I think Sythe gave me a real dose of the real world, as the internet can do. I've been raised in a family which hasn't been broken and I haven't ever experienced the real world. I'd been forced into a Christian School by my parents, which really cut me from a large chunk of the world.
Coming onto Sythe, I learnt all sorts of weird and wonderful things in the world, and learning cultural differences, etc. Also, my English improved dramatically.