note: this post is about everything related to my experiences in teenage years and read it with this in mind.
Our Norwegian system of youth education is 10 years obligatorisk education/school including ‘ungdomsskole’ and three years of necessary but not obligatorisk ‘videregående skole/opplæring’ after this. I finished ungdomsskole but not videregående because of my untreated schizoaffective and autism spectrum condition.
In ungdomsskolen I learn some from the teachers and books, but mostly learn from interaction with people including teachers in different settings and my same-aged people. And it was hard, being very unfair and sometimes abusive in nature.
One thing I really became more aware of in these early teenage years was my roots and our different cultures in relation to my school environment. I’m of a type of European Arctic indigenous people called Sámi or the old mostly negative sounding term “Lapp” and the native languages are very different from Norwegian language.
I didn’t really get that good education for considering my untreated severe mental-health conditions and in addition the undiagnosed Asperger syndrome made school difficult in many different ways.
And I love learning from own effort and learning from others, my mother is a teacher and we meet every day including now in my early 30s. We deeply value knowledge and real learning, knowing something inside and out, not on just surface that doesn’t stay with you.
I hope the youths of today will see how society really need awareness and passion for big changes in social and political arenas. Without deep awareness and passion we are not really helping make a positive difference.
Thanks for reading ❤
cloudB 