Primary School

[laylika]

I've got so many mental blocks around this subject... It makes it very hard to write. My memories are composed of flashes of people, dreams of the events themselves, what my parents told me and this black darkness that causes me pain to try and penetrate. I don't like talking about it in part because of this and in part because it feels like

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[frabjously]

Good old Tall Poppy Syndrome. It never got that bad in my Primary School but I think I was lucky to get several extremely good and caring teachers in a row. For me going to the girls' school I did was probably one of the best things to happen to me, although my parents didn't give me a choice and I resented them for it at the time.

[chifley]

Forward this post to that primary school teacher. Actually, forward it to all of the ones mentioned.