School Phobia bull shit.

A BBC article states kids are scared of going into school and labels seperation anxiety, attached to lovely mommy and daddy as a cause.

My take?

Having been to a 'rough' school I know what it is like to not want to go to school. We, me and my friends, jokingly reffered to our school as a 'prison'. I counted down the days to end of term.
My brother, who is 4.5 years older said 'I only have one term left brother while you have 4 years, good luck!' - that's the kinda place it was.

When there was drugs, kids smoking and drinking at age 12, bullying (broken ribs and arms on a few occasions), fights including headbutts and elbows in the playground (blood everywhere), teachers being beaten up by parents, what did we do?

We went into school. We grew up quickly. What was the alternative? School is school, you do your time whether its a nice school or not a nice one.

I don't regret going to the school in any way, shape or form, in fact it really was a good kind of social education.

in reference to: BBC News - Is there such a thing as school phobia? (view on Google Sidewiki)