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In reply to the discussion: Why Would a Math Teacher Punish a Child for Saying 5 x 3 = 15? [View all]RobinA
(9,958 posts)as well. Second grade is when it started. It was pretty much cemented by 6th. Fortunately, I tuned out rather than knuckling under. I realized that I wasn't what school wanted and it wasn't what I wanted. We had a mutual non-aggression pact and I did not become a trouble maker, school pretty much ignored me in return.
I returned to school after college purely on my own terms because I wanted to learn things. It worked out well from there and I ended up finishing grad school at age 48. I love school now as a way to learn things and will probably always return from time to time. I am thankful that my early tuning out allowed me to retain my love of learning and they weren't able to turn me completely off the education thing. I avoided the meat grinder by metaphorically going to sleep for the formal school years.