#education

[imkeepinit]

[firefly5000]

[macmanx]

"I believe that humanity is meant to thrive and flourish, and that doesn't happen without context. And the arts and the humanities? They are our vessel for context." - LeVar Burton

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[solarpunkfool]

It's punk to compost, in a world filled with trash.

It's punk to be fat, in a world that wants you to keep getting smaller.

It's punk to ride an old bike, drive an old car, patch your old clothes with different colored thread, cut up old sheets for rags instead of using paper towels, and make stuffed animals out of scrap fabric, in a world that wants you to just "order it off amazon".

It's punk to tend a messy, overgrown, weed-filled garden. Tomatoes grow right next to dandelions.

It's punk to can the veggies from your messy garden and give your neighbors delicious tomato soup in the depths of winter.

It's punk to make a bird feeder and look out the window to take a break from your screen.

It's punk to wear your "Let Trans Kids Play" shirt to a college basketball game where there are no trans players, because a trans kid in the crowd will see it and maybe (this year) decide to join the team.

It's punk to have wrinkles, when the world wants you to stop aging at 23.

It's punk to go to your local library.

It's punk to take your kids to your local library.

It's punk to take your kids to a pride parade, a sit-in, a land-back ceremony, an accessible trunk-or-treat, a soup kitchen.

It's punk to plant trees. It's punk to PROTECT trees.

It's punk save for solar panels, someday.

It's punk to hope, whenever you can.

[thechanelmuse]

I was today years old. That is disgusting.

No Child Left Behind is one of the worst things to ever be incentivized in schools. It was signed into law when I was 14. Reading Rainbow was my show as a kid. LeVar Burton played a big part in why I became an avid reader to date. The joy of it. It's an adventure around the globe and through different time periods without stepping on a plane or time machine.

Children parrot behavior. In grade school, I always wanted to read the same amount of books as my teachers (50 books) and managed to double that each year. Before No Child Left Behind, book fairs and Scholastic catalogs were a serious matter like your grandma's Fingerhut catalogs. Libraries were (and still are) a wonderland.

Reading comprehension and proficiency in schools has been declining for decades. A crisis. The joy of books isn't pushed anymore and I'm always saddened by it. It's one of the reasons why I post my book reviews and recommendations on here, as well as posts from others to encourage reading and (novel) writing. Kids will parrot your behavior while the education system sadly fails to return as that example.

[felixer-of-life]

I mean, because trade school is shorter, less expensive, and generally the skills are less likely to tank in value because the imaginary money line goes down. But yes. We should be telling young adults about their options and letting them decide what they want to do.

[victusinveritas]

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“Education is meant to teach people how to think, not what to think. If it’s doing the latter, it’s not education—it’s propaganda.” — James Lindsay, commentary on education reform

[isnaddfoundation]

Isnad is an initiative that aims to provide 30 students with the means to pursue their degrees remotely. Genocide is not only through killing and starvation, but also through robbing an entire generation of their futures and their dreams.

With the donations collected through fundraising through Tumblr, Isnad has been able to provide rooms, internet access, stationery, and power supply to these students.

Donate here or here

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[you-need-not-apply]

Hey guys let’s not guilt trip kids.

My little brother (in Australian college so 16/17/18) sent me this image

It was written in chalk on his school. It reads (fully) “tell your kids the truth - what did you do when the kids were burning in Gaza?”

But let me ask you this, mystery chalk writer: What they fuck can they do. 

Adults are fair game. Children are not. They are trying to finish their education, they do not have the means to help. Write this on parliament. Not on a school.

Raising awareness? Good. Guilt tripping by basically saying “what would your kids think of you?” about a situation they can’t help nor control. Not okay.

I’m pro Palestine, I over all support the above message. But not at a school. Write it on a street. At parliament. Online. Not where my little brother will text me the image and ask about feeling guilty.

[atlantaasterism]

I take the point that the failures of US curricula are not a valid excuse for an adult to be ignorant. That is very true.

However, I don't think "no, you're just dumb" is a helpful rejoinder when DUDE, the American public school system is indeed full of nationalist propaganda and a whole lotta missing topics. There is a huge problem when students graduate high school having said the pledge of allegiance 1000 times but unable to label the countries on a world map. Also, if you don't know about something, you can't look for information on it. Never heard of the Tulsa massacre? Kind of hard to find out more. And I sure as shit never heard about the Tulsa massacre is US history.

im american and i knew that like in kindergarten so i think some of you are just stupid sorry

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