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April 11, 2013
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coffee-slvt:

fuckyoujuan:

hoodrichnigga:

glitterbites:

Collecting these because no one understands their genius. They make me want to go to school.

my favorite one: That is Mahogany! 

Hahahaha this is way funnier than it needs to be right now.

The kilometer one actually made me really angry

Ha! I would have given detention for the yolo thing and taking off the shirt, because that wasn’t cute or funny, only disruptive, and for the kid who hit another kid with the bible, because you don’t hurt other kids, ever, full stop. The others would have merited a warning at the most, not detention (the HP and Hunger Games references were hilarious).

Also, that entitled ass who gave a kid detention for correcting him in class should be ashamed of himself. If somebody corrects me in class or points out a mistake I’ve made, I’m delighted because it means they are paying attention and practicing critical thinking!

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January 24, 2013
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dudski:

I GOT BORED. GONNA BE SUPER EMBARRASSING IF THIS IS INACCURATE SOMEHOW!

[If you want to get picky, Lydia, if assigned Scott’s problem, could actually pretty easily approximate the square root of 72 as 8.5 in her head, which would give her x-values of -3.125 and 1.125. She could get even closer depending on how close she is to actually having a calculator for a brain, but, well. THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT COMPARABLE.]

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December 01, 2012
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abaldwin360:

Here Is What Some Schoolchildren in Louisiana Learn About Evolution

Fifth graders in some state-sponsored schools in Louisiana study both creationism and evolution as competing theories. “Fact or Theory?”

-source | Buzzfeed

Just a quick glance looks like it favors creationism pretty hard. And with tax payer money.

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November 23, 2012
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In America, your textbook reads YOU.

wilwheaton:

onthemedia:

“Say a student uses an introductory psychology e-textbook. The book will be integrated into the college’s course-management system. It will track students’ behavior: how much time they spend reading, how many pages they view, and how many notes and highlights they make. That data will get crunched into an engagement score for each student.”

This is awful, and should not happen.

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October 07, 2012
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Dress like an English Gentleman: Why i am really pissed off (about gender roles and bad teachers)

dastardlygoodtime:

renirabbit:

This is my kid and she is 5

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She wanted to take hulk with her to school today, and she was so happy that i took her pic. she loves avengers, she watched the movie multiple times, and she always asks me for their action figures, especially from Black widow and Iron man but  unfurtunally She only got the Hulk one that was from her older  cousin  (not only because  i´m broke but also i cant find any black widow anywhere)  but thats not why i´m really freaking mad…..

As soon as she got to the school her teacher looked at her, and with wide eyes and a disgusted voice and said

You, with a Hulk doll? well that is surprising

so i immediately stepped in and asked the teacher to please pay attention during play time, because i didnt want her to have a hard time with the boys,

after i picked her up the teacher told me that everything went ok.  that my baby had gave the toy to the boys and went to play something else.. that struck me as really weird, because Nico was really exited about playing with her friend and his Capitan america. so on the way home i asked what happened 

They took him away and didnt let me play with them because i´m a girl, they also tripped me so i fell during P.E, but i didnt see who did it. 

She also told me that the teacher did nothing, not even when she fell and cried….

But the worst part is that she spent 40 minutes back home hugging her hulk and giving it kisses and telling me how she didn’t want to take it again to school because she didn’t want her friends to be mean and take it away again,  but my heart really broke  when she asked me

Could you please take care of him tomorrow when i will be at school?

 he is brave but i don’t want him to be alone

Now we will sit to watch Avengers again with a bucket of pop corn and the hulk.  but i know that it will be a long long time before i manege to convince her that she doesn’t have to hide the fact that she loves these heroes, and that the problem is with the other boys not with her.

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August 18, 2012
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Evil Men in the Gardens of Paradise: Lemme tell you 'bout my problems with time micromanagement, control freak teachers, and presumptions about students.

moniquill:

There was nothing I loathed more, as a student, than teachers/professors who not only told you what the end result of your assignment should be, but exactly when to have what steps done. Because I generally did not require anywhere near as much time as I was allotted to get shit…

*headdesk*

That’s definitely not how to do it. If one of your students knows about the subject matter (possibly even more than you do), you let the student be the expert, you let them explain things to others.

The other kids will remember the lesson always, as they will be tickled pink by the idea that one of them knows more about something than their teacher does.

Jesus Christ. You don’t punish anyone for the thirst for knowledge.

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August 18, 2012
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katydidnot:

dear internet, let me tell you some things about my public-school-in-georgia sex education.

pictured above is my abstinence til marriage card, given to me in my eighth grade health class. as you can see, i did not sign it, so it is non-binding. they were “optional” but the teacher placed the basket at the front of the class and stared us down. my 13-year-old self had a very brief dilemma between 1. making a stand and not getting one or 2. getting one because it’s fucking hilarious. i am very glad i chose the latter, because as i predicted, this is now something hilarious to show everyone.

that year in health we also learned “how to spot the identifying features of a crack baby” which is literally nothing but lies. we had a system of anonymous questions, and once someone asked “how do i know if i’m a lesbian?” our teacher looked disgusted and she replied “how would i know? i’m not a lesbian!”

EDIT i forgot to mention when she gave these to us she suggested we “cut up our cards together with our husbands on our wedding day” and i remember thinking, fuck if i marry someone from my middle school

the next time i had sex ed in high school it was taught by a dude gym coach who spent the whole time talking about his daughters. the book we were learning from listed “low self-esteem” “stunted social growth” and “depression,” among others, as consequences of premarital sex. at one point, it asked us to fill in the disadvantages of having an abortion. our teacher went, “well, i’m personally against abortion, so we’re just going to skip this section,” which confused me, because it was explicitly asking for an argument against abortion.

the last time i had sex ed it was pretty good and there were free condoms and we got little bottles of lube every time we answered questions, but i don’t think that counts cause it was in an intro to women’s studies class.

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June 30, 2012
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"We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills, critical thinking skills and similar programs … which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."

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The Texas Republican 2012 platform, which officially opposes teaching students “critical thinking skills.”

Read 4 more of the Texas GOP’s craziest policies.

(via think-progress)

I have a new word for you, dear Republicans:

Noun 1. indoctrination - teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically

Indoctrination synonyms: brainwashing …

And here, as a bonus, have a liberal commie pinko opinion on indoctrination:

“For those who stubbornly seek freedom around the world, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the propaganda system to which we are subjected and in which all too often we serve as unwilling or unwitting instruments.”

-Noam Chomsky

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