#these immutable facts about myself. but i CANNOT unsee how hideous a worldview it endorses
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Visit Tumblr Blog
Explore Tumblr blogs with no restrictions, modern design and the best experience.
Last Seen Tumblr Blogs
Fun Fact
Users from the US are the majority of Tumblr visitors.
Text
i disdain the fetishization(?) of the quality of 'leadership' in education. i think it's a genuinely heinous way to raise students and it amazes me that it doesn't receive universal criticism
#sorry that this reads like i've leaked the first draft of a polemic#i was gonna say more but literally it makes me so mad i should probably just keep it to myself#it's just. fuck. like okay obviously IM invested in getting rid of it because i can't talk to people and i'm not charismatic and i consider#these immutable facts about myself. but i CANNOT unsee how hideous a worldview it endorses#like you are the leaders the future elites and there is a whole underclass of people — including those who are now your peers — whom#you must Lead#and i KNOW that's misconstruing it i KNOW#but even if it's not so unsettling as that it's like:#i dont believe teaching young people that they ought to always assert themselves and always hold fast to their positions#(i KNOW good leaders defer i KNOW good leaders are good listeners but you know who else can show deference and be good listeners and possess#critical thinking skills? fucking FOLLOWERS#and you aren't mitigating the risks of widespread fucking egomania by encouraging students to display virtues other than leadership#if you just tie them right back into leadership and indeed say they are qualities uniquely possessed by good leaders)#it's just what kills me. and this is my own jealousy talking obviously. is how the kids who get designated as being good leaders#are not particularly earnest or good listeners or good at deferring tasks. or especially engaging with their peers as equals#but i'm not sure if that's a universal reaction or if im just infernally spiteful and full of hate#ok i'm done. fuck this scholarship#personal#my posts
2 notes
·
View notes