Sometimes I miss our old school
T-11 told me they were reading this book in class and in the book one of the friends asks the main character something like "how can you be a skeptic if you believe in superheros" or something. I wasn't really paying attention, if you know what I mean. But then one of the kids asks what a skeptic is and the teacher tells them it's someone who doesn't believe in anything, like they don't believe in god.
I was like, uh ... that's not what that word means in that context, but then T-11 tells me her teacher went on to ask the class to raise their hand if they are religious and of course my kid does with everyone else because, as she told me, "our religion is that we don't believe in god" (WHAT? That's not a religion. Have I taught you nothing? Jesus, lol.)
And THEN the teacher told the class, "Good, that means you'll all go to heaven because you all believe in God."
Ha ha, burn on T-11 who sat at her desk and said to a friend, "Guess I'm not going to heaven then."
Aside from the whole WTFery of that interchange, it's stuff like this that makes me miss our old school. Sure, the education was shit, but the student body was so diverse that no adult would ever make the assumption that everyone had the same cookie cutter beliefs. They were much more open to differences among students and parents. The new school is so homogeneous, though, that that's everyone's starting point; the unspoken belief that all the foundations are the same.
I love the new school and it was the best choice to send the kids there, but I've decided not to send Q-12 to that school's middle school. Instead, he'll be going to one that's a mixture of old/new school. I really can't wait to leave this social circle behind. Rich people are creepy.
I was like, uh ... that's not what that word means in that context, but then T-11 tells me her teacher went on to ask the class to raise their hand if they are religious and of course my kid does with everyone else because, as she told me, "our religion is that we don't believe in god" (WHAT? That's not a religion. Have I taught you nothing? Jesus, lol.)
And THEN the teacher told the class, "Good, that means you'll all go to heaven because you all believe in God."
Ha ha, burn on T-11 who sat at her desk and said to a friend, "Guess I'm not going to heaven then."
Aside from the whole WTFery of that interchange, it's stuff like this that makes me miss our old school. Sure, the education was shit, but the student body was so diverse that no adult would ever make the assumption that everyone had the same cookie cutter beliefs. They were much more open to differences among students and parents. The new school is so homogeneous, though, that that's everyone's starting point; the unspoken belief that all the foundations are the same.
I love the new school and it was the best choice to send the kids there, but I've decided not to send Q-12 to that school's middle school. Instead, he'll be going to one that's a mixture of old/new school. I really can't wait to leave this social circle behind. Rich people are creepy.