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If you go to—or went to—a great, well-run school with good infrastructure, offerings, awesome teachers, and peers, consider yourself lucky. It turns out not all American schools are created equal. Often, it's the students who pay the price. That could be why some students love school. And others hate it.
American youth have been sharing photos of their schools. A few are really sweet and wholesome. Like the one where kids get a special day to ride their tractors to school. Others might really make you question the state of education in the country. Like the school that spent $1.3 million on new turf for a sports team but claims poverty when it comes to fixing the leaking roof of the main building… Then there's the institution that somehow thought it was perfectly fine to make top students “donate” a percentage of their grades to those who didn’t do as well.
Bored Panda has put together a list of posts that perfectly show just how different one American school is from the next. Tell us all about your own school experience in the comments, and don't forget to upvote your favorite pics.
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#1
My School Put Free Pad And Tampon Vending Machines In The Girls' Bathrooms
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
Ours had them taken out, but ladies can still go to the office nurse for them.
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#2
Public School In California Teaching Us How To File Our Taxes
Bob Brooce 7 months ago
I had 2 years of wood shop in jr high. It was fun but it didn't really help me with anything, and it's easy to hire somebody if your house needs work. Were there any classes on taxes, investing, or household finances? Of course not.Classes on how to be a parent? Who could need to learn about that?
Shannon Donnelly 7 months ago
To be fair, you can also hire people to do your taxes, finances, and investments. We had four years of shop classes (along with home economics classes in junior high) and I learned a lot. Granted, that was 35 years ago. I wish my HS had offered accounting classes, but I did take an auto mechanics class (unfortunately, we spent the majority of the time working on a lawn mower engine, so not very helpful.)
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KrazyChiMama 7 months ago
My senior year government class our teacher was also a CPA (accountant) we got extra credit if we filed our own tax return in his class. He helped us. It was great and I did my own taxes (simple 1040) for many years! Saved tons of money not paying someone else to do it for me!
Marlene Ricker 7 months ago
It has taken a long time for schools to decide to offer classes in important daily matters. How to file your taxes is important for everybody to know. Congratulations to the public schools in California for getting their priorities straight!!!
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
We learned a little about this at my school, as well as how to apply for jobs, mock interviews (some of which led to actual jobs), making a budget, how to buy a house/car, how to apply for a rental, occupational health and safety, and more. Also tied into our work experience placements. I don't think it was unusual in my area. I hope they still do this at my old school, but I'm not sure since the teacher retired and they got a new principal.
Mel in Georgia 7 months ago
I was in Jr. High (grades 7-8) when Title IX was enacted. Took all sorts of cool classes, like Home Ec., Shop, and Sewing that exposed me to practical skills. Today's kids desperately need real-world classes that will help them as adults.
#3
Refreshing Signs Posted Outside Some Of My Sons Public Elementary School Classrooms
Lauren Wilder 7 months ago
These signs are how children are supposed to be taught how to treat one another.
Gossameringue 7 months ago
And yet there are American schools that are ordering their teachers to take down these same signs because they "promote an ideology" not everybody might share.
Michael Largey 7 months ago
They call it "grooming". Yes, grooming to be decent people. "Grooming" is the word MAGA types resort to when they have lost an argument about education.
Load More Replies... Bob Jones 7 months ago
It is sad that this is even necessary. I just don't get the Amrrican right wing's obsession with gender and interfering and being intolerant towards others people's private lives like it is the biggest issue being faced. If only they were as obsessed with being kind and respectful to other people and teaching their children to do the same like their so called religion says, that would go a long way towards making the world a better place.
Mel in Georgia 7 months ago
It's so sad that the U.S. gov't is planning to pull federal funds from public schools that promote DEI. My grandkids go to an elementary school that's majority Black and they just had an after-school Black History Month event. Doubt they'll be able to do that for the next 3 years. :(
E. Rex Sean 7 months ago
i’m not sure why you were downvoted, you are 100% right!
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Many believe that American education is in shambles. The Covid pandemic highlighted a lot of the flaws in the system. And while some blame the pandemic for the poor state of learning, others say it isn't so. In a piece published on the Fordham Institute's website, David Steiner notes that too many people are stuck sending their kids to underperforming schools.
"Despite nearly $200 billion in emergency federal spending on K–12 schooling, students are doing worse than a decade ago, and lower-performing students are today less capable of doing math than they were thirty-five years ago," writes the education expert.
#4
My School Has Racks In The Front Office For Kids To Put Their Skateboards On During The Day
Twin Oaks High School in San Marcos.
Upstaged75 7 months ago
That's in California for anyone not familiar with US cities. Seems appropriate.
Bri Johnson 7 months ago
Nope.. not rich kids at all... 95% middle income or lower.. my sibs graduated from there ..
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#5
My High School Has "Drive Your Tractor To School" Day (Ohio, US)
Gossameringue 7 months ago
So did mine. I proudly drove my Case 7120 to school and basked in the glory of having one of the few tractors with a tape deck.
Mark Hastings 7 months ago
A local high school to me had to put a stop to students parking their RVs and travel trailers in the school parking lot. Some just found it easier to live at the school rather than a road located in the industrial area of town.
Marlene Ricker 7 months ago
For all the farm families, this really shows them they are important!
#6
My High School Lunch, A Beef Poke Bowl (I'm In California)
eloop 7 months ago
No ones perfect - cut these kids/school some slack. Not like all schools can afford to go eco on everything.
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Steiner was commenting on what's known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. It's basically "The Nation’s Report Card," and according to the National Center for Education Statistics website, it's "a resource—a common measure of student achievement—because it offers a window into the state of our K-12 education system and what our children are learning."
What stood out in the NAEP results was the fact that Math and reading scores for 13-year-olds have hit their lowest scores in decades. Steiner cautions that the system is failing children from a very young age.
#7
Our School Spent 1.3 Million On New Turf For A 2-8 Team… But I Get To Deal With This Every Time It Rains Because They Can’t Afford To Fix The Roof
As much as it sounds like a meme, of course, it’s in Ohio.
Ace macbeth 7 months ago
As an Ohioian knowing our education system has been ruled unconstitutional since the 90s, I'm not surprised in the slightest. Think it's bad now, just wait til that federal funding stops.
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
Am proud to say our school (now middle school, when I went it was 7th-12th) just celebrated a 100 yr anniversary. That building, despite it's quirks, is just as serviceable as when the foundation was laid. Did a bond improvement in 2017, lots of push back over that as many wanted a complete new building.
Upstaged75 7 months ago
Is that a football team? I did go to a US public high school but I've never heard that term before.
BeesEelsAndPups 7 months ago
2-8 refers to their win record. 2 wins, 8 losses. He's saying the team sucks
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Stephen Roenneburg 6 months ago
I feel ya. I voted for my kids' school, which I spent 12 years in as well, to spend a million on a "new gym". What we got was zero changes to the gym ... but they added on a state-of-the art weight room for the state champion football team. It's also the only other room in the entire school besides the computer lab that has air conditioning.
SlightlyTarnished 7 months ago
The only signs there are actually schools in the US are athletic programs and school shootings.
#8
My Town Has 100% Electric School Buses
Michal Pifko 7 months ago
Why do american school buses always look so old? Like this one must be relatively new, yet it still looks like it was made in the 50s.
Dragons Exist 7 months ago
Probably because the famous general design is old, and the busses haven't changed much from that
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
Ours went from diesel back to gas. Not sure why they have not taken advantage of having at least one electric.
Amanda Hunter 7 months ago
Not Idaho then, here there's no emissions regulations, any old vehicle can belch out black smoke.
primeline31 7 months ago
Regular, large electric school buses each cost about $334K (Feb 2024 prices https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/turning-nys-yellow-buses-green-could-cost-8b/). Some school districts own their own and others contract with a busing company. Regular diesel school busses cost about $150K. [These prices are obviously before tariff prices.]
Jane Hower 7 months ago
After the first fire or dead battery they will all be sent to the dump. It's happened in places already.
#9
Columns At A School Are Pencils (MN)
Steiner likens Pre-K to the Wild West... He explains that students are entering kindergarten with large gaps in their readiness to learn. "Children aren’t seriously assessed until they are 8, by which time it’s too late for sustained intervention; the gaps never close," he wrote.
And from there, it's a vicious cycle where the kids pay the price. "Curricula, tests, and teacher education programs exist in deep silos, creating a fragmented system where teachers aren’t trained to teach the materials their schools use and tests don’t test students’ mastery of those materials (with a tiny exception in Louisiana)." the expert added.
#10
Genuinely Cool Thing My School Does. This Bin Has Ice On The Bottom So Any Student That Don't Want Their Fruit That Is Mandatory To Grab With Lunch Can Be Put Into A Cold Area
Other students who are still hungry can get it. Anything that isn't taken at the end of the day is put back into rotation the next day, that way there isn't any untouched fruit wasted.
Leekier 6 months ago
The heading’s a bit garbled but I think they’re saying that Kia’s who don’t want their fruit can leave it in there for kids who do want it.
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Bigfoot87 7 months ago
The smarter thing to do would be to purchase less apples and replace it with someothing the kids will actually consume. How many times are the apples recycled?
Amused panda 7 months ago
But then there wouldn't be seconds for kids who want them. This way, there is enough for everyone to take, if wanted, rather than running out. And who knows, they may reduce their orders some days to manage stock and ensure they use up their excess.
Load More Replies... K Barnes 7 months ago
Why would whole apples need to be on ice, though? Cut fruit, yes, but whole fruit?
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
Just to extend the life. Like how eggs where I live don't have to be refrigerated, but I do put them in the fridge because it means they last even longer.
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Looks Like School Lunches Are Making The Rounds Here Again: United States, Public Middle School
Dragons Exist 7 months ago
Ah yes, Public Middle School in the United States, I have fond memories from there
#12
My School Uses Purple Carpet To Indicate The Classroom Doors That Swing Out
MoBeLa 7 months ago
Except for the part about having carpet in school hallways 🤮
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 7 months ago
All classroom doors should swing outward for quick evacuation in a fire.
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
That's not something that I've ever seen in Australia. Classroom doors either open inward or are sliding doors. Is it actually faster in an evacuation? It's never been mentioned in any emergency management plan I've read.
Load More Replies... Sudeep Sarkar 5 months ago (edited)
Does a door that opens outwards help in shooting situations? Like you're trying to pull it to, instead of pushing it closed from the inside.
According to education sector marketing company MDR Education, there are a total of 115,171 schools in the United States. This number is made up of K-12 public and private schools, adult education, and career/technical schools. "With the current U.S. population of about 333 million people, that breaks down to one school for every 2,892 people," notes the MDR site.
#13
Locker Art At My School
#14
My Little Sister Ended Up Getting The Same Physics Book I Had In High School, 10 Years Later
My guess is that Physics just isn't a very popular subject. We're from Kentucky, and people don't really value the sciences in the south.
Ariom Dahl 7 months ago
Ye canna change the laws of physics ... but ye CAN discover new stuff all the time. :)
Wombat 7 months ago
What we know and understand about physics has changed, or why would physicists keep working? Einstein broadened snd in parts supplanted the Newtonian view of the universe, that's how science works.
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Steve H 7 months ago
"and people don't really value the sciences in the south". What a sad state of affairs.
James M. Schmidt 6 months ago
The last name probably began with an "A", so of course the numbered books will be first handed out. That doesn't explain the lack of usage from 2011 - 2018, though.
Holly Herr 7 months ago
Books are only supposed to be 8 yrs old. During the 8th yr the next books are chosen. Of course, doesn’t always work that way. In 6th grade, 1976, our science books only talked about travel to the moon in the future!
David 7 months ago
Kentucky isnt the South (not a former Confederate state), its the midwest. Is this person really from there?
Michael Largey 7 months ago
South and Confederate are not necessarily the same. Kentucky was a slave state throughout its history until slavery was abolished nation-wide. Its economy was southern, based on crops like tobacco. Politically, it was always part of the southern coalition, both before and after the Civil War. It's culture and social customs were identical to states like Virginia and North Carolina. However, you are quite right when you used the present tense. Kentucky's economy and culture has transformed it into a state more compatable with the Midwest than the South. Its growth in the manufacturing sector and a more diversified agricutural system caused it to be reclassified in the second half of the twentieth century as being part of the Midwest. The same is generally true with Missouri, a former southern slave state, which is also now more frequently grouped in the Midwest.
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#15
A Quote Painted Above Lockers At A Houston, Texas Isd Elementary And Middle School
Panda Kicki 7 months ago
So, if I read this one correctly, the women hs all the power to control the men and they are powerless marionettes in our grasp? Great! Lets skip the lady-variant and see what other fun stuff we can make the men become, as they are helpless and cany control their behaviour and emotions without being led by a womans example.
Zophra 7 months ago
I don't read it that way. I read it as a male will treat a female accordingly - as a "lady" or "something else." It's the male's non-gentleman's response to a non-lady that is especially troubling.
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Thorsten Massow 7 months ago
Exactly this. If he doesn't act like a gentleman it is the woman's fault because she didn't behaved right. --- absolutely devastating.
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Phantom Phoenix 7 months ago (edited)
Me reading this as an adult man... "The more I act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman?" Who? Who's gonna act like a gentleman when I act like a lady? This is just weird! BTW, just a thought: it might be worthwhile teaching all kids regardless of what genitals they might have or whatever their gender to be respectful of other people regardless of what genitals they might have or whatever their gender.
zatrisha 7 months ago
Thats a Quote of Sydney Biddle Barrows. She is an American businesswoman and socialite who became known as an escort agency owner under the name Sheila Devin; she later became known as "The Mayflower Madam".
Michael Largey 7 months ago
There are many things wrong with this slogan. Not the least of which is the fact it isn't true.
Margaret H 7 months ago
That's like saying she was asking for it because her hijab showed an extra half-inch of her arms.
The country is also facing a severe lack of educators. American schools have high student-to-teacher ratios driven by a massive K-12 teacher shortage, warns education institution Elevate K-12. "Faced with disciplinary problems and low school funding, schools have focused on staffing classrooms at all costs," reads that site, adding that class sizes have become larger at the expense of quality teaching.
#16
My Friend Got In Trouble For "Pda"
Never Snarky 7 months ago
When I was in HS, in the 1960s, there was an English teacher that told students that holding hands lead to pregnancy.
#17
So When Did Public High School Cafeterias Start Looking More Like Mall Food Courts? (Byron Nelson Hs, Tx)
Sian E 7 months ago
Since the funding for school dinners got withdrawn, I assume. And look, the students can do work experience without having to leave the campus! /s
DeoManus Argentem 7 months ago
I would have loved this in HS! We were allowed to leave campus during our lunch break and every year there were multiple student accidents due to them rushing to get back in time (nothing was within walking distance, at least if wanted any hope of not returning late). If they were going to get fast food anyway, why not keep it close? Although we actually had good cafeteria food on campus, the choices were obviously limited.
Cydney Golden 7 months ago
When Michele Obama tried to promote healthy eating the right wing lost it.
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
I doubt any of those, even Subway, would pass the heart smart requirements that canteen/tuck shops in Australia have to meet.
#18
This Is A Public School On Tacoma, WA. Stadium High School
SlightlyTarnished 7 months ago
Public schools were once built to not only house learning, they were also built to be an aesthetically pleasing part of the community, something to be proud of. So many villages, towns, and cities have demolished these beautiful structures instead of updating them. Newer schools are more apt to have a glorious football field than great architecture. Priorities I guess.
Chris Landrum 7 months ago
Isn't this where they film the movie "10 things I dont like about you"?
Audrey 2 7 months ago
It's "10 things I hate about you" XD and yes, it kind of looks like it
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 7 months ago
My high school was originally constructed from 'Nissan huts' leftover from WW2...
Mark Hastings 7 months ago (edited)
My niece graduated from Stadium. Unlike many high schools, the students take pride in the school and it shows, inside and out.
According to Elevate K-12, the number of under-qualified teaching hires increased by 69% from 2022–2023. "When students have underqualified teachers or full-time substitutes, they’re more likely to experience learning delays, low graduation rates, and test scores below grade level," notes the site.
It's often the poor that feel it the most... And the institution warns that the crisis in public education is "widening student achievement gaps, causing a dangerous feedback loop that disproportionately affects Black students, low-income students, and students with special educational needs."
#19
"My Friend's Son Came Home From School Thursday With A Stamp On His Arm That Said "Lunch Money" Because His Account Was Low"
Marnie 7 months ago (edited)
Some of you may remember when Philando Castille was shot by police in his car in Minnesota. He was a cafeteria worker who had done nothing wrong. His mother, Valerie Castile, "has made significant contributions to paying off student lunch debts in honor of her son. In May 2019, she donated $8,000 to Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota, to cover unpaid student lunch debts for seniors preparing to graduate." I'm not sure if she continued the work, but she's an inspiration. If my son died, I'd drink myself to death, and if he died through such an injustice, I'd do it quickly.
yellowphantom 7 months ago
In the school's defense, my sons lost 90% of the notes that were sent home from school with them, as well as ones they came to school with. Every semester I would have to go justify someone's absence because they lost the excuse note. Their backpacks were apparently black holes that could make notes and library books vanish between the car and the school front door..
I love black cats 7 months ago
This is how they did it in my elementary school. I always thought it was normal until now.
GalPalAl 7 months ago
How is this any different than when H*******t victims were permanently inked with serial numbers? Shameful and horrifying.
BeefCowJr 7 months ago
I mean, as a student, I like this idea, kinda. It's not necessarily a sign that someone's family is financially disadvantaged, and few would assume that, prolly. And I can't hardly remember anything unless I write it on my arm, so a stamp is nice and convenient. Just my ¢¢, though.
SlightlyTarnished 7 months ago
I know Americans hate it when someone gets something for "free", but I think school lunches should be provided for all students. Provide decent food, both good and nutritious, the kids come out ahead.
#20
Found Microscopes Just Tossed In A Bin In A Room Where All Supplies Go To Die. They All Work Btw. Can’t Help But Think Of All The Schools That Could Benefit From These
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago (edited)
I guess this school district has too much money? Wait, my mistake. It's because we won't be doing science classes anymore.
K Barnes 7 months ago
If you can't see it with the naked eye it doesn't exist! /s
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Simeon Nevel 7 months ago
F**k! I'd want one. My most treasured possession as a child was an Edmond Scientific microscope.
Krissy Bulan 7 months ago (edited)
I work at a public school. Unfortunately this happens all the time. I see perfectly good laptops go into e-waste all the time. The issue is most of the school equipment is purchased with bond money and schools are not allowed to donate that equipment; it has to be thrown away. Makes me so sad!
K Barnes 7 months ago
We have to update our computers every 5-7 years because of security protocols. It's incredibly wasteful that they don't donate the perfectly good computers, so wasteful. Hundreds of good laptops trashed.
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BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
See if the school or the town has a "sister city/school" in another country they could be donated to! Sometimes the work involved is deemed too much to justify the benefit. Sad sad sad.
#21
Oklahoma Elementary School Has Installed Bulletproof Shelters In Its Classrooms
Clown fish 7 months ago
Hi can we make gun regulations tighter? oh no we can't do that! Here's a bullet proof pod for your class room
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BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
Our local district spent $30k on buckets for every class that turn into porta-potties.
Load More Replies... ABC NrTen FCK CENSORISM 7 months ago
If only there were other ways to protect children from way too many guns. But alas, there are none. NONE! 🙄🤦♀️
Orange Frosting 7 months ago
Good luck with that with our current administration.
Load More Replies... DowntownStevieB 7 months ago
Sad that we have a whole half of the country who hate children and would rather back guns and not lives.
Arenite 7 months ago
That’s their MO. Screaming to protect the unborn, don’t give a f**k once that kid is born.
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Novadoe (She/They) 7 months ago
I don't understand all the downvotes happening but take an upvote. I agree.
Load More Replies... Apachebathmat 7 months ago
In one respect I’m glad there are steps being made to protect children, on the other hand, it’s so sad that this is needed in the first place. I can only imagine that American parents must worry so much about a shooting happing at their child’s school, a place they should absolutely be safe from harm.
Sophia Pandia de Delphia 7 months ago
The last school shooting in Georgia had.a low death count because of the protection put in place. Doors automatically lock when closed. The shooter tried to get back in the room but couldn't. He couldn't get into any classroom. The teacher's ID card has a button you can press to signal the emergency. He was found quicker this way. His victims were those already in the hallway or stepped outside the classroom when hearing the shots.
Social media isn't helping when it comes to the poor state of education and the well-being of learners. "American teenagers stare at social media on a screen almost nine hours every day, with one result being surging loneliness and depression," wrote Steiner.
#22
My Cousin's Daughter Graduated From My Alma Mater, John Handley High School, This Past Saturday. The Most Visually Stunning High School In Virginia
ElfVibratorGlitter 7 months ago (edited)
Oh this is in Winchester, VA! maybe interesting, In June 2018, the Washington Post wrote an article detailing how one student was abducted and séxually assaúlted. Despite a judge finding her assailant guilty in court and issuing a no contact resolution, the school still required them to attend school together... But it's pretty
Emilu 7 months ago
That’s disgusting. Assuming you mean $exually @ssaulted and not like spaghettisauced or something.
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Michael Largey 7 months ago
A common high school design in the past. Jefferson Grade School in south Bend IN is almost identical to this. Classic.
#23
Picture From My Old High School In El Paso, Texas
The school itself is over 90 years old. It is the oldest in Texas
ucp 7 months ago
It’s mad how some US schools have better stadia than towns elsewhere. And yet, actual education or students’ welfare are often an afterthought, given what I’ve seen on this list.
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
The primary purpose of the school system is football. Especially in Texas.
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#24
Found In A Dumpster Behind NYC High School. Donating Books Is So Over Rated
Zophra 7 months ago
Does math really go out of date? I have often wondered why schools would need new math textbooks unless they were in poor condition.
Upstaged75 7 months ago
It does actually. They teach it differently now than they did when I was in school. My kid's math textbook looks like gibberish to me. But I always sucked at math anyway. :)
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bodhisayumi 7 months ago
I once found unopened markers, crayons, pencils folders, notebooks ex... in a grade school dumpster on te last day of school. BS
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
I filled 2 dumpsters with very old books. When I asked the Principle, he said "You think I didn't TRY to find another alternative?".."sorry, of course you did."
As we have sown, so shall we reap, warns the expert. He believes that learners are losing out thanks to the very people who are meant to nurture them. "The unique sense of achievement that a student experiences when she or he masters a rigorous skill, digs into deep knowledge, creates a piece of writing or art, completes a challenging science assignment or piece of music—this is all being washed away," writes the expert.
"We are tired of bad news, and our instinct is now to punish, or at least ignore, the messenger. But our students are desperately the worse for the mess we have made of their schooling."
#25
The Line At My School To Check Bags (Keep In Mind That Almost All Of Theses People Are Wearing Clear Backpack) (Mundy Mill)
Featherytoad 7 months ago
I'm wondering how early they have to be at school.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 7 months ago
Here in Australia people are freaking out that special scanners to detect weapons on mass, instead of using individual checks, are now considered essential at the MCG (football/cricket etc ground) after a recent knife attack, meanwhile in America...
Holly Herr 7 months ago
How long does it take for kids to get into school? Couldn’t someone with a gun just start mowing down the line outside?
#26
Sign At An Elementary School In Texas
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
Yeah, time to leave... It's signs like that make me glad I live in Europe. (I'm old enough that some of my high school teachers actually had used firearms in wars - so, trained to use firearms and all that. Only, er, yeah, none of that nonsense)
Carrie B 7 months ago
Are you able to just move to another country? Yeah, neither are we.
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DowntownStevieB 7 months ago
Arm the teachers instead of having gun laws. That's the GOP for ya! smh.
Rob Williams 7 months ago
Shouldn't it be "The staff of Wills Point ARE armed, trained, etc."?
Cole Earnhart 7 months ago
I saw this on the news. What concerns me is what is keeping a staff member from having a breakdown and going on a shooting?
Marlene Ricker 7 months ago
This is scary!! I'm once again reminded how glad I am to be Canadian!!
#27
Oklahoma Public School Textbooks
BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
Or maybe the current textbooks are online, like most books these days...
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Austzn 7 months ago
Naw, I''m from OK and they got this wrong. These are the discarded old history books Ryan Walters got rid of to install his alt-right version of US history.
SlightlyTarnished 7 months ago
And don't forget the addition of Trump Bibles he's wanting in every school. Oklahoma needs to ditch that guy.
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My O My 7 months ago
And that's the reason we have to put a cover over the cases in germany. If the book get returned in a bad condition you have to pay for the book
Andie Day 7 months ago
When the books are 25 years old and they've been used daily, I expect a bit of wear and tear.
Load More Replies... PHOTOBOB 7 months ago
When my son was in grade school the school district floated a plan to buy extra text books so the students could keep a book at home and have one to use in the classroom. Parents (and board members) said it was too expensive to double the amount of books purchased. My son, who was in grade school, pointed out that it really only required an extra 30-50 books as the extras would only be used in the classroom and could be used by multiple classes during the day. Nope. Too expensive.
K Barnes 7 months ago
Textbooks are big business. Those companies can make huge profits and what they charge per textbook is crazy. I've never understood why the textbooks are privatized and such a rip off instead of the government investing in making them. We don't use any textbooks at ALL at my school, too expensive. The amount of prep work to make an entire curriculum from scratch without textbooks is outrageous.
Load More Replies... Austzn 7 months ago
They are....to be replaced with Trump bibles; haven't you heard?.....I wish I was joking. Don't look up Ryan Walters if you don't already know.
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This Sign Is About Two Hundred Yards From My Daughter's School (Ohio)
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago (edited)
A sign like that says "Emigrate" to me. I mean, all you have to do is travel north a bit from Ohio and you can find civilization - otherwise known as Canada. 😬
Michael Largey 7 months ago
Have they been given any training on how to use firearms? Do they go to a firing range to practice their accuracy so they don't hit students? Does the school take legal responsibility in writing for anything a teacher might do with a gun? I'm betting on "no-cubed".
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
Upvoted the downvote - as My O My pointed out, those are the right questions to ask. You don't just need firing range practice. You need training in assessing risk and dealing with it in a realistic setting - staged in a training area that simulates a school - with multiple people acting various parts (panicking children and teachers, one or more potential threats, etc., etc.) Just knowing how to keep your weapon safe and shoot straight is only about 1% of what you need to get good at.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 7 months ago
Whereas here in Australia, a school zone is where drivers have to slow down to 40km/h so kids don't get hurt.
Peta Hurley-Hill 6 months ago
so glad that my kids were educated in Australia. America's insane obsession with guns is just sickening.
#29
This Happened At My School When They Tried To Stop Huge Gatherings By Closing Off The Commons
Fuhleeheece 7 months ago
School administrators need a little education themselves. Why are the worst dimwits on school boards or in departments of education?
Marlene Ricker 7 months ago
Wait! One of the worst dimwits is the President of the United States!!!!!!
#30
I Go To A Predominantly Republican High School In Texas. This Went On All Day Long From The "Non-Partisan" Teachers
Upstaged75 7 months ago
It's Texas. Most of us think of it as practically another country anyway. Everything there is totally bizarre.
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Hollerfloozy 7 months ago
Awwww somebodys upset that someone who makes more money than them will have to actually pay their taxes.
ucp 7 months ago
You give 30% of 85% away (25.5 percentage points), you end up below 65% yourself!
Agnes 7 months ago (edited)
Amurica doesn't know the difference between Communism and Socialism and shouts communism at everything socialistic. But yup, that in the picture is communism .
Upstaged75 7 months ago
You need to revise that statement to say - THE STUPID PEOPLE IN AMERICA don't know the difference. Most of us do and are quite in favor of it.
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#31
Chicago Public School Lunch
Satan Laughs 7 months ago
I’d eat it, too. Don’t care if it looks weird but it kinda looks like it might taste good. Since America got all N**i about health in schools kids are required to take a dairy/healthy drink and at least 2-3 fruits and veggies. However, since it doesn’t fit the narrative it’s never reported. Tsk tsk. I fell for it for a while but I work at a public school and I’m jealous of what these Californian kiddos eat for lunch… free! I think CA got it right.
Agnes 7 months ago
Come on, it's Chicago. That caramelized cheese at the bottom looks good. I would 1st bite then judge.
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Upstaged75 7 months ago
My US public high school had amazing pizza. (My grade school did too now that I think about it) And other food in general. But we were in a wealthy area overall, so that probably had something to do with it.
Michael Largey 7 months ago
I taught for a while in a small poor rural high school. And the pizza was amazing there, too.
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#32
Our School In Ohio Doesn’t Have Bathroom Stall Doors
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago (edited)
Naw, it's peeling paint where they pee on the partitions. (snarl)...cleaned THAT up enough! On the good side that is old time terrazzo flooring. easy to clean up.
Load More Replies... Holly Herr 7 months ago
My middle school took the doors off the toilets in the lunch area, supposedly to make it harder for kids to smoke (1977)? Except that was the only time you could count on getting to use the restroom! Sometimes we went in twos for one person to stand in the doorway while the other does her business. Top 5 of hated things at my middle school.
Uncle Schmickle 7 months ago
That's horrible. One of the first things that blew my mind when I lived in the USA in the early '70s.
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
As an educator, I don't get it. Bring up children in trust. Deal with consequences if they do the wrong thing, but don't take their privacy away from everyone because of it. It is a basic human right to have access to privacy when using the toilet. There are child safety reasons to not have to use a staff toilet.
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#33
Vape Sensor Notice For High School Bathrooms
Blaze Onyx 7 months ago
we have them too! same situation, doesn't do anything
Load More Replies... BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
When we had to use portable toilets for 3 weeks while the main drain under our old school was being replaced due to vapes being flushed, it really helped for a while. I voted to leave them!
DowntownStevieB 7 months ago
So? No problem here. Almost all places have banned vaping like cigarettes and kids shouldn't be doing them anyway.
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
We had 'em. Not sure if they worked, never asked the principal. Though he DID have a gallon ziplock full of vapes in his desk. This is grades 5-8.
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#34
Faculty Bathroom At A Prestigious Public High School Ranked As 15th Best In The Us
#35
This Pencil Vending Machine At The Local Middle School
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
So sad that public schools can't provide basic necessities for their students.
Satan Laughs 7 months ago
So sad parents can’t provide the basic necessities for school. I work at a public school and our machines have school-themed pencils and fun ones for the kids to buy as they wish. Many schools I’ve worked at had this. In no way is this sad.
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Tropical Tarot 7 months ago
We could get a notebook, a pen, or pencil. Panda pencil work quarter and I think the notebook was 50 cents. They were located in the library.
Michael Largey 7 months ago
With most vending machines in schools, the vendor splits the profit with the school.
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South Dakota Teachers Competing Against Each Other For Dollar Bills To Fund Their Classrooms
DowntownStevieB 7 months ago
How and why is this a thing?! I have teacher friends who have said that they MUST fund their own classrooms. Tragic. As much taxes as we pay and they have to still do c**p like this?! Outrageous.
SlightlyTarnished 7 months ago
Who thinks of this dehumanizing shït? When will the US realize a good education costs money, lots of it, good pay for solid educators, equipment, supplies, books, and on and on. Just one look at ranked student proficiencies tells ya the US education system is sinking compared to the rest of the industrialized world. The once great public school system of the US has been starved and neutered, sad.
Bi.Felicia 7 months ago
The ice rink is likely not a part of the school, but is local to the school district.
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#37
My School Locker Can’t Even Fit My Backpack Because Of Those Shelves
Julie S 7 months ago
When I was in high school (UK) we didn't have lockers you carried your bag and all your books around with you all day. Don't know if it's changed now or not.
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Tropical Tarot 7 months ago (edited)
I was in high school in the 80s. Grade 7 through 12 at one school .small town. By 10th grade for sure we had to share lockers that were the size of the one in the photo with one other person. We had 4 minutes between classes. We could usually visit our locker twice a day.
Feathered Dinosaur 7 months ago
I'm Germany you have classrooms that are specific to one class of students. Means you had all your stuff in there, "your" desk and teachers would come to you for lessons. Only for subjects like chemistry, PE, music and physics you left your classroom, because these subjects needed special equipment. You left everything you didn't need at your desk in these instances
#38
Is This Gap In The Bathroom Too Big? I Went To The Bathroom Stall And I Noticed This Gap. Is This Normal? I Feel Like You Can Practically See Someone Through It When Walking In
Janos Schumacher 7 months ago
I used to work at a place that had bathroom gaps nearly that big. I'd hang my sport coat to cover the gap. It was ridiculous as the stalls faced the door.
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
If ours were like that when I went to school, I would have been holding on all day!
Holly Herr 7 months ago
Read somewhere that this a problem esp in the U.S. That most toilets have doors that go lower an higher also.
#39
Bathroom Passes In USA School
Upstaged75 7 months ago
So the teacher is OK with kids peeing in their pants? In middle school my math teacher wouldn't let me use the bathroom during class because we were taking a test. So I sat with my arms folded refusing to take the test and squirmed in my seat until she finally got the picture. You should never be allowed to deny a kid their own bodily functions.
Panda Kicki 7 months ago
I sort of understand that you cant leave during tests as that might be used for cheating. If we leave during certain tests we have to do another, different test later.
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kayteeisdabomb 7 months ago
That is insane to me. What if the poor girl is having her period and its heavy? What if someone has crohns etc? this is cruel
Michael Largey 7 months ago
I had one student who had severe problems in this area. I gave him a seat by the door and told him "If you need to go, just catch my eye and go. If you can't catch my eye, go anyway."
Uncle Schmickle 7 months ago
Ridiculous. Didn't the USA fight in WW II for freedom from dictatorship ?
Gossameringue 7 months ago
As a teacher, I cannot outright deny a student a bathroom break. I can have them wait until a break or a transition, but not outright denial.
Helena 7 months ago
And that's how I ended up peeing my pants during recess in the 5th grade in a small town and ended up being branded by it until I graduated and left. Sure, make them wait. Surely you won't scar all of them for life.
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
Our teachers had a sign in-out page, per my request. If kids think they are being timed, they are less likely to destroy the rest rooms during class.
K Barnes 7 months ago
Some years I have to do that when kids are not using bathroom breaks correctly (going 3-4 times an hour for 5-10 minutes, literally, or we have kids trashing bathrooms/peeing all over the walls and need to monitor who was there when it happened). I am so grateful that I rarely need to do that.
Load More Replies... James M. Schmidt 6 months ago
As a teacher, one tries to teach responsibility. If they cannot use the restroom during their assigned breaks, it didn't hurt my feelings to see them squirm for a bit. But after the incident, the student learned the proper time to use the restroom. "Try to go, even if you don't have to. Guaranteed that you will get out some tinkle." The menstrual cycle thing, that a free pass anytime.
#40
This High School In Pennsylvania Has Signs That Specify Whether You Can Or Cannot Open The Windows That Day
David 7 months ago
huge parts of PA are either Coal mining or Oil drilling country, and a lot of meat and food processing plants. This is probably air quality related
Upstaged75 7 months ago
For what purpose? I can see not wanting the windows open if the heating system is on. Or maybe the air quality outside?
#41
School Took Off The Locks And Door To The Restroom. My School Took The Doors And Locks To The Stalls, Because Of “Vandalism” They Have Cameras Pointing To The Doors
kayteeisdabomb 7 months ago
That is illegal and a safety issue. You should report this to the police
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
You're right, the kids should be able to tear fixtures off the wall. That is their right...right?
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#42
My Niece Has Coal Propaganda For Homework. (Kentucky Public School)
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
I should stop reading this stuff. Why don't they mention that burning coal has released *loads* more radioactive material into the atmosphere than all the nuclear weapons tests and nuclear accidents all put together? 🤨 (my parents grew up with London smog - coal fired smog still exists in some parts of the world. Burning coal - killing then, killing now, raising sea levels now and in the future.)
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
Let's not forget the other carcinogens in coal smoke!
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 7 months ago
For reasons know only to Zeus, our pricipal brought into a faculty metting representatives of the local natural gas company to talk to us about the virtues of economic competion in a free market. That local natural gas company is a monopoly.
Pferdchen 7 months ago
Perhaps they sing "Paradise" by John Prine to balance the curricula /s "Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green river where Paradise lay? Well I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking. Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEy6EuZp9IY
BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
Are you sure this isn't in China? They build new coal plants faster than the rest of the world can close them.
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago (edited)
China installs more solar generating capacity every year than the US has installed in total. China's going big on wind power too. Meanwhile, Trump's killing the US wind power industry. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-new-york-wind-farm-cancellaction
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Zei Kiljoy 7 months ago
Hey they should also put in that book all the horrible conditions for coal miners, explain what they did to coal mining towns with making up their own currency so they couldn't leave/controlled practically everything in town, black lung, accidents that can happen and more.
#43
What My School Put Into The Restrooms
SweetCheesySpaghetti 7 months ago
Not just kids. I find pee (and other things) on the seat of the women's bathroom in my office all the time. It's disgusting.
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Schools Don’t Have Time To Teach Us Life Skills But Have Time To Make It So I Can Buy A Hunting License??? (8th Grade And I Didn’t Ask For This Whatsoever)
BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
"Florida Virtual School's Outdoor Education Course" you signed up for the class tho....
#45
This Was Painted To The Wall Of My School
#46
There Is A Section At My School For Books That Have Been Banned In Other Countries
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
It'd be much cooler if they were allowed to display books banned in US states.
Michael Largey 7 months ago
The way things are going, they'd have to add another wing to the library.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 7 months ago
The most effective way to prevent a student from reading a book is to insist that they do so.
Lucas 7 months ago
Not sure the other countries part of the title is 100% accurate. Top left book, 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury is not currently banned in the United States. It has previously been banned in other countries like Australia and South Africa, and states like Florida, Texas, and even California.
Bonnie Blue Bird 7 months ago
Love this idea. Read all the banned books. Be what they hate, educated and informed! I see Fahrenheit 451 and it's about banned books!
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago (edited)
In the 2024/23 school year, there were 4,231 books banned in US schools (10,046 separate bans on 4231 individual titles - it's an organized campaign by well funded far right authoritarian groups). https://pen.org/book-bans/pen-america-index-of-school-book-bans-2023-2024/
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This Letter I Got From My Son’s School Today About His Earrings
CD King 7 months ago (edited)
I hate to do this but it does say that it is the school’s policy and the note is very polite. Am I missing the part where I should be pissed off?
MoBeLa 7 months ago
YES, you are missing it. Why are only boys not allowed to wear earrings?
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MistBorn 7 months ago
My school didn’t allow any student to wear any jewellery of any kind, expect for religious reason . Mostly to avoid loss/theft or injury . Even teacher weren’t allowed to wear chunky pieces. I’m from India btw .
Bored Botanist 7 months ago
First they start wearing earrings and before you know it they're holding pinkies in the hallway!
Michael Largey 7 months ago
Not all. Things like this vary from school to school. There are two Catholic high schools in my community. One forbids beards and mustaches on male students, one permits them.
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BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
School district where I work has abandoned the dress code. Students come in wearing their PJ's, shirts with guns, d***s and alcohol ads on them, hats in the building, sunglasses in the building and skirts so short, a Playboy bunny would blush. We can't do a thing about it because it's call lumped into "Body Shaming".
#48
My Schools Fire Defense, Almost All Of These Are Like This
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
Our hang out in the open on the wall,every 50'. They KNOW not to screw with them.
#49
My Daughter Has A Project At Her Private School. The Negatives Of Living In Rural Texas
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
I'm sorry, that's a direct 1st Amendment Establishment clause violation and needs to stop. The quote from the New Testament seals it.
tameson 7 months ago
Private religious schools can teach and follow religious doctrine. Public schools cannot. The parents have the choice to pull her out of that school and put her i a different one.
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#50
The Back Of My High School Parking Pass Has An Ad For The Army National Guard
Bonnie Blue Bird 7 months ago
Looks like a paid advertisement ... schools are always looking for extra funds
BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
WOW, how DARE people assume we want to be safe! Think about this the next time there's a natural disaster and the National Guard is called in!
#51
There Is A School At My Local Shopping Mall (North County Mall In Escondido)
David 7 months ago
not exactly, a Charter school rented out part of a mall to use for advanced classes, a large study library, etc, bc they needed the extra space for programs after school, and the mall gave them a good deal to fill up empty room, and they thought a few hundred HS Students after school in the mall would be good for businesses
Pencil 7 months ago
That's actually much closer to how the creator of the suburban mall envisioned them. The intent was that they should mimic European villages with stores, schools, professional services, community gathering spaces and even residences. https://theconversation.com/triumph-of-the-mall-how-victor-gruens-grand-urban-vision-became-our-suburban-shopping-reality-172393
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
I had a dream a few weeks ago where I was in a shopping centre and there was a school inside it too. Never would have considered it being real.
BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
This is a great use of space if you ask me! We have to start thinking outside the box about uses for older buildings that have outlived their original purpose. Why put down more concrete and build another building if there's one available? Pivot people!
#52
The Fact That My School Thought That 1 Way Hallways Were A Good Idea (I’m Late To Third Period Most Of The Time Now)
#53
Is My School The Only One That Had These?
ucp 7 months ago
I finished school in 1993. About 2% of people had mobile phones at school, and none was smart (phone, that is)
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 7 months ago
I graduated 93... In NY. No one had cell phones. They were still car phones or literally the size of a brick where did you go to HS that 2 percent of the students had cell phones!!?
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Rinso The Red 7 months ago
I was fortunate enough to graduate before the internet was really a thing.
Novadoe (She/They) 7 months ago
My high school (and I think the entire district) implemented these this year, but won't be enforcing until next year. Unfortunate as it is, I see more people on their phones than doing work, so I understand the need for it. Hopefully teachers make exceptions when needed though.
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
My school made us keep them in our lockers. We got a detention if a teacher saw us with one. I think my state has brought in this as a rule at all schools now.
#54
My Schools “Full Renovation” Budget. The School Year Has Been Delayed Months Because Of This
Some context: this is a public Highschool, the rest of the building is mostly ok, but not great. Biggest problem I know of is heat that stops working if it gets too cold outside, at like 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit. This is in Minnesota.
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
Looks like the sports facilities are the only thing that matters.
Rinso The Red 7 months ago
Places like this are basically sports arenas with a side hussle in education.
Load More Replies... BeKind&Rewind 7 months ago
I call BS on this. EVERY school is required to operate a certain number of days per school year. If building construction delays school by "months", those kids are going to be in school for the entire summer too. This is a exaggeration. By a lot.
#55
The Shooting Range At My Texas High School
David 7 months ago
These are for Olympic style shooting competitions, its air rifles and pistols.
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
Actually a teacher I cleaned room for is the Trap/Skeet coach at our middle school. Rather have them properly trained in weapons handing than not.
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
"This shooting range is designed for air rifle use only". Not so bad.
Michael Largey 7 months ago
Bullets from air rifles can reach speeds of up to 1,000 feet per second. They can and do k**l people.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 7 months ago
Same. Yes, there are junior shooting champions in Australia, but all training is done well away from schools. Schools don't have shooting teams (unless I'm naïve about private schools?)
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#57
My High School Spent $15,000 On A 2x2 TV Just To Show Morning Announcements
Bonnie Blue Bird 7 months ago
In their defense, we have these at my job and they don't work either.
#58
The Random Assortment Of Lights Mixed With The Differently Shaded Ceiling Tiles At My School Make Me Want To End It All
#59
My School Disabled Offline Editing And I Can't Do My Work
#60
Came Across All Of My Old Family Life Material From Middle/High School
SlightlyTarnished 7 months ago
There's a distinct correlation between schools teaching abstinence only s*x ed and high rates of teenage pregnancy. Bottom line, kids are going to have s*x, teach them enough to keep themselves safe from disease and getting knocked up.
Michael Largey 7 months ago
I've found that the groups who discourage s*x before marriage aren't that keen on s*x after marriage either.
#61
These Lockers At Our School
Extinct Animal 7 months ago
They don't even look wide enough to fit a pencil in let alone a backpack or sports bag for your gym stuff.
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Lee May 7 months ago
My high school had no lockers and every teacher wanted us to bring the text book, so we just hauling these heavy books all day long every day, all because they said it was for school "safety" like having to haul a big backback with you into a classroom is somehow preventing gun violence.
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What do you think ?
Mark Tapply-Composer Producer 5 months ago
As someone from the US, this is horrifying!
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Betsy S 7 months ago
The biggest thing that has to change is the mindset of whoever you catch harming someone is always the instigator. There are many kids who take it and take it and take it and FINALLY snap and strike back and guess who gets suspended? Because the manipulative, narcissistic bullies are VERY clever and often disarming and they have the teachers SO fooled. And the victim gets bullied and then gets punished for being bullied. Staff needs to pay closer attention and actually STOP encouraging the kids to pick on the less physically gifted. MAKE THE BULLYING STOP for real.
Hahahi18 7 months ago
public schools really are hit or misses sometimes based on what I've seen, but my experience is homeschooling so what can I say
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
Homeschooling is a crapshoot too. Not many parents have that level of knowledge in so many subjects.
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Mark Tapply-Composer Producer 5 months ago
As someone from the US, this is horrifying!
Load More Replies... Betsy S 7 months ago
The biggest thing that has to change is the mindset of whoever you catch harming someone is always the instigator. There are many kids who take it and take it and take it and FINALLY snap and strike back and guess who gets suspended? Because the manipulative, narcissistic bullies are VERY clever and often disarming and they have the teachers SO fooled. And the victim gets bullied and then gets punished for being bullied. Staff needs to pay closer attention and actually STOP encouraging the kids to pick on the less physically gifted. MAKE THE BULLYING STOP for real.
Hahahi18 7 months ago
public schools really are hit or misses sometimes based on what I've seen, but my experience is homeschooling so what can I say
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
Homeschooling is a crapshoot too. Not many parents have that level of knowledge in so many subjects.
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