Back to school, good or bad? When I was a kid, I remember hating going back to school. But not on the first day. That used to be the only day when I was actually excited to go. I’m not sure if it was to get to see my friends and classmates again after the …
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Kindergarten teacher has 1 student every year who has never colored, written, or drawn anything with a writing utensil before: ‘They have to be explicitly taught how to apply pressure to write on paper.’
Should kids know how to write their own names before they start kindergarten? It’s no secret that many kids are getting left behind in the education system. When I was a kid, America was all about not leaving kids behind in this exact setting (when I was a kid, I thought that policy was about …
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‘Summer break is over’: 28 schooling memes welcoming back the chaos of class
Summer is ending, school is back, and every student wants to crawl back into bed… Kids, we completely understand. We were children once before (no matter how long ago), and we still remember that bittersweet feeling of going back to class after an endless summer. It was fun to see all our friends again and …
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‘No white socks?’: School sends out wildly restrictive dress code leaving commenters confused
Have you ever attended somewhere with a super strict dress code? I have. I went to a school with a mandatory uniform when I was a kid, and I hated it more than almost anything else in the world. And so did the kid in this story, which was shared to the MildlyInfuriating subreddit. Everything …
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12-year-old boy’s school librarian refuses to give him ‘The Hunger Games’ book because it’s above his reading level, so his father buys him the series box set: ‘It broke my son’s heart’
A 12-year-old boy, who is admittedly not a reader, decides he wants to start reading The Hunger Games after watching the first movie with his father. When he asks the school librarian for the novel, she refuses to give it to him because it his above his reading level. Instead of punishing his child for …
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Parents defend taking their kids out of school for family vacations: ‘Booking flights 4 days later to match their school’s vacation was going to cost me $7,000 more’
Taking your kids out of school to go on vacation can be controversial in some circles. A lot of people think there is plenty of time during the summer, Winter Break, and Spring Break to travel with your kids, so parents shouldn’t take them out of school for a vacation. My public school district made …
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25 College Memes for Sad Students Slumming It Until the First Day of Classes
Since the first day of classes is coming up soon, it’s only right that you start thinking about what the college life is going to offer you this semester. For folks who have since said farewell to their college days, stick around. Let’s stroll down memory lane and remember all of the gut-wrenching, smile-inducing, good …
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1st year teacher yells at substitute teacher for using the teacher’s lounge, claims that substitute teachers aren’t staff and don’t count: ‘I didn’t know what else to do, so I just walked away and went straight to the principals office’
If you don’t think teachers get enough respect, you’d be shocked to hear the kind of treatment that substitute teachers get. I remember all of the memorable substitute teachers from my school days, most of them because of how badly the students would treat them. We had a sub in 5th and 6th grade named …
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‘They all decided that my name, Ciarán, is too hard to pronounce’: Irish teenager moves to the USA, classmates try to call him ‘Connor’ as his American name against his will
Most nicknames are bequeathed onto the nicknamed by others. They are not the ones who typically come up with their nicknames, nor are said nicknames natural and fitting from the word go. When I was in middle school, I bequeathed one of my best friends with the nickname «Beef.» Why she still talks to me …
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Unschooling mom enrolls 7-year-old son who’s still in diapers in 1st grade, is convinced he’ll be too smart for the class: ‘She wants to email the teacher ideas because 1st grade curriculum is too simple’
It’s always kind of funny when a parent thinks that their kid is a genius. I don’t really think there’s any real harm done in thinking your kid is going to Harvard because they rolled over a month before babies typically do so. It’s something that most parents grow out of by the time their …
Seguir leyendo Unschooling mom enrolls 7-year-old son who’s still in diapers in 1st grade, is convinced he’ll be too smart for the class: ‘She wants to email the teacher ideas because 1st grade curriculum is too simple’