[typos preserved]

>be me
>4th grade
>bring 3 sharpners to school
>friend tells me thats a lot of sharpners
>bring 3 more sharpners the next day >friend gives me his sharpner to grow my collection
>start collecting more and more sharpners
>go to stationary every week to by more sharpners
>collect about 70 sharpners by the end of the month
>start bringing a tiny bag to carry thoes sharpner
>english teacher asks for a sharpner
>offer her the bag thinking she’d be impressed
>sees all my sharpners and writes a note to my parents
>only allowed to bring 1 sharpner
>idea.jpg
>make a huge sharpner out of cardboard
>dad helps me to color it with red and silver spray paint
>display it on my table during the english period
>get sent to the office

fun days

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
99 points
*

School often represses creativity in favor of compliance.

Doesn’t have to have a reason. The teacher finds something strange, you are punished. Think of blonde hair in Japanese schools.

In my parents’ times, going to school in jeans was forbidden (in center Europe).

permalink
report
parent
reply
57 points

Yup. Because schools primarily serve to create workers. Actual education is merely permitted when it does not interfere with the main aim of creating workers

permalink
report
parent
reply
23 points

It’s an industrial era system in the 21st century. What could possibly go wrong right?

permalink
report
parent
reply
21 points

I don’t think teachers are thinking about creating workers. They just apply the way they were raised.

permalink
report
parent
reply
26 points

But applying without thinking doesn’t mean that it doesn’t serve a purpose, it just means they don’t know what the purpose is

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

Not on Lemmy, here everything bad is because of capitalism, humans would be perfect if they hadn’t bitten into the capitalism apple.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Greentext

!greentext@sh.itjust.works

Create post

This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you’re new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

  • Anon is often crazy.
  • Anon is often depressed.
  • Anon frequently shares thoughts that are immature, offensive, or incomprehensible.

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

Community stats

  • 8.5K

    Monthly active users

  • 870

    Posts

  • 33K

    Comments