#the education system is so fucked up

[ocpdzim]

what you’ve got to understand about working conditions in education (and also other care-oriented careers) is that if they’re shit, two things are true at once:

that does not ever excuse being cruel to a kid, no matter what

until those conditions are fixed, education will continue to suck absolute shit

this is because when working conditions for teachers are really bad, many of the good teachers who recognize when they are reaching a point where they can no longer be the sort of teacher the kids deserve due to burnout WILL quit. they will do the responsible thing and go away for their own sake and the sake of the kids. and you end up stuck w a combination of new teachers who are trying their best but won’t last long, burnt out teachers who are trying their best but have nothing left to give and therefore aren’t very effective at actually teaching, and cockroach shitheads who take out their misery on the kids.

we have all had terrible experiences with bad teachers, many of them flat out traumatic, but for fuck’s sake please try to look at the systemic underpinnings of the problem for one minute. spitefully declaring that teachers don’t deserve good working conditions or even the right to complain about bad working conditions because ms. whoever in 5th grade was a bitch is only going to create more of her. if you want good teachers then we need an education system they can survive in

#i get so irritated w the post where like. #95% of it is a good post and then at the end op is like WAAAHHH teachers are complaining about burnout on my post about a bad teacher #like yeah no shit. if the field of education wasnt so hostile to everyone who works in it maybe they could have found a better teacher to #replace that motherfucker with. and then she would not be there to bother the kids any more. #as someone who Has had traumatic experiences w bad teachers. #its scary enough walking into a field i know is pretty much built to chew new teachers up and spit us out #hoping to be able to survive it long enough to do some good and be the kind of teacher i needed as a kid #without people acting as though it is some sort of crime for teachers to want. like. basic human dignity at work and enough money to survive #even people who are nominally pro-workers rights #you guys have no fucking idea how bad the situation is in schools right now #the reason bad teachers didnt get fired perhaps USED to be tenure #but nowadays its the fact that its rare for a school to be fully staffed *at all* bc so many teachers quit or died #so they'll hire and keep absolutely fucking anyone simply because the alternative is No Teacher. and an empty classroom #full of kids who wont learn anything except that the system doesnt even care about them enough to put a teacher in the room. #i have gotten job offers ON SIGHT from principals who know nothing about me and im literally not even legally qualified to teach yet #like before even telling them my name lmao #and im sure everyone else in town who expresses any interest in teaching whatsoever gets the same.

[doctorwhoisadhd]

ok so. in the uk you start primary school in reception at age 4 and leave at the end of year 6 when youre 11. high school/secondary school is years 7-11 or ages 11-16. depending on the school you start studying for your gcses in either year 9 or 10, gcses are the standardised exams which you do at the end of year 11. maths, english, and at least two sciences are compulsory and then you pick the rest depending on what subjects your school teaches. sixth form and college are basically the same, its years 12-13 where you study for your a levels, but sixth form is part of a high school while college is independent. you can do whatever a levels you want as long as you got a high enough grade in the gcse. after a levels is uni which are normally three year long courses. really basic summary but hope that helps!

okok this is extremely helpful thank you!!

#over the course of my life i have picked up many things about geographical locations in england and yet NOTHING about the school system #which is unbelievably ironic being that i am majoring in education and my geography of my home city is tbh. shaky as fuck. #so this helps a lot #askbox #ari opinion hour

[philsmeatylegss]

The hardest lesson you will learn if you are interested in learning about Nazi Germany: so may people posting content about it are actual Nazis

No seriously if anyone is starting to get into WWII/Third Reich history, it is so easy to be indoctrinated because the main message a lot of Nazis spit now is that Hitler was bad and the SS were bad, but everyone else was chill.

And it’s hard to realize the narrative they’re spitting is wrong unless you know a lot going into it.

I have been watching a dude called “TIKhistory” the last few days on youtube and something felt off about his takes, but a lot of them had at least some plausible deniability and enough factual information that I thought it was still worthwhile.

I just start watching another video from this dude with the title “The REAL Reason why Hitler HAD to start WW2” which is an insane title and caught my attention. And then my answer was given by the first five mins of his video when I realized this dude was, at the least, a wehraboo, and at most, an actual Nazi.

Pretty much any non-Nazi historian agrees that Hitler started WWII because 1) he wanted to conquer Europe 2) he wanted “Lebensraum,” aka living space for “Aryans.” Where German people, with no Jewish or Roma people present, can have ample space to live.

You know why most non-Nazi historians agree on this? Because Hitler fucking said this. In his literal book. That everyone read.

WWII was declared by the Allies when Germany invaded Poland for LeBeNsRaUm. Yes, Germany never wanted to fight Britain. You know why? 1) they were white enough 2) a fucking ocean kept them apart. They wanted all of Europe + Soviet Union. That is why WWII started.

See how quick it was to get to that point? Fucking TIKhistory’s video is forty five minutes long. That’ll happen when your point is horeshit and also not true.

Hitler started WWII. All of the generals and higher ups at least knew of the Holocaust and most perpetrated their own massacres for shits and giggles. The Nazi army wasn’t really that great, they just knew how to play the cards in the circumstances they were in (they used horses a fuck ton. You don’t see it because a lot of documentaries use footage from Nazi propaganda in which they weren’t recorded). These are all basic facts for non-Nazis. So warning that if anyone you meet challenges those three facts, they probably are a Nazi

#I know no one cares but I was just gobsmacked when I watched the video #there’s a substantial amount of dislikes but a lot more likes #and it’s because those who aren’t familiar with Nazi history #which I know I got a lot of my own education from higher education #and to those who know only basic facts about WWII #a white balding guy speaking confidently in a polo seems quite trustworthy #nazism nowadays is less obvious than it used to be #lying or downplaying nazi history is such a big red flag #a lot of western education #specifically american #has been tainted because the USA hired a lot of Nazis after WWII to help fight the Soviets so a lot of #white lies #to put it lightly #were made up #that’s where popular beliefs like that it was just Hitler’s fault they lost or that generals were just following orders come from #so claims like that are more justifiable as it’s usually the education system that taught them wrong #but to claim that Hitler and his comrades started WWII for anything other than hatred and a need to kill Jews and Roma especially and also #disabled people gay trans people and so on #and modern Nazis justify this because it sounds bad #which you know #it is #so they need to justify it to themselves #all Nazis are liars it’s in the description #that’s the nicest word I can use to describe them btw #I feel like this shouldn’t be new news but fuck off if you’re a Nazi or a Nazi apologist #rae’s rambles #tw Nazism

[lynaferns]

School is draining any small motivation I had for art

or creativity in general

(tw: I got pretty much depressive in the tags but I needed to dump this somewhere and this may not be the best place but is where I feel better talking about my problems or insecurities, so feel free to ignore)

#vent in the tags #tw vent #i'm tired #and I hate that I'm tired #everytime I try to finish education is worst than the last time. my head can't take any sort of information from the class #no matter how many times they try to explain me or how many times I read and reread the same text #I can't focus. I can't memorize anything. I'm just sitting there in the classroom waiting for the 4 hours to finish to go back home #and spend the rest of the night just doing nothing. staring at the walls or doomscrolling till I have to go to bed and wake up again #for another day of fighting against an stupid anxiety attack in class because I'm going to fail this again #I hate school. I fucking hate it. the most boring stressing overwhelming way of learning #having the teacher talk for 1-2 hours straight and the student listening the whole time not saying anything is stupid #it's so fucking stupid they only want them to be mindless sheeps that only listen #because if you say anything 'no. you're wrong. I'm the teacher and I know better' fucking bullshit #this system is bullshit #and how am I supposed to study a whole school year of history. biology. math etc in less than 4 months?? #everybody was like #'oh it's just 4 months and you'll be out of school!' 'in 4 months you'll get the education!' 'you can finish this in just 4 months!' #I fucking can't! I can't do this in such short time! I can't. focus. on 6. subjects at the same time. my brain can't! #and it's so fucking depressing. I have 4 opportunities to finish this. the longest it could take me is 2 years #I could just focus on 1 or 2 things each time but if I fail too many times I won't have another opportunity like this ever again #and I won't be able to finish highschool education and I. just. can't. #I'm tired of giving my biggest effort and not being enough. I'm tired of getting no satisfaction from any achievement I get #I hate so many things right now #and I have a lot more things in my head right now but I better shut up #you don't have to comfort me. it's ok. I'm not searching for confort. I just needed a place to dump my frustration or something #idk #you can ignore this #I might delete this later

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

burgertron HATE ged prep . burgertron PILEDRIVE WHOEVER MADE IT SO THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE 4 SEPARATE TESTS TO GET A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAYS YOU DID IT into THE FUCKING DIRT!!!!!!!

#the captain's rambles #if you couldnt tell im having a bit of a rough time <:'] #my mom is like “oh well youre Making it stressful it's gonna be okay” I HAVE TO FUCKING DO SHIT WITH VARIABLES #THIS SHIT WOULD BE STRESSFUL EVEN IF I *WASNT* ALREADY DREADING DOING IT #i HATE education i HATE SCHOOL i hate everything this STUPID SYSTEM STANDS FOR and most importantly I LOATHE VARIABLS #whoever put LETTERS ?? in MATH??? Die. #because now i have to fucking figure out what x and y are on a practice test #i dont even HATE math normally. in every other instance of math im actually okay w/ solving questions #ged math ??? is on some shit #FUCK geds man i hate it here . i wanna just fuck off and go do whatever and be productive with something i Actually Enjoy Doing #not having to sit here and do tests so i can get a piece of paper that does nothing but allow me to apply for a community college #<- a place i am EQUALLY unexcited for and dreading #miserable fucking books i have to do work in. and then i gotta do like 4 different equally fucking miserable tests for each subject #and then i have to pray to god i didnt fail and i got the minimum passing grade of AT LEAST 145 out of *200.* #im going to destroy Everything. #i dont want congratulations for doing this shit either because i didnt wanna do it IN THE FIRST PLACE !!!!!! #im only doing this because i HAVE TO to get my parents off my ass about it not because i WANNA #if it were up to me i'd be doing just art and collecting or other hobbies i ACTUALLY ENJOY and i wouldnt be worrying about academics #but we cant have nice things so now i have to stress abt this shit like a college student studying for midterms #rant over. im gonna go eat now . pray 4 me that i dont kill someone /lh

[ruffgem]

group work is Not It. I should have known better than to enroll in an engagement course that involves planning workshops with a group of other students……. guess who is doing all the work! :^) Back in tha day my teachers called me a ‘natural leader’… fun fact!!!! I am actually not! I do not like being in charge! it is actually just that people take advantage of me! Hope this helps

#God. I wanted to take the class so bad bc it’s about the history of art in prison systems #and it involves a weekly art workshop in a prison #the group that runs it is pretty blatantly abolitionist and partially run by formerly incarcerated ppl #so it’s made pretty clear that we're not ‘teaching’ art bc thats weird and enforcing a hierarchy if ur a 'teacher' #its more like a way to get materials inside and basically hang out with and make art alongside incarcerated ppl #under the guise of ‘volunteering’ as the dept of corrections labels it #anyway that’s all off topic but basically I am doing all the fucking work lmao we’re supposed to go in for the first time tomorrow and #my group members suck shit at communicating and the person who’s supposed to drive is like radio silent whenever I ask #where we should meet and shit #FUCK!!! I hate logistical shit like this #its taken us a million years to get cleared by the system (on purpose i stg) so its literally midterm time and we havent gotten in yet #i swear if our first one gets jeopardized by this girl who refuses to check her damn texts or emails or even come to class im gonna be so #pissed. lmfao #goddddd this is giving me flashbacks to when i took the class where we were supposed to do workshops at an elementary school #different vibe because in that scenario it was definitely supposed to be educational and we lowkey were 'teachers' #but my classmates also didnt do shit and i also ended up doing literally everything #WHY TAKE A CLASS LIKE THIS IF U DONT WANNA DO IT LIKE SERIOUS QUESTION #maybe they just want to put it on their resume LOL #they need a vetting process for this class i stg like interview these bitches before they enroll #cuz some of these people fr do not care

[thatfaerieprincess]

Feel free to skip on past this, I’ve just gotta ramble for a minute bc i cant stop thinking about this kid from work last week. They were so much like me at that age (5-6th grade) that I didn’t know how to interact with them? I didn’t know what to say to them bc I don’t know what I needed to hear back then, what I would’ve WANTED to hear? What would I have even listened to? They were almost entirely silent and looked out at the world with a hesitant curiosity, but would pull back so fast as soon as you tried to interact w them. Little to no eye contact, face hidden in hair, always looking down, following others until they could strike off on their own and just quietly explore. Intently focusing on drawing any chance they got. We did an art project and they hunched over their piece the entire time and wouldn’t let any of us see it in progress, refusing to look up or acknowledge us if we asked to see it or to know what it was. Idk. I barely interacted w them while they were with us for those few days bc I didn’t know how? It almost hurt to try? It was like looking back into a time machine and i didn’t know how to tell them that it does get better,,, I still don’t even know if where I am is better, some days feel so unsure that I don’t think I’ve made any progress at all. But seeing that kid, idk. I’ve come pretty far. And it DOES get better. Maybe it’s not the best now, or even that great at all, but it’s better. I wish I could’ve told them but I don’t think they’d have wanted to hear it anyway

#im a rambling sam #I’m in a weird place again since getting here for this season of work #idk maybe I’ve been in a weird place all year probably #I don’t think I’m that far from where I was at that age but I know I am there’s just still so much further to go #one day I think it’ll feel easier but maybe not today #I do love working w kids but I’m considering going into horticulture instead of outdoor education bc I don’t know if I can handle this #I can #but god I don’t know #in my heart I’m still that exact kid and she’s still in there so damn anxious and unsure and needing to observe the world and everyone in it #just to get some sense of understanding of just what the fuck is going on around here #but by the time I’ve gotten a good handle on what is going on everything is already so set in place and my place is outside the system and I #I don’t know how to step into it #sorry sorry I’m still rambling I’m having a weird day I probably just haven’t eaten nearly enough in the last few days and I’m about to #start teaching on my own this week which is terrifying and I can’t stop thinking abt that damn kid I wish they stayed longer I think #we probably would’ve gotten along #but groups only come here for a couple days and then go home which is v weird after having the same kids for 3 weeks for summer camp #idk life gets better and it gets worse and sometimes u grow into the world a little more but there’s still a mute child in your ribcage #little hands pressed up against ur ribs like laying a palm against a bus window #I put my hand over my sternum as if we could press our hands together thru time #when I was that age I used to pretend to have someone around me like an imaginary friend but usually it was a book character that I liked #and I’d talk to myself in my head like having a conversation and giving myself motivation and assurances from someone else to me #and now I’m here and I still talk to myself like that but without the imagined friend as a buffer I just talk to myself in my head #now I’m the imaginary friend for the little Sam that lives in my chest #when I talk to myself I’m talking to her #I’m giving her the assurance she needed back then #the assurance I still need now #I am here for her so I am here for myself #this is getting poetically nonsensical maybe it’s time for bed

[applesandbannas747]

In case anyone was wondering, a typical classroom budget is $175

For the whole year

I use my entire budget to get printer paper and still run out by April and buy that out of pocket too

#jackshit #jacksclass #the only things in my classroom I haven’t personally bought is 90% of the furniture #I spent about 12k getting my base classroom built #now I only spend closer to 1k a year #oh and you only are eligible for $200 tax returns for purchases made for your classroom #when I complain about my salary it’s because it’s actually a lot lower than the set amount #because a fifth of it goes back to my kids #the colored pencils and paper and glue and tissues you used growing up? all bought by your teacher more likely than not #the education system is so unbelievably broken you would not believe #the things I fucking know

[homogranates]

i'm so serious when i say that school makes me wanna rip my flesh off

#feeling murderous rage #i hate devoting every minute of my day to doing these stupid math questions (and i actually used to like math!!!) #i wanna go out for like a walk or something rn but it's late and i still have so much to finish. like i've been working on hw for 4 hours #like i miss having time to myself #it's like everytime i think of school i break down... what a fucked up education system #i don't want to go back to school tomorrow... literally want to throw up #it's so stressful i hate it so much #all i do is get home. eat something. do hw for like 4 hours. sob for like 15 minutes. stare at the wall. and sleep. how miserable is that #and i just wanna punch someone rn. wish i could tell my teachers that assingning so much hw everyday only makes me wanna kick them #trapped in a simulation where all i can do is try my best to finish all my hw. and still not be able to complete it!!! #i just wanna be a teenage girl doing stuff that isn't school related.... is that too much to ask for #gonna sob soon bye ✌️ #personal

[luckystrike-x]

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#i swear to god i can't hear one more thing about the nuances of the american system #everytime i read about how dystopian the us is it makes me wanna bash my brain against a wall #i wish there was a way to blacklist these “educational” and “informative” posts about how unaccessible healthcare isanother cop is #getting away with murder insulin is not affordable despite only costing 1 simoleons to manufacture or whatever #or how you should still vote for biden or not vote for biden or maybe vote for biden but VOTE never STOP VOTINGcall your rep!! #i simply. can't. fucking. stand. it anymore #i got all this.....american knowledge in me i absolutely never sought it just got chugged down my throat daily #there is this tone like we're all in the know no need to specify whom certain news might possibly be concerning as if there was only #one country on this planet #i'm just here on this website getting splashed by these completely untargeted informations ceaselessly #idk maybe it's such a non problem i just need to curate my tumblr experience better and stop following so many usamericans #but rn i just reached the limit of what i can bare #i can't follow what is going on in palestine whilst still learning new shit about the usa and give it some kind of value #i will not shed a single tear for america literally one of the richest most soulless country #just fix yourself #or don't idc #from now on i'm unfollowing on sight if i see another post about some fucked up american thing it's bye i'm so done

[pinkfestivalpeanuttree]

hey we should normalize mediocrity. could you imagine? society if we weren't expected to excel as the condition for a fulfilling and happy life?

#normalize giving up 👍 #i have midterms tomorrow and after months of burnout i could not muster up the strength to study #and i desire nothing more to yeet myself out of Existence #if someone could summarize a list of why the education system is fucked so that i can justify my misery that would be appreciated 👍 #epilogue speaks

[modusmumbles]

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SO

UK PEOPLE: The new EAS phone alarm is not a Bad Thing!!!!

I keep seeing many articles abt how to turn it off and how people don't want it and stuff but the fact we have a phone EAS is a GOOD THING!

Warnings Save Lives!

I scrolled past this headline this morning:

You shouldn't want to do this. The government isn't (for once) being stupid. We need eas now because climate change!

The wildfires in The Heatwave? So many interviews on the news from people who lost everything said that the first they saw the fire was the bottom of their gardens because the didn't know about it. More areas of the UK are and will be prone to flash flooding. Storm systems are getting way way worse, and because the jet streams getting wigglier, can get "stuck" bettween two throughs and therefore the storm lasts waaay longer. Who knows what else climate change will do to the UK but for the sake of common sense Do Not Turn EAS Off. Please

I get it. Unexpected Loud Noise Scary. I have Audio Processing Disorder so I really do understand. Don't wanna be surprised by an EAS warning?

Pay attention to the weather! Even if it's just following the Met Office on Twitter (yuck). Tapping on a weather warning on the met office website and scrolling down to see exactly what's expected.

Loud Noise Scary but even scarier is the prospect of people being killed by a severe weather event that they could have saved themselves from if they knew it was happening.

Don't turn off your eas

#Emergency alert system #UK eas #climate change #ramble #sorry for ramble but i feel very impassioned abt this #like before The Heatwave and the govmt did no public education of how to slow and prevent wildfire #and I asked my parents to move all the dead leaves/ect to the back of the garden and for their neighbours to do the same and noone did and #then there were the fires in london on the news #im not being alarmist or doomsaying #we just need to be as prepared as we can for the fucked up climate #sorry for askin but I would really like as many people to see this as possible im so tired of convincing people that we need eas now #who knows who else might turn off the thing thay could save their life

[inkats]

in preschool i stopped playing with other kids because the adults kept saying shit and i thought it just wasnt worth it. and im realizing i mightve kept those beliefs until now.

#no amount of socializing is worth some 3 decades overgrown fuck child being a bitch to me about. sorry. #also really wild seeing all this blame the kids its ok that teachers arent doing their job shit. #i will not say my controversial views on teachers + the education system here. but god. ugh. i hate. grown ups. so much. i think they shoul #all. i think lost should happen in real life. #but also man. other people. who needs them. theyre just like us. #^my mom thinks my only friend should be the rab #fuck punjabi really does not translate into latin letters. but i cant read or write punjabi oTL. yknow #god. god should be my only friend. she genuinely thinks this. like when she thought i was fr possessed cuz i didnt want to go to the gudwar #(i was actually. surprise surprise. pretty tired and self isolating (no friends. havent made any since) and her. well. what she did didnt #help. at all.) #i understand that religious people can be. nice. apparently. according to religious people. however in my experience they want me dead.

[pneumonic-screamers]

tbh the only reason why I'm not skipping every math lesson and actually giving it ago is bc I know Alan Turing would be disappointed

#jinx's hijinks #but fr why couldnt i get the good at math neurodivergency #like i feel so stupid because my primary school fucked me over in every aspect #i missed out on so many key parts of my learning due to so many factors #all my classmates hated me and i spent so much time just out of class #my school didnt give me any accommodations because i hadnt been flagged as neurodivergent #even tho i was very clearly neurodivergent #i had to leave so many lessons because i would cry uncontrollably or hide under desks because i didnt want to be around anyone #i found it so hard to pay attention to anything that didnt interest me and it effected me so badly #i dont know my times tables because i wasnt taught in a way we could understand #everyone around me understood but me and i was left to fall behind because they cared more about extending other kids further #than helping the kids who were struggling #and i know my school was like this because i excelled in other subjects and watched other kids fall behind because they struggled #anyways can education systems care more about oids who fall behind because it so quickly can fuck up the rest of their schooling #and make it so much harder for them

[inttezaar]

indian college management are literally the worst. they never show up in time of need when there's an illness spread across campus because of their water and food, or when there's an issue with the hostels, or when someone is in need of help but as soon as a child fucks up, everyone fights to bring down their reputation and give them the worst possible consequences

#fuck the education system #i hate my college #the faculty is so fucked up #all these complaints about typhoid spreading like wildfire #but they focus on the few people who walked into campus 1 hour late after curfew #literally fuck this college #desiblr #desi academia #college rant #kya kehna