arthur is spot on about kids not thinking teachers have lives outside of school. when i was an elementary schooler i thought the teachers lived and went to sleep at school. i thought the pe teacher slept on top of the equipment for pillows
hot take i know its fun to joke about it because how school systems have treated us all poorly and made us out to believe that we are stupid but none of you are stupid. none of you are stupid. there are so many types of intelligence and just because yours isnt the one that lets you excel in a broken system that doesnt mean youre stupid
I hate writing literary analysis essays so fucking much
For one thing it’s hard for me to find anything to argue in the first place
Then it’s hard to actually fucking write it
All in all it’s the definition of hell
I went from being unable to hit the target to being able to hit a balloon on the target and winning a “cookie” (it was more of a muffin but) so today’s started out pretty good
Also if my stuff’s not out of the kiln yet I might have an actual reason to not have to show my art to the entire class and have it critiqued by the teacher in front of the entire class
Plus I have good cheese in my lunch
And it’s Friday
And I have a book about marine life in my backpack (sea citizens, from the marine life census, by national geographic)
I finally got curious and decided to google this story, and the headline is just the tip of the iceberg.
Let it never be said again that journalism is a humorless business.
Covering an odd tale about a 14-year-old autistic boy who was handcuffed by police and suspended for running down the sidelines of a high school football game at halftime wearing a banana costume, Washington, D.C. reporter Pat Collins donned a grape suit and went out to get his story.
Speaking to Bryan Thompson, who pulled the prank on Sept. 14 and found himself at the center of a controversy over the school’s response, Collins’ sarcastic outrage seemed palpable.
“School officials accused him of being disruptive and disrespectful,” Collins said. “Frankly, I don’t see what all the fuss is about.”
He asked the student: “Why a banana? Why not a … grape?”
“I don’t know,” Thompson replied. “Potassium is great.”
Following the prank, Colonial Forge High School Principal Karen Spillman suspended Thompson for 10 days, and even recommended that he be kicked out of school for the entire year.
Shortly thereafter, Thompson had composed his own rap song about the incident (called “Free Banana Man!”), set up a Facebook page dedicated to “Banana Man,” and someone even launched a petition calling for his suspension to be lifted.
Thompson’s outrage at the punishment was shared by his fellow students, who began creating yellow t-shirts that read, “Free Banana Man!”
So the school did what schools so often do when their authority is challenged: they banned the shirts, began confiscating them, and sent students to detention for supporting their classmate.
“But when you think about it, you might see [the school’s] point,” Collins jokingly concluded. “It starts with a banana. Then, all of the sudden, you have an apple, and an orange, and maybe a grape! And before you know it, you have fruit salad in the schools! We can’t have that.”
The school’s principal was ultimately forced to resign, and Thompson has since returned to his studies. [x]
NICE
“I don’t know,” Thompson replied. “Potassium is great.”
Public schools have to allow and even encourage the small insanities of youth or they will incur the large insanities of young adulthood rebellion.
ifesbob 