I had to deal with it.
I guess I was lucky in that I did learn to cope. After a while, small as I was (still am lol
) people learned that I
would retaliate if picked on physically and they gave up on the taunts etc when I learned to not let it bother me. Some of the worst bullies became my best mates, in the end.
Looking back, I do think I learnt more by not being able to run away - and in a way, I see segregation as a kind of running away from the problem. Imo school should be the one place where everyone can be equal - there are plenty of opportunities to "specialise" outside!
Gaz