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RE: Contest - Story9: "My Student Life" / "Mein Leben als Schüler / Student"
How fascinating. Home schooling is becoming increasingly popular again due to the individualistic nature that can be achieved rather than one-size-fits-all. Having to adapt from that to a uniform approach will have been a subconscious lesson in itself.
I find the idea of the secretive nature of conversations interesting. The idea of there being spies everywhere, waiting to report the most innocent of comments. Was it as bad as that? Did any pupils and their families disappear without explanation?
An experience so different from my own that I can’t help but be utterly intrigued by it.
It was really that bad... Disappeared, no. But two facts: we were 19 pupils in that particular class. When I attended a single class reunion in 2010 - at the age of 45 - only 13 of them were still alive. Besides two fatal cancers, there were three suicides. We definitely have a chip on our shoulder since then.... And almost worse: we still haven't talked to each other. Well, really talked. About that time, about our backgrounds. There was only blah-blah...
Es war wirklich so schlimm... Verschwunden, nein. Aber zwei Fakten: wir waren in dieser speziellen Klasse 19 Schüler. Als ich 2010 bei einem einzigen Klassentreffen dabei war - mit 45 Jahren - lebten nur noch 13 davon. Neben zwei tödlichen Krebserkrankungen gab es drei Selbstmorde. Wir haben definitiv einen Knacks weg seit damals... Und fast noch ärger: wir haben immer noch nicht miteinander geredet. Also wirklich geredet. Über damals, über unsere Hintergründe. Es gab nur Blabla...
That’s so sad, why do you think so many have committed suicide?
I believe that if you grow up under a cheese bell full of mistrust and are indoctrinated to the hilt - and then experience how this whole construct collapses.... You have nothing left at the end that you can call your basis or roots.
At the time, I had no idea that GDR citizens could not travel as easily as I could. That they couldn't buy bananas or oranges at any time - like I could. Or that there was forced participation in elections, prisons for children or involuntary adoptions...
We are all not old enough to have become "perpetrators" ourselves to a considerable extent. But we were downright criminally clueless.
Ah, I understand. You’ve seen a view of the world which is so different to almost everybody else. In one sense, I’m surprised that it didn’t bring you closer together and I hesitate to use the word “ashamed” as the reason it’s not spoken about.
Do you wonder what life would have been for you had the wall not come down?
No.
I once wrote elsewhere that I was forced into army service and screwed up one thing after another until they threw me out. It wasn't possible to resign so easily.
After that I was "burnt" for the GDR - I wouldn't have found work because they didn't hire anyone who had been dishonourably discharged. After the " turnaround" I was just as unacceptable. Precisely BECAUSE I had the army background.
I wouldn't have got along in one system and I had just as much trouble in the other one.
TEAM MILLIONAIRE.
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It's nice to see you here, as I am a fan of your "dissecting" posts. I read them as and when you post them. I know a few more members need your attention. "The watchers are doing their job, but you do it differently.
Thank you - I think that everybody has their unique way of using the platform. I’d love to have the time to do more and I’m still trying to find the balance with the real world!
What do you mean by “watcher”?
"The steem watchers"! The ones who are assigned to each community and submit their report every week. What I feel is there is much more to see if they peep a little deeper, just like you do. I also feel there are too many multiple accounts on this site.
Oh, I understand… unfortunately, that kind of investigation take such a huge amount of work. And even at the end, it’s possible for somebody to find a plausible excuse for what I find. It’s much easier to find somebody who’s copying content, not referencing an image or farming (of which there are too many to mention) and earn the same rewards. It’s too stressful to do regularly but the cheaters piss me off so I catch a couple every now and again!
That's true, it's easy to catch plagiarists but to catch a cheat or duplicate account needs a lot of expertise, knowledge of blockchain, and time. I feel the same what you feel about cheaters and even more when I see some of them getting away with bigger votes. But I know the site is doing enough to weed them out. Thank you so much.
I don’t think anybody is brave enough to stop the bigger accounts. The fear that they’ll withdraw their funds is too strong despite the obvious damage they’re doing 🤷♂️
I know that, but it's against all ethics. I will take your leave now. Good night from India.
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