#shitty educational system

[dawnstudies]

First day back at school and boy has it been a weird one!

Let's start with the thing that sucks the most; from this day forward, phones cannot be used between classes, they are taken during first term and returned during the last one; if a teacher needs them during class, they have to ask for it and administer it into a system - the main problem with that is that a lot of material is given to us through Google Classroom and we can't learn from there anymore during school so we have to copy EVERYTHING or print it but printing here costs a fortune - the second problem is that the administration for the taking and receiving of phones requires written evidence both times every day, which takes a lot of time and wastes a lot of paper - Hungary number #1 shittiest education ig

But to not dwell on what cannot be changed, my class at least has something to do now; we have to plan the welcoming ceremony for the new classes, we call this a "donkey week" for the "donkeys" or the new students. They will be making different types of productions which we will rate, we'll play with them and give them points according to their performance and overall it will be (hopefully) a wonderful experience for everyone! I'm really excited!

In terms of studying, things are looking more shittier as the days pass, we're not sure when we'll be getting an actual timetable (getting a stable timetable here in Hungarian schools is actually impossible) but until then, it will be chaos; we don't even know the teachers that will be teaching us because they even changed THAT (god only knows how much drama that caused between the teachers).

So, yea. Everything is terrible, but hey! Hungary goes forward, not backwards! (if I am translating that infamous catchphrase correctly :D)

[ilynpilled]

being confronted with your abysmal geography knowledge through fucking dumbass tumblr polls and you immediately jump to “but my bad education system” and “but u guys’ vague ableism…” instead of pulling up a map

[spoofyleaf]

VOTE!!!!! YOU NEED TO VOTE!!!!!!! FUCKING VOTE YOU COWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are eligible to vote and choose not to, then so genuinely fuck right off, and I am not sorry about that.

[freakazoidwerebeast]

i honestly think the bad kids and the ratgrinders are gonna end up teaming up in the end. the ratgrinders arent mad at the bad kids, theyre mad at what the bad kids represent: how flawed the education system is. because yeah kipperlilly is right! its not fair! the whole point of this season seems to be "life isn't fair. and it won't be. but it could be better."

so everyone unironically hating the ratgrinders, you guys should maybe open your minds a bit to the Possibilities

(and stop telling me how much you hate the ratgrinders. i dont care. make your own post.)

[lwh-writing]

Okay, so my college classes started again today and I ended the day with the first lecture of my military history class. Now, I don't usually like military history because it very much is the Dude Bro type of history that I don't jive with. However, I am taking this class because:

Even if it is Dude Bro History, I love history in all forms and want to learn more about it

I'm an engineering student with too many fucking calculus, physics, and electronic classes and my mind needs to think about something other than STEM before it breaks

I fucking LOVE my professor. I had him last semester for a European history class and he was the best. He was very much against what he calls "asshole history." Aka, the type of history that focuses on one, usually white, Christian man who "shaped the course of history" until it shuffled onto the next one. He never mentioned Henry VII or Shakespeare except in passing, but he was the first person to teach me about Alessandra Strozzi, Baruch Spinoza, and Olaudah Equiano. So once I saw he was teaching another class this semester, I was like "Okay, but only because it's you, Awesome Professor."

Anyway, today was the first lecture of Military History taught by Awesome Professor. As should have probably been expected, the class makeup was 80% Dude Bros who need to cover their liberal studies credit. We get in, go over the syllabus, do an icebreaker, and Awesome Professor pulls up a PowerPoint slide with the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Gettysburg side by side.

Awesome Professor: "Can anyone tell me the connection between these two battles?"

Some answers are offered. One Dude Bro goes on a soliloquy about war tactics and drools over the 500 Spartans. Awesome Professor corrects him and says that there were way more Greek factions there than Sparta. More answers are offered. A different Dude Bro does a different soliloquy about Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army. Awesome Professor shoots back about Meade having the superior defensive position. More answers come in. I offer that both the Greeks and the Union soldiers were vastly outnumbered. A few more answers.

Awesome Professor: "Those were all wonderful answers, but unfortunately, you're all wrong. The major connection between these two battles is.... they're the only battles we will ever discuss in this class."

This wonderful, wonderful man then goes on to say that we will NOT be getting into war tactics. We will NOT learn about weaponry. We will NOT be reading quotes from famous generals. We will instead be learning about the cultural impact of war, all sides of every conflict, how militaries and wars affect technology that isn't weapons (preserved foods, medical innovations, etc.), how to recognize war-time, pre-war, and post-war propaganda, and female and nonbinary individuals' experiences during war.

The hundreds of Dude Bros start gaping like fish and sputter about "How can you teach WAR if you don't talk about WAR?". I'm holding back cackles as they slowly realize that they will not be getting spoon-fed the classic Dude Broe history. I genuinely cannot wait to go to my next lecture and count how many people drop the class.

In conclusion: definitely give college history classes a try, even if they aren't your usual first pick. Especially if you know the professor is amazing and knows how to teach about the scope of history rather than shuffling from one asshole to the next.

[ladiablesse]

american individualism is so fucking vile.

[scrawnytreedemon]

People are headcanoning Sephiroth as illiterate now. As in. The fucking reason he took so long in that basement was because he had to finger-read every single fucking book.

I'm putting Sheltered Sephiroth on the top shelf until you goons stop veering into outright ableism. For fuck's sake.

[udaasibharikoihaseendaastan]

(aur ha kuch paane ke liye kuch khona padta hai💀)

[seokmattchuus]

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[irl-morros-account]

MORRO GO TO SCHOOL

Why would I do that??

[arsonistman]

Ratio would not call you/anyone stupid for not knowing how to do a puzzle or solve a problem immediately. He’d figure it out for himself first ofc, and then he’d give what is in the moment assumed to be arrogant piss poor advice but it actually makes you think and figure it out for yourself. I know this bc I do it too

[peepee-poopoo-lord]

you guys know homeschooled people are also a lot of the times victims too right. like im not advocating for homeschooling but most kids didnt ask to be homeschooled. stop saying that Coleen Ballinger could be a p3do because she was homeschooled for like a year. that is wierd and messed up you guys know that right. (pls read tags for elaboration)

[ayakashibackstreet]

btw when I went to grab my little snack today, I overheard two schoolgirls talking behind my back and, uh, first I hear 'wow, she's SO ugly', a few seconds later I hear 'oh wait, I think he's a guy, actually!' followed up with 'maybe it's one of those genders'

which

uh

guess the saga of me apparently being visibly queer continues?

[mercyluvsyouuu]

Hi I love and care for you if you weren't able to get a proper education for whatever reason btw. Whether it was a mental illness or physical illness or whatever else idc I love you and you'll make it. There's more to life than numbers on paper. I love u and you'll be okay I promise. You didn't fail anyone, the system failed you

[celestiarambles]

Sorry for bothering you mod but I need to know if you have a schelude for your Lars mole au fic ;w;

i really don’t because i won’t be 100% sure i can commit to schedules because of my own hectic life, but if i have no further obligations and backlogs i may try to finish chapter 4 in the weekend!! so stay tuned 😉

[dahldahlbills]

nothing has terrified me more than covering for a ninth grade math class…