#(as far as i'm aware my sister doesn't have a 0 hour class)

[glacierruler]

It's so annoying just how right my dad can be, while still being incredibly wrong. Because, when talking about how he has to scan a QR code to petition the school to not have her classes end up as audits because she's missed x amount of days, he brought up how her grades were good in all of her classes. And we both agree that the QR thing is stupid when they don't also give a web address to do it on!(Not to mention that he got this paper today, the last day to do this). And he made a comment about how schools are just teaching us how to pass tests, how to be cogs in a machine. And he's right.

Like don't get me wrong, there are quite a few things that schools do well. But, for highschool, you have like 8 classes a day, with only one early release say where you then have like, 4. Not to mention homework, oh but if you want to do extracurriculars like soccer you have to have at least C's and no more than 6 tardies/absences that aren't excused by a doctor's note. Even though for a good half of the year you have to wake up before dawn to get to school on time(not mentioning 0 hour classes). And the other half the year you're waking up right as sunrise is starting. Which is kind of how it works at a lot of jobs.

And like, dad's right about that.

But he's also voting for a lot of the people who are the reason behind this.

He mentioned how they're taking history out of schools, and he's right, but he's voting for the people doing it.

And it's so fucking disheartening, because he can see what's wrong, he knows fundamentally what's wrong. But he doesn't seem to realize who is doing it.

And I'm not sure what to do about it either. Because he gets so irrationally angry and defensive of the people he's voting for, and I live with him because I don't have any other options. So sitting down with him and talking just isn't an option right now.

#glacier rambles #glacier vents #i really am not sure what to do here #this sucks #like he's got the problem he just doesn't seem to know anything else #if that makes sense #0 hour classes start at 6:30 am #1st hour starts at 7:20 #(as far as i'm aware my sister doesn't have a 0 hour class) #(but i had just hit freshman year before covid and i was in marching band) #(and i was waking up at 3 am just to be able to get there) #i'm in college now and full time is 12 credit hours #which is usually about 3-4 classes #and every class i've seen is mon/wed or tues/thurs #and the occasional friday class #and i didn't really get a proper high school education because of covid and ended up getting my ged instead #but i know the hell i went through freshman year #and i see my sister struggling #and this can't be humane...