Now that I’m home and can charge my phone, a longer response. Calling teachers cruel is not a principled critique of schooling, compulsory or otherwise. It’s a lib-brained take to think that systemic and structural issues are a result of the individual virtue of people involved
I always wonder what people’s childhoods were like
I’m absolutely fine with admitting that, if that was your intention. I’ve seen quite a bit of unprincipled teacher bashing on Hexbear before and I’ll call it out when I see it.
I always wonder what people’s childhoods were like that they trivialize criticisms of compulsory schooling.
Now that I’m home and can charge my phone, a longer response. Calling teachers cruel is not a principled critique of schooling, compulsory or otherwise. It’s a lib-brained take to think that systemic and structural issues are a result of the individual virtue of people involved
Fuck off
Funny this is the exact way that sub treats student behaviour, but it’s the critique of this that’s lib apparently
That take on student behavior is both bad and cringe, and so is the critique
You can just admit you got prickly because you assumed a criticism of a bunch of r*dditors was a criticism of teachers writ large
I’m absolutely fine with admitting that, if that was your intention. I’ve seen quite a bit of unprincipled teacher bashing on Hexbear before and I’ll call it out when I see it.