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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
nibeul
filmnoirsbian

Something needs to be done about teachers who hate kids tbh

filmnoirsbian

My sister is currently getting her doctorate in child psychology & education, but years ago she worked as a substitute english teacher at a high school in nyc. She spent half a year subbing for a woman who was out for surgery, and had been teaching english there for years and years. Most of the kids in this class were remedial; they had failed english before and had to retake it. Most of them hated the class, and they hated literature, because they had been made to feel unintelligent. My sister decided to introduce them to poetry, which was a little easier to digest than long form prose, and had them read Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice." And the kids loved it! They connected with it, they were spirited and engaged in class for the first time all year. They wrote their own poetry! They started seeking out and reading poetry on their own! They were all on track to get a C, B or A in that class. And then the original teacher returned and failed every single student, to "teach them all a lesson". That was the moment my sister decided to go into administration so she could hopefully prevent that sort of thing from happening. But it's difficult. Despite numerous complaints from parents and other teachers, that teacher had a job there for decades. She continued to have a job there. There are a lot of teachers like her, wielding power and taking their frustrations out on kids, especially disabled and remedial kids. And students have so few advocates in the classroom.

filmnoirsbian

This post has turned into teachers complaining that this behavior is understandable because of burnout, low wages, etc and like. Ok then quit lmao. If you treat my kid like this because of "burnout" I'm gonna burn out your fucking teeth

i-am-an-adult-i-swear
kalichnikov

What city do you live in?

Tokyo, Japan

Delhi, India

Shanghai, China

São Paulo, Brazil

Mexico City, Mexico

Cairo, Egypt

Mumbai, India

Beijing, China

Dhaka, Bangladesh

some other city which is not among the 9 most populous cities in the world*

*as listed by the UN. post in the tags if you're not from one of these cities!

greater-than-the-sword

I feel that this is an important case study in Tumblr demographics and what the polls are actually reflecting

alonewildbird

actually based on my math this is currently pretty representative! 2.7% of respondents live in the most populous cities, which would be 216 million people (of 8 billion), and the total population of those 9 cities is just over 214 million!