Boston Public-inspired Musings
the public school system...if it weren't for the separation of church and state, no one would be able to tell the difference because they're equally as hypocritical and full of shit as pretty much any church.
i've been watching, as you may be able to tell from the title, old reruns of Boston Public. god, isn't it great that low-paid, bitter, idealistic adults seem to think they know what's good for the so-called Youth Of America? ok, let's just break it down here...adults are stupid and kids are stupid. people go to school to learn stuff that the government says we need to learn (and no, i'm not blaming every damn thing in the universe on the government either...this is fact, not conspiracy theory), like Math and Science and English. and i'm not saying we don't need to learn these things, but i don't believe in needing to learn everything. if you want to, fine. learn until your head explodes, but it should be about what YOU want to learn about, not what someone else tells you to learn about just because they're older and they think they know more than you.
i'll give you a real-life example, and it's something i'm not so much bitter about as still confused and laughing on the inside over: in my junior year of high school, i applied for AP English. i could have done it the year before but my workload was already scaring me and i was having grades problems in Math and trying to juggle band and International club and Drama club. anywho, i needed a reccomendation from my English teacher that year. and i was making an A in the class, the only A other than band i actually had at that time. it was like a 94 or something so i thought, "ok, i've got the grades, she knows i can write, i'm a shoo-in." right? WRONG. Ms. Diferdinando (one of the few teachers whose name i can still remember, btw), looked at the app, looked at me, and said, "I'm sorry Rachel, but I just can't find it in myself to reccomend you for AP English because you're too Thoreauvian."
ok, now keep in mind that even back then, writing and music were the only things keeping me from running away from home and/or going crazy. so when she told me this, i wanted to go, "what the fuck are you talking about you bitter old hag?!" but somehow, and i don't know how, i regained my composure and asked her what, exactly, did Thoreau have to do with anything were were discussing here? so she replied, "Well, you're a lot like Thoreau, meaning you're too much of a free spirit and you don't conform to what society tell you to. And I don't think you'd be a good fit for AP English based on that. But it's all right, I like Thoreauvians." and that was the end of the convo. all i could do was walk, stunned, back to my seat. oh, and be berated at the dinner table by my ever-so-sensitive father on how i'll never go to college based on this. nice eh? this is what i'm talking about. all teachers do is hold students back...teachers in a public school, anyway. and then they whine and bitch that the students, in return for their ever-present words of wisdom, only make their lives worse. well, you were the ones who thought you were actually going to make a difference, right? so it's your problem now.
the only issues i sympathize with teachers over are two things: the shitty pay they get, and the parents breathing down their necks. those things i think they have a right to whine and bitch over. because if you teach at a public school, especially these days, you might just get shot one day by some little thug wannabe or some wackjob who thinks he's actually doing you a favor. fuck that. and the parents! jesus christ on a popsicle stick, when will you sorry sacks of shit LEARN that yelling and screaming at a poor frazzled teacher or faculty member, about how your dear sweet little Susie got wrongfully suspended for giving her boyfriend a blowjob under the bleachers, won't make matters any better? or calling the principal and threatening to sue because your kid didn't get the grade YOU wanted them to get so now they're cut from whatever moronic sports team they're on?! did it ever occur to you that teachers aren't superheroes? they don't have the lightning speed or x-ray vision it might entail to stop little Susie from going down on her boy, nor do they have the psychokinetic skills to feed little Billy the answers to the test that will determine his grade, so he'll sail unerringly through another year of school and not get kicked off the football team. in other words, if your kid fucks up, it's because of them. in most cases it has nothing to do with what the teacher did or didn't say. unless a teacher tells them, "hey, i think crack is great! you should try some!" or, "sure i'll sleep with you, no one'll find out" then leave them the fuck alone!!! oh and one more thing...if your kid does end up sleeping with one of his or her teachers, there's nothing you can do about it...in a few years they'll be of age anyway and they can do anything they want.
in conclusion, no one know what the fuck they're talking about...so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head. oops, wrong icon...
i've been watching, as you may be able to tell from the title, old reruns of Boston Public. god, isn't it great that low-paid, bitter, idealistic adults seem to think they know what's good for the so-called Youth Of America? ok, let's just break it down here...adults are stupid and kids are stupid. people go to school to learn stuff that the government says we need to learn (and no, i'm not blaming every damn thing in the universe on the government either...this is fact, not conspiracy theory), like Math and Science and English. and i'm not saying we don't need to learn these things, but i don't believe in needing to learn everything. if you want to, fine. learn until your head explodes, but it should be about what YOU want to learn about, not what someone else tells you to learn about just because they're older and they think they know more than you.
i'll give you a real-life example, and it's something i'm not so much bitter about as still confused and laughing on the inside over: in my junior year of high school, i applied for AP English. i could have done it the year before but my workload was already scaring me and i was having grades problems in Math and trying to juggle band and International club and Drama club. anywho, i needed a reccomendation from my English teacher that year. and i was making an A in the class, the only A other than band i actually had at that time. it was like a 94 or something so i thought, "ok, i've got the grades, she knows i can write, i'm a shoo-in." right? WRONG. Ms. Diferdinando (one of the few teachers whose name i can still remember, btw), looked at the app, looked at me, and said, "I'm sorry Rachel, but I just can't find it in myself to reccomend you for AP English because you're too Thoreauvian."
ok, now keep in mind that even back then, writing and music were the only things keeping me from running away from home and/or going crazy. so when she told me this, i wanted to go, "what the fuck are you talking about you bitter old hag?!" but somehow, and i don't know how, i regained my composure and asked her what, exactly, did Thoreau have to do with anything were were discussing here? so she replied, "Well, you're a lot like Thoreau, meaning you're too much of a free spirit and you don't conform to what society tell you to. And I don't think you'd be a good fit for AP English based on that. But it's all right, I like Thoreauvians." and that was the end of the convo. all i could do was walk, stunned, back to my seat. oh, and be berated at the dinner table by my ever-so-sensitive father on how i'll never go to college based on this. nice eh? this is what i'm talking about. all teachers do is hold students back...teachers in a public school, anyway. and then they whine and bitch that the students, in return for their ever-present words of wisdom, only make their lives worse. well, you were the ones who thought you were actually going to make a difference, right? so it's your problem now.
the only issues i sympathize with teachers over are two things: the shitty pay they get, and the parents breathing down their necks. those things i think they have a right to whine and bitch over. because if you teach at a public school, especially these days, you might just get shot one day by some little thug wannabe or some wackjob who thinks he's actually doing you a favor. fuck that. and the parents! jesus christ on a popsicle stick, when will you sorry sacks of shit LEARN that yelling and screaming at a poor frazzled teacher or faculty member, about how your dear sweet little Susie got wrongfully suspended for giving her boyfriend a blowjob under the bleachers, won't make matters any better? or calling the principal and threatening to sue because your kid didn't get the grade YOU wanted them to get so now they're cut from whatever moronic sports team they're on?! did it ever occur to you that teachers aren't superheroes? they don't have the lightning speed or x-ray vision it might entail to stop little Susie from going down on her boy, nor do they have the psychokinetic skills to feed little Billy the answers to the test that will determine his grade, so he'll sail unerringly through another year of school and not get kicked off the football team. in other words, if your kid fucks up, it's because of them. in most cases it has nothing to do with what the teacher did or didn't say. unless a teacher tells them, "hey, i think crack is great! you should try some!" or, "sure i'll sleep with you, no one'll find out" then leave them the fuck alone!!! oh and one more thing...if your kid does end up sleeping with one of his or her teachers, there's nothing you can do about it...in a few years they'll be of age anyway and they can do anything they want.
in conclusion, no one know what the fuck they're talking about...so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head. oops, wrong icon...