I was afraid of girls in school.
Teachers were women and they favored girls.
Teachers' pets were girls. The occasional sissy.
If he didn't get the shit beat out of him every day of his life
my mother didn't raise me Irish Catholic. David Ellis.
They would say things like, "This is for your own good,"
or, "This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you."
As Brother Dave says, that's where the first seeds
of fanaticism are sown. Eric Hoffer.
School is a breeding ground
for true believers. It's like
a madrassa.