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> They encouraged the other students to insult, ignore, and patronize you?
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The head teacher did those things himself, and seemed not to notice when the students followed suit. He would sometimes put me on the spot, and then say "Awwwww..." when I blushed. Grrr!

> You experienced both good teaching and bad, so you're neither under the impression that it's always good or always bad. And as for the people who don't recognize the second scenario as a sham, you're more intelligent than them, in my book.
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Well, it seemed to work for some. There are people who thrive in a competitive environment, so it probably didn't seem like a sham to them. I am not like that, so I lost out. I don't think I was smarter (or dumber), just different. I consider the program a sham because it refused to recognize the different needs within the group. For the teachers to have viewed my introversion and s-s-speech impedi-pedi-ments as signs of low intelligence was a gross error.

--Jez"they should have based that judgement on my choice of high school crushes :0D"zika