Maybe that would wake people up enough to do something.
I'm sick of making shitty incremental process all the time when people need actual change put in place, all because "it's better than nothing".
tartra
joined 1 year ago
LMAO @ them whining "but we worked really hard on it"
History attaches names to things, so resigning at least makes sure you aren't the one remembered bringing this policy out.
Sorry I took so long to reply! I'm still not used to Lemmy. :P
That was an excellent answer. I imagine it's further compounded by how kids are sorted into grades, with someone being born very late to the grade's cut-off having a disadvantage to someone born many months earlier/at the start of the cut-off.
From what you wrote, I'm almost persuaded to think that it's something kids should be taught in school, but far later. I'm back on the boat of having calligraphy classes offered in high school as electives. The trouble is, once I suggest that, I feel like it's setting myself up to be argued into having it at a much younger age and as a mandatory part of education, which puts us right back into the problems you listed out. :(
Was this something specific to cursive?
I'm not surprised that kids would've had awful experiences, especially because this is a skill that takes time to develop, and time is often the thing in the shortest supply when it comes to teaching kids.
But you wrote your post like there was something particularly unique to the awful experiences had with learning cursive writing. I wasn't expecting that. Does it have to do with how you can 'get away' with messing handwriting in math or even in English, but when you're being graded on the appearance of cursive letters, any fine motor skills a child is struggling with gets piled on?
What's a tankie?
Hi everybody! Nice to meet you all. :D I'm over in Ottawa, and I'm completely new to Lemmy (immigrating from Reddit), so I hope I can learn the culture of this place okay!
First thing's first: I'm going to figure out how to navigate this place, and then I'm going to start talking to folks. Wish me luck (or wish me a For Redditors help guide). :P
Edit: This is probably going to make the OG Lemmings (Lemmites?) cry, but I think this place makes easier sense if I go at it like:
- Instance = subreddit
- Community = post flair
Because each instance is its own website with its own admin, and each community is a group within that instance. I can join a community to chat about whatever the community's about, but if I want to go to the communities in a different instance, it's like going to a different subreddit; I can't just find it by trying to 'filter' the communities by their 'flair' since that community isn't 'here'. It's at a completely different subreddit/instance/website. :)
It's hard to be the only person fighting sometimes. Especially if she was surrounded by people who were all for this, what good is throwing a sprinkle of water at a bonfire?
It's not like she quietly disappeared. She publicly denounced it and went on record actively against it. Making changes require negotiations, and her colleagues have shown they no interest in negotiating.
It is extremely unlikely that this was her Plan A. It's also extremely unlikely that it was just this one isolated thing. And now, she's free to join groups that actively interested in fighting against this and throwing her experience and network in as resources to help them instead.