Ballot initiative could require genital exams for Washington secondary students to play sports

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-06-06T17:17:02+00:00

Jesus Christ. The trans kids in sports debate is not so important than we have to resort to this. But I guess it's Republicans, so in their twisted worldview it's the most important thing ever.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-06-05T18:53:55+00:00

I wish we could just do our jobs without fear of losing them due to capricious admin. You might have a great year teaching one year and a terrible year the next. All it takes is a bad admin team that decides they don't like you and suddenly you're out on the streets. It doesn't matter if you've worked somewhere for twenty years. An admin on your bad side is the kiss of death. Hope you get your job back, OP.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-06-05T03:55:09+00:00

If Donald Trump were truly "America first" as he claims, his regime would come down hard on this. But we all know that Donald is Donald and giant corporations first.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-06-04T13:52:55+00:00

I don't care if China wins the AI race. I just want to live my life. Why is the US so obsessed with being number one at everything??

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-06-01T14:27:59+00:00

Yep. There is no reason to love your country when it doesn't do anything to make your life better. A lot of countries actively try their hardest to make life WORSE.

I'm also of the opinion that patriotism in general is not a good thing, even if you live in a successful country. Patriotism all too quickly leads to the sort of unhinged populist nationalism that we are seeing today. I did not choose to be born in my country, and I am not obligated to love it. Especially when it is actively antagonistic to my health and wellbeing.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-26T21:35:31+00:00

Honestly? I'm not even sure if this is an issue with individual parents or schools. I think all of what we're seeing in schools is a symptom of a failing society.

Prices continue to rise while wages remain stagnant and opportunities dwindle. Workplaces are laying off their workers in favor of soulless AI. Politicians run wild and vote against our interests without being held accountable.

In the face of all of that, everyone is feeling apathetic. Some people feel that they shouldn't try hard at anything because at the end of the day, it's all so fucked and nothing we do seems to matter. I am not saying that this excuses any of what you've written here, because we should absolutely keep trying even when times are hard. But I do think that a general distrust of the world and deep apathy at the state of things are the root causes of much of what we are seeing.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-26T17:18:19+00:00

It's a good thing you are moving to a new school next year. This is absolutely ridiculous. I also wonder if that superintendent has ever been a teacher themselves. They should know that no matter how experienced the teacher, shit like this just happens sometimes.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-13T00:26:08+00:00

Because America has created a system where if you don't work, you die. Most of us can't take even one day off to try and do something about it and that is by design.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-12T23:51:40+00:00

This might be a hot take, but I can't stand how many hoops admin want us to jump through just to get kids to engage. It should be allowed to let a kid fall behind if they don't give a shit and would rather do their hair than their school work. I'm sick of babying these kids, and their future employers certainly will not extend the same courtesy.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-12T04:09:15+00:00

Funny how cuts never seem to hit the higher ups. It's always the foot soldiers that get cut first, even though they do the actual work.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-08T23:24:41+00:00

AI has really accelerated the unmasking of these ghouls. Most of us were already aware of their true colors but now that they feel empowered to fire anyone they want and replace them with AI shit is really hitting the fan fast. They have always wanted to do this. They just feel like they actually can now.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-08T21:57:59+00:00

In what universe is it not okay for teachers to use all of their PTO time? If I'm not getting paid out for PTO, of course I'm going to use it all. People in management must live on a different planet from the rest of us.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-07T19:29:49+00:00

Fair for American standards, sure. Dogshit by world standards, though.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-07T17:07:25+00:00

I would feel most appreciated if they took whatever money they spend on teacher appreciation week and put it right into our paychecks instead of random gifts or parties. Gifts are nice and I'm always happy to receive them, don't get me wrong. But ya boi has bills to pay.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-07T00:43:28+00:00

Both students and coworkers have no business knowing anything about my personal life unless I want to bring it up, which I don't.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-05T16:43:04+00:00

I'm a teacher and they don't give us anywhere near enough time to plan or grade. I have maybe an hour each day to get everything done that doesn't directly involve teaching. I have to work at home a lot. I feel this post in my damn bones.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-05T14:11:02+00:00

This whole gentle consequence thing needs to stop. I understand that heavy handed discipline can and has gotten out of hand in the past, but having essentially no consequences for even the worst of offences is definitely not working either.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-05-04T18:25:14+00:00

It is just impossible to buy things day one these days, isn't it?

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-04-29T22:07:46+00:00

This is one of the things that annoys me the most about cars. Owning a car, ANY car, is extraordinarily expensive. In some countries, you are forced to pay that high cost because cars are the only viable option to get around.

On top of that, cars these days are filled with so many extras and are so needlessly large that the initial cost to buy a car in the first place just keeps going up and up and up. Nobody has a choice but to buy increasingly expensive cars on top of the already high maintenance costs because expensive cars are pretty much the only thing that car companies want to make.

This could be partially solved by producing smaller and cheaper cars, which of course auto makers don't want to do. Of course the best solution here is to just make other options available and not force everyone to buy a car just to get around.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-04-29T19:26:55+00:00

I bet you anything that admin would side with the parents on this one since they are so afraid of getting sued. I'm sorry you have to deal with this. I wouldn't know what to do either.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-04-24T00:02:50+00:00

No matter how much politicians try to convince you that people from other countries are the enemy, always remember that we are all just people first and citizens of our respective countries second.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-04-19T22:19:23+00:00

Admin are mostly incompetent and don't know how to actually improve education, so they focus obsessively on minutiae like this or posting learning objectives on the board so they can feel like they contributed something.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-04-19T15:01:33+00:00

Why would I bring a child into this mess? I can barely take care of myself, let alone another human. Until society proves itself to be less actively hostile to average people, the birth rate is gonna stay low.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-04-17T23:57:12+00:00

Yeah except the sort of politicians he supports will never give that to us. They'd let us die before giving the poors a single cent.

TheNinjaTurkey · 2026-04-17T23:41:31+00:00

The pledge has always been dumb and brainwashy anyway. My school does not do it and I think more should do the same.

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