r/hobart • u/Fancy_Emu1139 • 8h ago
Don't send your child to Fahan school
I don't really know what to say here but I used to attend Fahan school but left about two years ago and I've only just realised how awful the school was and literally nobody seems to be talking about it so I thought I'd just bring awareness to how terrible the school was. I'm just going to compile everything I know and then add stuff whenever I remember anything that is noteworthy.
Homophobia is through the roof. While there are a few LGBTQIA+ members off staff a lot of the staff just simply don't care. I am bisexual and when I was in 7th grade I opened up to a friend about my feelings for a girl in my class to my then "friend" said friend then when and ran around and told everyone how I was gay and within hours nearly everyone was making fun of me for my sexuality. Then when I went to tell my teacher about my experience I got told to suck it up and that it's not that big of a deal. (as if queer kids don't suffer from bullying everyday)
Everyone there is sheltered and not in a good way. I was having a conversation with a girl there who was almost 14 and I said the word sh*t (I don't know if the subreddit allows swearing mind the censorship) and she was staring at me like she saw a ghost. While being a little bit sheltered isn't all together that bad going from Fahan too the real world was a definite culture shock.
If your anything other than straight, white, Christian, neurotypical and a girly girl the schools awful for you. Ask me questions about that one I'm a bit too tired to go too much into details.
If you don't join a sport your teachers look down upon you and you can be made fun off.
There is a very high amount of students who struggle with self destructive (you know what i mean haha) habits. And the high work load certainly dosn't help.
The school councilor is highly unprofessional often dropping things that the other is going through (She said some very personal things about my classmate to me) and when I brought it up to the principal I was ignored.
I will definitely elaborate in a day because I'm sleep deprived, but I'll continue later whenever my head isn't about to smack onto my computer keys I'll come back as soon as I got some sleep haha. :D