Perpetually Angry Teacher

A venting blog.

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I don’t understand why the fuck anyone would want to gatekeep knowledge about how to deal with sexual violence issues. Of course everybody should know about how to deal with this administratively and legally and even psychologically. Why. Do. You. Want. To. Withhold. Useful. Information?

Make it make some fucking sense for me because I just don’t fucking get it. Why are people blocking me at every turn? Let’s just get the fucking info out there already!

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Normalise diversity

I want to think of hyperdiversity, and how banal it is to me.

What do you mean your four grandparents don’t each speak a different native language? What do you mean you don’t have the base ingredients for six cuisines in your cupboard?

Well, of course I have more in common with the constellation of immigrants in this city than with the people from the town I was born in.

Where is the rest of your “Where are you from?” answer?

Of course I’m obsessed with maps, isn’t everybody?

The first time I got interested in fractions was when I to explain blood quantum, and then I learned how fucked up blood quantum is. What do you mean you didn’t learn maths through your heritage?

When I meet hyperdiverse people I love that we instantly click over food and loww. It’s like checking who your cousin’s related to at the party but on a global, timebending scale. We give each other precious gifts of knowledge that we have had to reclaim and learn by ourselves.

[lgbt-tiktoks]

[perpetuallyangryteacher]

Hokay so reasons to be angry recently include:

The president of my university telling me that “on a personal level, I have a problem with you talking to the press” and reaming me out in front of his colleagues for things I didn’t say.

A head of department (who’s a woman) saying that if we allow people to anonymously claim that others have raped or sexually assaulted them, we’ll be running the risk of getting false accusations. And then repeating that after I let her know what the real stats are.

I still can’t sleep properly. I’m anxious and irritable, I feel lethargic and unhappy. I’m indisputably in a fucking funk even though it’s the holidays and I should be enjoying myself or at least resting.

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Today I'm angry because some the head of human resources and the head of legal talked to me about an investigation that they're running about allegations of bullying from a teacher - and straight up told me that they thought the students were exaggerating. Even before starting the investigation. Fuck them and their dangerous dismissal of anyone underneath them.

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Today I'm angry because I think my boss has racist hiring practices but I don't have any proof. I think there might be a big structural component but I also think she's actually dismissing people from third world countries. I'm going to analyse the data I have and run a regression, but even if this brings up some kind of conclusive result I won't have any way to share it with her because I'm too worried about her white fragility. Fuck.

[whowantstobeaphd]

Hey guys, the Much Language Such Talk podcast is currently taking question for their next episode on Bilingualism and Autism!

If you have any questions send them over and I'll pass them on 💕

[perpetuallyangryteacher]

I'd love to ask a question but I can't send a dm. Anyway here's my message in a bottle into the void:

What happens when an autistic person has language and/or linguistics and/or communication as their special interest? Does this conflict with typical assessments and descriptions of autism? Can it stop autistic people from getting the help they need, or is it a massive bonus for them, or does it have no measurable effect? When talking about autism it's a massive spectrum of different traits, but I remember being taught that autistic people can have difficulty with speaking and other forms of communication - but it seems like if they got interested enough in language that wouldn't be an issue? Or would it still be an issue but in a different way? (E.g. high specificity attached to word meanings?)

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I created this blog because I'm fucking angry all the time and I have to stop talking about it to the real people in my life. Why am I angry? I'm a fucking teacher. That should tell you enough.

Anyway this blog is gonna be filled with mostly hatred and despair so be warned.