Hey, my name is Elizabeth. This is my blog for really anything that i like or can rant about (familiy, experiences, illnesses, people in gerenal or just life), also maybe some cute images to brigthen the day. I'm a psychologist and amateur writer with a bit of a dark humor. I usually post in english but spanish is my main langue Interested in art, words, people, anime, culture and feminism
fuck it, i never ever do those “reblog for X, this one really works!” posts, but this one doesn’t have any of that BS, this is just straight up wishing us good things; and then the comment doesn’t even say any of that either. Zero claims on this post, all positive vibes
May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love
It's shocking to me to see radfems say things like "male violence is so close to male sexuality" and like... they uncritically believe that shit. They don't stop for a moment to examine where that idea came from of why they believe it without question.
It's been taught to them. Thinking men are violent isn't something they inherently know, the patriarchy taught it to them on purpose, and they internalized it, and think it's some radical feminist revelation.
No girl, you're just susceptible to propaganda.
The patriarchy taught you to believe "male sexuality" is inherently violent, because that messaging serves the patriarchy. And radfems completely eat that up.
And the damage this does to men and masc people because, shockingly, manhood isn't inherently violent... It's taught. And the only way to teach violence is through violence.
I'll let you in on a secret. I have a doctorate in education, but the field’s basically just a 100 years old. We don’t really know what we’re doing. Our scholarly understanding of how learning happens is like astronomy 2000 years ago.
Most classroom practice is astrology.
Before the late 19th century, no human society had ever attempted to formally educate the entire populace. It was either aristocracy, meritocracy, or a blend. And always male.
We’re still smack-dab in the middle of the largest experiment on children ever done.
Most teachers perpetuate the “banking” model (Freire) used on them by their teachers, who likewise inherited it from theirs, etc.
Thus the elite “Lyceum” style of instruction continues even though it’s ineffectual with most kids.
What’s worse, the key strategies we’ve discovered, driven by cognitive science & child psychology, are quite regularly dismissed by pencil-pushing, test-driven administrators. Much like Trump ignores science, the majority of principals & superintendents I’ve known flout research.
Some definitions:
Banking model --> kids are like piggy banks: empty till you fill them with knowledge that you're the expert in.
Lyceum --> originally Aristotle's school, where the sons of land-owning citizens learned through lectures and research.
Things we (scholars) DO know:
-Homework doesn't really help, especially younger kids.
-Students don't learn a thing from testing. Most teachers don't either (it's supposed to help them tweak instruction, but that rarely happens).
-Spending too much time on weak subjects HURTS.
Do you want kids to learn? Here's something we've discovered: kids learn things that matter to them, either because the knowledge and skills are "cool," or because .... they give the kids tools to liberate themselves and their communities.
Maintaining the status quo? Nope.
Kids are acutely aware of injustice and by nature rebellious against the systems of authority that keep autonomy away from them.
If you're perpetuating those systems, teachers, you've already freaking lost.
They won't be learning much from you. Except what not to become. Sure, you can wear them down. That's what happened to most of you, isn't it? You saw the hideous flaw in the world and wanted to heal it. But year after numbing year, they made you learn their dogma by rote.
And now many of you are breaking the souls of children, too.
For what?
It's all smoke and mirrors. All the carefully crafted objectives, units and exams.
WE. DON'T. KNOW. HOW. PEOPLE. LEARN.
We barely understand the physical mechanisms behind MEMORY. But we DO know kids aren't empty piggy banks. They are BRIMMING with thought.
The last and most disgusting reality? The thing I hear in classroom after freaking classroom?
Education is all about capitalism.
"You need to learn these skills to get a good job." To be a good laborer. To help the wealthy generate more wealth, while you get scraps.
THAT is why modern education is a failure.
Its basic premise is monstrous.
"Why should I learn to read, Dr. Bowles?"
Because reading is magical. It makes life worth living. And being able to read, you can decode the strategies of your oppressors & stop them w/ their own words.
always say “my peace is more important” when you find yourself reacting to something that doesn’t deserve your energy. prioritize your inner wellness and cultivate an active mindset of peace by consciously deciding that you’ll elevate higher than any situation that arises
Hay reglas que existen para dar orden, estructura, proteger o guiar.
Hay reglas que existen por consenso, por sentido común, por un bien mayor.
Hay reglas habladas, no habladas, escritas y no escritas.
Hay reglas que son parte de la vida, de la realidad como la conocemos.
Pero hay reglas que se inventaron para tratar de apresar lo que merece ser libre, de encasillar cosas incontenibles y tratar de entender los misterios más grandes que conocemos.
Hay reglas que pretenden dictar a quien pinta cómo pintar, por dónde empezar, cómo combinar los colores que vio en sus sueños para que sean aprobados por personas que pretenden entender lo que ocurre en sus pensamientos más profundos.
Hay reglas que pretenden decirle a una escritora cómo escribir sobre un corazón roto de manera que sea aceptable para todo mundo, cómo sangrar de forma apropiada en el papel a través de las palabras que apuñalan su pecho con cada tecla que pisa, con cada garabato de su pluma.
Hay reglas que intentan silenciar y poner tiempos a la melodía en la poesía que escribe un alma que está vaciando todo su ser en una pieza. Que busca sanar a través de palabras que no alcanzan a describir la tormenta que atraviesa y tiene que traducir ese resquebrajamiento del mundo interno a palabras comprensibles para quienes no lo han experimentado.
Hay reglas que sirven para unificar, pero hay reglas que hay que romper
O que no es relevante si son rotas
Hay reglas que nos limitan, que en lugar de guiarnos nos cortan las alas y las ganas de ser creadoras de arte, de significados, de expresiones propias y dueñas de nuestro arte.
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