--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bwaytheatrediva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I did have some really wonderful teachers who will always remain > dear to me. I also had some really horrible teachers.>>
Did you have a teacher like the one I had in high school who looked like Al Capone and would beat the crap out of you if you so much as looked at him the wrong way? Did you have an art teacher that was 6' 6" tall and built like a tank, and one time held an annoying kid at arms length out of a 4th story window until the kid pissed his pants with fear...literally pissed his pants. Did you have any teachers that would fall asleep in class slouched over the desk, until they woke up to take another swig of the whiskey bottle? Believe me, if you had what you claim "done to your psyche" at MSAE, you would be a complete basket case in the school I went to. Count your blessings. OffWorld > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wvansant111" > <wvansant111@> wrote: > > > > I understand what folks are trying to saying about MSAE not being > so > > bad and compared to many other schools, its probably not...but I > > don't think it negates her experience. We all know what the TMO > can > > can do to your pysche...if we didn't we wouldn't be on this forum > > processing it all. I don't think just because MSAE is better than > > many highschools that it means she should just 'get over it' as it > > seemed implied by some of these responses. > > > > Having said that, Diva, if it helps you process it all, it sounds > > like given your learning disability and anxiety, your school years > > might have been challenging anywhere. Most American schools follow > a > > memory based system of learning which doesn't embrace different > > learning styles and lacks hands on application. It doesn't make it > > excusable that the principal ignored your LD...and what is > ridiculous > > is that MSAE praises itself to be better than a public school and > at > > least in this regard, its not maybe even worse because it probably > > doesnt' have qualified special ed teachers who can work with kids > > with special needs. When I visited, it appeared to me that MSAE > had a > > mixture - some fabulous teachers who were like saints willing to > do a > > great job and basically work for free, and some other > inexperienced > > or unprofessional teachers who were the kind you'd expect to see > for > > such a measly salary. > > > > I also agree that getting out of FF would be a very good thing for > > you. There is likely SOME good from going up in Fairfield but you > > aren't going to discover what that is unless you get away from > there > > to gain some perspective. > > > > Good luck! > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bwaytheatrediva" > > > <bwaytheatrediva@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi everyone. I'm 23 years old and I've lived in FF my whole > life. > > I > > > > have a huge amount of bitterness/hatred toward the TMO. It was > > shoved > > > > down my throat from literally the moment I was born. MSAE was > a > > kind > > > > of hell that I wouldn't wish on anyone. >> > > > > > > Heh heh....you should have gone to the school I went to. > > > You would pay to go back to MSAE and take every minute of it > like a > > gem > > > if you experienced one week in the school of 1500 students of > every > > > background and strata of society that I went to. You literally > > walked > > > each day looking over your shoulder for the next psychopathic > > nutcase > > > that wanted to kick your head in for looking the wrong way at > the > > wrong > > > time. Now THAT was a living hell. > > > > > > Chill out, travel the world. Go help the children in Africa or > > > something. > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > > <A lot of the people I love > > > > most are in the TMO. I always say I hate the cult, but I > dearly > > love > > > > some of the people in it. Anyway, that's my intro. I look > forward > > to > > > > talking with you. > > > > > > > > > >
