#us school system

[victusinveritas]

[giliszta]

Friendly reminder that learning a language at school won't work if you don't care about the language. The reason you still can't speak Spanish after graduating high school is not because your country's education system sucks, it's because you were disinterested and didn't put in any work. If you want to be able to speak a language you need to go out of your way to practice it on your own too.

[nonbeans]

Had a long talk with my partner about how if I could only choose one thing to add to the curriculum of grades 6-12, it would be to talk about grief.

Children and teens need to know about it. They need to know they will feel it about so many other things besides when a person dies. They need to know about societal trauma caused by events.

They need to know about the devastation they can feel from their life maybe not being what they imagined it to be. And how to only do the things they *can* control. How to use coping mechanisms for that grief. How to continue life through that grief (dbt methods/hobbies/limits on bad news).

They need to learn about grief.

[mel-vaz]

guess who gets to miss school because their campus got a bomb threat

[gracious-midnight]

How English teachers act after saying racial slurs for "educational purposes"

[spltlvlhous]

did you guys have normal APUSH teachers or did everyone’s throw chairs at a students when angry

[thecryptidcalls]

Being an autistic paraprofessional is strange on two levels

On one, I see truly how much autism is a spectrum. My high support needs students resemble myself in so many ways. Our needs overlap and are opposite. The kids also love knowing I'm autistic. They love talking to an adult who understands and being able to see that an adult life is possible as an autistic person.

However the other side is seeing the other paraprofessionals turn. They're so sweet to me, understanding and ready to listen. Then suddenly they're snapping at these children like they're dogs. Most don't know I'm autistic as well and I see how much they see autism as a disorder that makes you subhuman.

I'm moving schools this week so I'm hoping it's better at my new placement. Just wanted to share what I've unfortunately noticed in the US school system.

[gay-impressionist]

ok, this is for the AMERICANS who follow me.

i... feel like you guys have so many dances throughout your scolarity, especially in HS : homecoming, winter formal, proms, whatever.

i'm so confused.

can someone explain to me the difference between all of these ? or are they just different names for the same kind of things ? also,

how many dances did you go to in HS (or had the possibility to attend, even if you chose not to) ?

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Voting ended onAug 27, 2025