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School/college is the most depressing thing I’ve ever dealt with and I will not force it on my children

Education doesn’t equal intelligence, anyway. It’s not worth your mental health
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Sicarium · 46-50, M
There are many valid criticisms of modern universities. However, "it's too hard and hurts my feelings" isn't one of them. This is an issue of mental weakness, not mental health.
@Sicarium What does that mean? What is mental weakness? Are you mentally weak? Did you ever fail at being perfect in something? Was it because you were mentally WEAK?
Sicarium · 46-50, M
@Stilltryinghard Mental weakness is being unable or afraid to adapt to new challenges that you are capable of adapting to.

No, as disingenuous as your question was, failing at something would not be an example of mental weakness, unless you gave a half-hearted attempt because you were already convinced you were going to fail. Giving up on college because it hurt your feelings and was too hard would be an example of mental weakness. Being triggered by microaggressions would be another.
@Sicarium People don't drop out because their feelings got hurt. Never ever happened once in history.

Some people had to drop out because they couldn't handle the challenges in that particular curriculum. That was not mental weakness unless you were his father and couldn't accept reality and decided to blame HIM. The it was your own mental weakness.