Re:How can you tell if someone is lying?
by hutzlibu on Sunday March 28, 2021 @09:56AM
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"My defiant and sarcastic reactions to accusations were often considered evidence that I'd done wrong when I was innocent."
You were rebellious. From the point of view of a common teacher, that means you are not innocent. There is actually a old common saying, when some kid got a beaten, but it later turned out to be not guilty of that ... "well, he deserved it anyway" or "well, then the beating was in advance for something he is about to do" "or some other hidden sin", instead of a apology.
Which means self fulfilling prophecy. Punishing someome for something they didn't do - and for sure there will be reasons later on for things they will have done.
There are still way too many teachers and alike, who think a childs free spirit needs to be broken first, before they can learn something useful.
Re:How can you tell if someone is lying?
by simonh on Sunday March 28, 2021 @05:50PM
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Having been through army basic training, I can confirm this is not an attitude unique to school teachers. To be fair, discipline and self control is incredibly valuable even if it’s not the be all and end all.
You were rebellious. From the point of view of a common teacher, that means you are not innocent. There is actually a old common saying, when some kid got a beaten, but it later turned out to be not guilty of that ... "well, he deserved it anyway" or "well, then the beating was in advance for something he is about to do" "or some other hidden sin", instead of a apology.
Which means self fulfilling prophecy. Punishing someome for something they didn't do - and for sure there will be reasons later on for things they will have done.
There are still way too many teachers and alike, who think a childs free spirit needs to be broken first, before they can learn something useful.