It's one of the earliest things that radicalized me, seeing my friends being devalued for their grades (which are a bullshit concept) and the powerlessnes towards teachers. Where I was, you were in a very real sense not a full human being inside the classroom.

Our class actually managed to do succesfull collective action against the school admin, which was great, but we couldn't do anything about the bullying teacher. I met up with some a few years back and we all have the same anxieties.