Comment on Fiction of interest

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:38:24 GMT

Your perspective might be uncommon, but I share it completely.

School: sit still and don't speak unless prompted. Wanna go to the toilet, ask for permission. Ten years of this crap. Also, interactions with fellow inmates are fun: "If you leave a bunch of eleven-year-olds to their own devices, what you get is Lord of the Flies" (Paul Graham)

Home: you're dependent and can't help it. Fights with parents over pocket money and computer time. Go to bed and get up on schedule. No personal space. You can have some jam after you finish your porridge.

External world: think it's hard to face stereotypes being a woman? Try being a kid.

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