Tag: school

iicraft505:

Literally nobody at my school stands for the anthem, it’s more socially weird TO stand, it really depends on your school guys I mean you can’t seriously expect it to be universal

Like in middle school one (1) time the principle was in our class and she pressured a ton of people to stand (not me, i didn’t) for the pledge. Once. It depends, guys. If you’re regularly forced I’m genuinely sorry but I’ve never been so please stop acting like it’s a sin everywhere to not stand for the anthem/pledge when it’s really really just not.

iicraft505:

Could you guys maybe please refrain on the school talk until we’re less than a week away thanks I prefer to pretend that place doesn’t exist when I can

“I hope this school year goes well for you” yeah me too and I hope you also have a good year but at the same damn time it’s only the 10th we don’t have to think about it yet please stop

greater-than-the-sword:

autumnhobbit:

other great things about being a smart kid: anytime you ever struggle with anything your parent/teacher/authority figure’s reaction is an irritated “you’re smart! i know you can get this!”

YES. THANK YOU. THE ONLY REASON I’M NOT INSTANTANEOUSLY AN EXPERT IS THAT I WANT TO MAKE IT SPECIFICALLY HARDER ON YOU. AND MYSELF! I LOVE MUTUAL AGONY AND TORTURE. IT BRINGS ME JOY TO FRUSTRATE VENGEFUL ADULTS.

I was thinking about this recently because as glad as I am that I wasn’t put down, I don’t like this being the reaction every time I go for help.

“I’m struggling with this, help!”

“No it’s easy! Youre capable! You’re just not trying hard enough!” *doesnt help or give advice* *lets person take full consequences of subsequent failure or even punishes them for it*

Results in

a) believes asking for help is not acceptable and will just make other people resent you

b) interprets “you can do it” as an ultimatum, eg. “Failure will not be tolerated!”

c) on that note, difficulty accepting genuine encouragement because it feels like a threat

marshals-to-dictators:

23informent:

rnusicality:

fun statistics for adults!
“when I was a kid, I had no help with college tuition, I was hardworking and paid it all myself”
-Annual tuition for Yale, 1970: $2,550
-Annual tuition for Yale, 2014: $45,800
-Minimum Wage, 1970: $1.45
-Minimum Wage, 2014: $7.25
-Daily hours at minimum wage needed to pay for tuition in 1970: 4.8
-Daily hours at minimum wage needed to pay for tuition in 2014: 17.3

3x increase in yearly tuition cost from 1970-2014.

1970 minimum wage of $1.45 had higher buying power than 2014 minimum wage of $7.25.

Cool I love being a debt slave