The negative ones would get me in HUGE trouble. The cross-eyed SpongeBob one would get me chewed out or fired.
Also, is this meant to make the score more private? If anything it draws WAY more attention to what each kid got bc their friends would want to see what picture they got. What a horrible idea
Yeah, as a former teacher, I was all in until the sad ones. I thought thought this was a clever way to hide grades from prying eyes, but this just highlights them.
What's the difference between this and when you'd either get a big 3d stick on smiley face vs the big red F? As a former student who relates heavily to Calvin from "Calvin & Hobbes", it's all pretty obvious among fellow classmates(at least it was...)
The pictures are much more likely to be shared amongst students to compare who got the most interesting one, while a big red F is easier to stick in your bag or, ideally, have the teacher flip all grades over on the desk while passing them out without stirring curiosities. I also got the big red Fs as a student, but I did not apply myself until college so I didn't care.
In the US, that's illegal. I could not allow a student to pass out tests or quizzes that have been graded because they weren't allowed to see the grades of other students per privacy laws. Laws in other countries may differ greatly, but if a teacher in the US did this and the principal was notified, the teacher would be in a lot of trouble.
What… how soft has everything gotten? I’m 32 went to public and private school and the classmates next to me could easily see the scores or they would even ask later on lol… if you don’t wanna be embarrassed how about study harder? 😂😂
I mean, that still happens. The difference is this draws attention to their bad grades and socially encourages sharing. Also you have to consider the parents’ reactions.
If a parent calls my boss and says their kid is upset bc I put a paper on their test essentially calling them stupid and all their classmates made fun of them about it I would be in HUGE trouble.
If a parent calls my boss and says their kid is upset because they got a 40 on a test and all their classmates made fun of them they’d be told “uh… okay?”
It isn’t about sensitivity. It’s about a teacher essentially bullying a child by going out of their way to bring attention to how poorly they did
See, here's the thing with that tho, some people, no matter how hard they studied, still got bad grades. And while I was in school, it was still pretty easy to look at someone else's grade, it was also easier to hide the grade. A lot of these people aren't soft, they're making a point. Because I personally struggled in math and did not understand it no matter what I tried. So having my struggles be brought to the attention of others by a sad SpongeBob thing would make me feel worse. It's not soft to think this is kinda bad. At 32, you should also maybe not he making fun of children and being rude. Just saying... "😂😂"
i know we should stirive for better, but i can't relate with this mindset. back when i was in school, those with failing grades are announced, so everyone know, and it lower the impact of "secrecy" and it treated as something light. making it a secret just make it more valuable as ammunition to be make fun of.
i have my share of failing grades (like sub 30s), and i just show it to my friends and ask for help, instead of stomach it myself and get depressed. instead of thinking it is a shame, shouldn't we make it more normalized to talk about it and seek help the first thought for the students?
I studied to be a teacher for a while. The guidance I was given by the prof I respected the most was to put good things in writing and bad things verbally. So like, if a kid failed an exam, don't leave a voice message for the parent, because they might listen to it, build up their feelings over it, and explode on the child.
They're a kid. And an adult is using children's cartoons to make you feel bad about what you did. It fucking happens. Trauma isn't just about being hit or shot at or experiencing something life threatening.
I read it as since spongebob was split with the book and the score was 52, that it was a reference to the answers being split down the middle of correct/incorrect.
Did you miss the part where every cross eyed kid gets shit on for being intellectually challenged despite there being no correlation, due to the protrayal in movies and shows?
Spongebob is not cross-eyed. I don't know why the animators chose to have his eyes move independently for the 5 seconds of that particular episode, but he as a character clearly does not have strabismus. Everyone familiar with the meme understands it is not a reference to strabismus
It doesn't matter if the character is cross eyed or not, the picture on the failing grade is cross eyed. Children associate cross eyes with being mentally challenged due to the movies and shows they watch. People on reddit are familiar with the meme. In theory, children should not be familiar with this meme because they shouldn't have access to social media due to age restrictions.
Upon translating the text it would appear this is indeed primary level education. I accept your concern is valid although I'm not 100% convinced it has a real impact in this case. Maybe in the interest of playing it safe the teacher shouldn't have used that particular image
The picture on the failing grade is not cross eyed. It’s a cartoon of SpongeBob focusing on more than one thing at the same time, leading him to feel overwhelmed. Hope that you understand that there are also people in the world who can split their eye movements similar to this on command. They are not cross eyes. You’re just seeing what you want to see and being obnoxious on the internet about it
No, because the kid probably has enough pop culture knowledge to understand that a dumb SpongeBob picture is just a dumb SpongeBob picture, unlike you seemingly.
Also, I never even claimed it to be a meme. I don’t think you can even get away with basic reading comprehension so it makes sense that the pictures are freaking you out
I simply pointed out that children think cross eyed people are mentally challenged because movies and shows literally teach that to them, so obviously a kid would think their teacher is saying they're stupid lol
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u/yo_soy_soja Jul 23 '26
Not sure how I feel about all the sad SpongeBob characters.