But in-person, when you’re on the spectrum, in the 1990s, when the senior staff put their stock in discipline - not understanding - does not build empathy on either side.
Heh, I remember being a distraction and being put in the back of the class. And when I finished tasks quicker than others, I couldn't be quiet. I was put in the hallway to do base 5 math in 3rd grade.
Until you finish highschool teachers and school staff are your jailers not to put too fine a point on it… so that doesn’t exactly foster empathy.
Being friends with educators as an adult has made me a lot more sympathetic to school teachers than my own public school experience ever did. College helped too
