Voice | ‘Every afternoon I came home from school broken’

Narek, 29, from Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, describes how he was tormented at school, while teachers often protected the abusers. ‘In fifth grade, a maths teacher began being unnecessarily hostile towards me. In almost every lesson she gave me the lowest marks. As a result, I failed the year badly. I still hate maths.’  ‘I repeated the year but was forced to move to another class.’ ‘Some tough guys there took an immediate dislike to me. No matter what I did, no matter