#usa schooling

[amloveabledeathmo]

back to you: Do you have a topic you can give a speech about with no research? Would you like to share the speech?

i think the school system in the United States is done absolutely terrible. I think we need to vastly revamp standardized tests and use them as entrance to classes not as marks of intelligence.

I think we need to get rid of grades and have students test at the beginning of the year to put them in classes that will best match their level.

There also needs to be more teaching styles taught to teachers because students all learn so vastly differently. That also needs to factor in to the classes somewhat. I almost always learned better when sitting in groups and we were encouraged to discuss amongst ourselves while doing the work instead of when we were not supposed to talk or even look around and just do our individual work alone.

I think group projects should never be group grades, students should have to show their individual contributions. If not that then I think group projects should never be assigned members, you should be able to choose if and who you want in the group. Those were usually the groups where work was more evenly distributed and not just one or two kids getting screwed over and having to do it all.

There should be practical skill classes again that include basic cooking and cleaning, beginning sewing and mending, how to do taxes, how to open a bank account, how to get a credit score and credit card, how to handle debt if you end up in it, things like that.

School should start later in the day closer to 9 or 10 am and there should be plenty of time to go to the bathroom between classes and to get to class on time. You shouldn't have ask to go to the bathroom or get a tissue. You shouldn't be banned from snacking in class.

School should not be a horrible institution that traumatizes good and bad students. People should not be having nightmares about school as adults or children. People shouldn't learn to hate learning and dread going to places that are supposed to teach you.

[kropotkindersurprise]

James Baldwin, talking about living his life based on observable fact, instead of white liberal promises. [link]

[typhlonectes]

[vyorei]

Here's an amalgamation of news from the last 2 hours

Schools, hospitals, the one road civilians are fleeing down, NOTHING IS FUCKING SAFE.

WERE YOU ANGRY ABOUT AL-AHLI? WELL HERE, THERE'S FUCKING MORE. BRING THAT RAGE BACK AND START MAKING NOISE.

[shorthistorian]

My 11th graders can’t do either.

Reblog with your age and location in the tags if you want.

[sugas6thtooth]

This is at AUB (Arts University Bournemouth). Hold your educational institutions accountable for funding and platforming programs that support genocide. Boycott Stratasys. Flood their emails telling them to take accountability. Take action.

It is an unfortunate trend for colleges to silence the voices of their Pro Palestinian student body. We've seen it with Columbia University. Why aren't we holding these schools accountable?!?!

[high-quality-tiktoks]

This man spoke straight facts.

[catmask]

I’d love you even if you became a republican

thank you but you should have better standards for me

your kindness is appreciated but i want to be loved in realistic measure 🫡

[ishomieokay]

I'm just gonna say it. To the rest of the world, the hatred Republicans have for women in the USA is starting to give off Taliban vibes.

[ouranhighschool]

[avatar-state-kate]

The holdovers (2023) is a Christmas movie for those that understand how inherently sad and yet joyful of a holiday Christmas is. It’s about being slammed with the memories of all those that are not with you to celebrate, the loneliness of having to one to celebrate with, and the impending end of another year to remind you what you haven’t done - it is also an opportunity to spend time with family and friends and to reach out to the people in your life and make those connections, and the beginning of a new year another chance to do all of those things you had been meaning to do.

[nando161mando]

This is happening in Louisiana.

[starfish-spencer]

"I've Heard it Both Ways" is just the "I Don't Dance" of the Psych franchise I hope this makes sense

[mylittleredgirl]

how did you get your tv growing up? (if you had multiple houses or technologies, pick the one you most identify with your formative childhood tv experience)

op's formative tv experience was in a rural area with rabbit ears in the 90s, but before 18 i lived in a place with every one of these except satellite. rotary antenna is its own category because i will never forget the day when a friend's family put one in. the sheer power of turning that knob and seeing a wholeass giant roof antenna turning around and then you can pick up the x-files?? fucking religious experience.

[climbdraws]

took my mom all of 2 weeks to go from "stop baking so much you're making me fat" to "why didn't you make anything today 🥺🥺 wheres the sweet treats"

[mysharona1987]