This "breaking their spirit" is precisely why so many adults nowadays have major issues figuring out what they want to do with their life. Every bit of joy has been methodically stripped away from them over years.
That kind of schooling barely works for neurotypical kids, of course it can't work for much more sensitive neurodiverse children.
Schools shouldn't turn lively, active children into depressed obeying robots, and they're not the place to park your children while you're working either.
We need to rethink education as a whole, it's just the more vulnerable children (autists, immigrants, traumatized children) that act like a canary in the coal mine for our school systems.
That kind of schooling barely works for neurotypical kids, of course it can't work for much more sensitive neurodiverse children.
Schools shouldn't turn lively, active children into depressed obeying robots, and they're not the place to park your children while you're working either.
We need to rethink education as a whole, it's just the more vulnerable children (autists, immigrants, traumatized children) that act like a canary in the coal mine for our school systems.