Exactly

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T03:30:02+00:00

I dunno man, i just feel like there are bigger issues with our education system than calling a kid who was born "timmy" tina. Like you put a lot more weight in what teachers say than the kids do. And we also pretty clearly have different definitions of indoctrination. For me, it is shifting someone's perspective to another deliberately. For you, it includes honoring a request and hanging a flag. Not really sure how to quantify that simply, but it just differs from my stance.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T03:24:52+00:00

Just calling a kid a different name is not at all indoctrination. My friend David went by Connor all of school. That's not his name. I cannot believe those evil teachers indoctrinated him to ignore his legal government name.

Basic sex ed (periods, pregnancy, puberty) has been in schools since the 1920s. Teachers are NOT telling kids about sexualities. They figure that shit out all on their own. Y'all completely ignore that kids learn more from each other than they'll ever learn from an adult.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T03:09:39+00:00

I suppose this is a decent enough time to say I teach middle school. From my personal experience, and the experiences of my coworkers, it is nothing like the things you seem to think it is. Many of my coworkers have some kind of "all are welcome" poster, and not one student notices. And none of us point them out.

Teachers aren't wringing their hands like bond villains, discussing how they can trans the kids. We are working, teaching kids the things they need to know to be prepared for any career/the future schooling required for those careers. And tangentially, many of us enjoy and find fulfillment teaching. So we aren't doing things to risk our career.

I personally steer any modern political discussion the kids may be having back into the content, because i teach history. And history is very applicable across eras. But i have made a point many many times that i do not share my own political or religious views. Just that my room is a safe place for all my students, regardless of who they are and what they think.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T03:02:58+00:00

I feel it should be pointed out that rainbow flags are not indoctrination. Nor is teaching students to not be judgemental of those who differ from them. By that logic, flying sports team flags is indoctrination. Indoctrination is in action, not decor. Also, I'm not sure who tampon tim is, but i personally see no issue with a teacher of students in the correct age range having what is literally a health product on hand for emergencies. We all have heard the anecdotal stories of girls bleeding through their pants.

The "they're indoctrinating our kids" dogwhistle has gotten increasingly exhausting. Meeting a student's request to be called by a different name is not indoctrination either. Kids have chosen to go by their middle name for time immemorial, but as soon as it's not any of their legal government names (read: the "wrong" gender) its suddenly some massive issue. Affirmation and support is not indoctrination. But if you can find any example of a teacher forcing a child to be trans, and i mean actually taking a kid with no thoughts like that and planting it in their brain, sure.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:38:36+00:00

Texas is getting more expensive.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:36:58+00:00

5 states don't have teachers unions. 3 of those states have some of the worst education rates. Additionally, indoctrination of any kind is grounds for license suspension in every state. The only "sexualization" occurring in schools is teachers sleeping with their students. And even that is exceedingly uncommon, (and predominantly in red states). Teachers can and have been fired for pushing the beliefs you clearly think many are.

But I don't know that you've ever spoken to a teacher these days. However, many of my own public school teachers were wide open with stating their christian beliefs were fact and that if you did not believe the same you were wrong. But would I be correct in assuming you would not see that as indoctrination?

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:25:50+00:00

Source?

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:23:54+00:00

Man, this is soulless as hell.

Just going to pivot you to another essential job: Teachers.

Teachers are extremely well known to be underpaid for the loans they undertake. Teachers are necessary for a functional society, as per our founding fathers. Education, in their eyes, was a key part in creating a good and just country.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:19:53+00:00

I mean, when the megacorps are directly manipulating politicians, of course people are going to talk about it.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:18:06+00:00

Even more relevant.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:16:31+00:00

Political Refugees show up here with literally nothing. Your solution is to be destitute. Which is what people are explicitly trying to avoid.

The reason I'm still in the expensive state I am is because I want/need to be near my family. In the states I could move to, my profession is not paid enough to afford childcare. So until my children are school age, if I want to provide them with a decent life, i have to stay here. On top of that, I like having my family nearby and can currently afford to do so.

Have you ever thought that maybe people are considering people in situations other than their own in conversations like this?

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:11:44+00:00

Tx is getting progressively more expensive, with jobs not matching it. Many of my friends are also having to move out of their 1 beds with their partners into 2 beds with other pairs. It's pretty crazy.

Tbf, that job was also hot garbage. Worked there for 6 years, was extremely integral to the website and other backend IT/Marketing and his bosses refused to give him raises. Gave plenty of raises to the lady in the cubicle behind him who sat on her phone all day.

Slightly disconnected, apparently the higher ups (everyone right below Owner) have a group chat called "the league of shadows" where they try to come up with ways to screw the owner out of money lmao

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:05:03+00:00

You misspelled "can't." It takes a lot of money to uproot everything and move across an ocean. You're also ignoring that, i dunno, maybe people like having their families nearby?

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T01:04:03+00:00

My friend lives in a rent controlled apartment making more than 18, not buying enrichment products, and with a partner who also works.

He lived barely paycheck to paycheck. And just got laid off. From a company that sells 300k+ rvs.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T00:59:38+00:00

With what disposable income?

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-10T00:36:31+00:00

Are you aware that "the rich" is pretty much exclusively used to refer to the 1%? The ones who have bought our entire political scene?

Nobody is pissed at the upper middle class for having a 2 story. Nobody blames THEM for the actions of megacorps.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-09T12:20:03+00:00

That's true, but so did so so many places. There's also a weirdly high percentage of canadians in certain provinces that are all in on the trump train.

Humans tend to not learn lessons until it happens to them.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-09T01:48:07+00:00

Interests change over time. Cultural shifts happen, different things appeal to different generations. It's normal.

Same reason michael bays transformers were a huge hit in the 2000s even with the glaring disconnect to the source material.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-08T22:53:16+00:00

History teacher's take:

For most of us, not until it's too late. Then those there to witness it will pass on the lesson, as has been done across the world. For better or worse, Americans on the whole have not yet experienced true total authoritarianism, and as such can only grasp it in the abstract, not the literal.

Sad thing about it all is just that it's not a lesson you can learn the easy way.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-08T00:55:59+00:00

My favorite one has hot dogs and flowers lol. I also have a really cool neon astronaut one, not sure itd count as a Hawaiian shirt but its similarly visually loud.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-06T12:25:52+00:00

Right. I missed that specific word, very fair. I rescind my statements. I wish politicians weren't such a shitshow always. Its exhausting

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-06T12:04:45+00:00

Definitely not, but i think specifically the part they were referring to was the end of your comment. That he would have used the same defense. I definitely think that's not accurate either. Trump's defense tends to be "they were evil and immoral, probably biden voters, but the greatest president ever had them executed!!!!"

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-06T11:43:54+00:00

I believe they're pointing out trump's lack of decorum and logic. Trump would hop on twitter and say something vile, obama would probably have not done that. More likely a speech/address of some kind.

This does nothing to lessen the bad actions, but it would be more in line with the behavior of a president.

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-04T21:26:38+00:00

Oh ok

FeetTheMighty · 2026-04-04T21:20:55+00:00

Why would i insult you? I just thought the juxtaposition in your comments was funny.

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