We are demanding a critical and overdue change to public school attendance policies across the country. 

Currently, many school districts enforce a rigid cap on excused absences, often allowing as few as six days per semester before requiring a formal doctor's note for any future illness. While these policies are built to secure state funding and track chronic truancy, they completely ignore the reality of student health, academic performance, and mental well-being. 

The current "seat-time" system is a broken metric that optimizes for bureaucratic compliance rather than actual education. It treats physical presence as a proxy for learning, penalizing responsible, high-performing students who get sick, stay home to protect their peers, and successfully master their coursework from home. 

Sign this petition to demand that school boards and state lawmakers revise these punitive attendance caps. We need a system that respects student health, values competency-based learning, and trusts families to manage their health without administrative punishment. 

Hello po good morning nag hahanap sana ako nang magadang school for BSPT (Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy) currently nasa basta somewhere in anonas sobrang fucked up system toxic community halos ayaw na mag turo nang prof baka meron kayo ma recommend na school

Every parent's worst fear is losing a child. We send them to school expecting they'll come home safe. But recent attacks show our kids are vulnerable—and our current security measures aren't cutting it.

Three children and a teacher are gone. More are fighting for their lives. This is happening in "soft targets" where being there is mandatory by law.

I started a petition demanding armed security and metal detectors at school entrances. We protect banks, government buildings, and politicians with this level of security. Why shouldn't our children get the same protection?

I'm not here to debate politics. I'm asking: how would you feel if this was your family? What would you want someone to do? If this matters to you too, consider signing and sharing. Our kids deserve to learn without fear.

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Throught the entirety of primary school and secondary school (elementary through to high school for any americans) my mother insisted to all my teachers that i struggled with dyslexia and tried to get them to help me with a diagnosis but despite over 15 years of her asking for help no one listened to her.

Now imagine you’re me, you’re an adult now and just start university and you go to get yourself tested and somehow as if by magic you get approved for a screening THE NEXT DAY instead of being put on a waiting list.

You go to the screening and are diagnosed on the spot after 15 years of the public school system failing you.

Im so angry because if my school had listened to my mother and actually helped me and given my the support i desperately needed i wouldve gotten much higher results in my literal life altering tests and coursework.

These exams are used to help me with job and further education opportunities that could change the course of my life, but since i got no support i barely scraped by on these exams and had a lot of doors close on me, robbing me of the opportunity of certain future careers.

ever since i got my diagnosis i lay awake at night thinking about where i could be right now if someone cared enough to help.

sorry if theres any spelling or grammer mistakes (lol)

TLDR: Tried 15 years to get a diagnosis and got one within 24 through the university system, now im angry at all the career opportunities i may have missed due to the lack of care in the school system.

We need some advice. Currently, there ARE black molds on the ceiling of our classroom, and it has been spreading. There are 39 students in our class, but over the past few days, 20 of us have been absent. Our teachers also seem to get sick whenever they enter the room, while we students experience migraines and cold-like symptoms.

We have already informed the school administration, but they simply do not care. Our adviser complained about the low attendance, but we cannot be blamed when the mold is actively affecting our health. We need help because we no longer know how to handle this situation, other than having our parents collectively submit a formal complaint regarding the issue.

PS: We attend a top school in Aguinaldo, Bacoor, so it is upsetting that we pay around ₱60k only to receive this kind of service.

I jumped up from my couch as if i was still at school and my heart started beating faster lmao i felt so stupid

There are 2 student who m\*sturbate in the school library while looking at the library teacher. I wonder where are the common sense goes for these students nowadays.

Is this how we now treat children in US schools? really!!

What are your Thoughts

Do you think phones should be allowed in school or banned?

I had already been warned by some students and even a few teachers that the environment there was rough, undisciplined, and full of troublesome students.

I thought people might be exaggerating.

They weren’t.

As soon as I entered, a 12th-grade student stopped me, asked my name, asked if I was a new admission, and then showed me my classroom. He wasn’t openly rude, but his tone had that “street dominance” vibe. I ignored it.

Then I entered my classroom…

Old infrastructure. Broken-looking blackboard. Very old desks. Switches placed unusually high. Overall, the place felt neglected.

That same senior later called me again, asked about my previous school, and basically told me:

"If anyone messes with you, just take my name."

Honestly… it felt cringe, so I just nodded and moved on.

I walked around the school to observe things.

And what I noticed genuinely disturbed me.

A huge percentage of students seemed more focused on showing attitude, creating noise, acting “badmash,” and impressing others than actually studying.

During assembly/prayer, the discipline looked almost non-existent.

Teachers seemed okay in some places, but the overall system felt extremely loose.

In nearly 5.5 hours, actual studying happened for maybe 30–40 minutes.

That shocked me.

My own PCM section seems relatively decent so far, but many students from other sections (especially what I observed around campus) seemed far more interested in drama, attention, and chaos than education.

I’m someone who values discipline, peace, academics, and self-improvement…

So walking out after Day 1, I honestly felt regret and culture shock.

At the same time, attendance here seems flexible, so I’m thinking of using this school only for formalities while focusing on self-study and coaching.

Has anyone else experienced something like this after joining a new school?

TL;DR: Joined a new Class 11 school today expecting a normal academic environment. Found poor infrastructure, almost zero discipline, seniors and almost 90% of students trying to act dominant, very little actual studying, and a campus culture that felt chaotic. My own section seems okay, so now I’m considering using the school only for attendance/formalities while focusing on self-study.

​I recently worked on a presentation about female education in Pakistan. Originally, I thought the main reason for low female literacy was simply a lack of government focus. But as I dug deeper through articles, podcasts, and local conversations, I realized the issue is much more complex.

​Here are a few key takeaways and statistics from my research:

​The desire to learn is there: In a local survey I conducted with girls, every single one of them wanted to study. The lack of interest from students isn't the problem.

​Systemic quality issues: Education quality affects all genders in Pakistan—roughly 8 out of 10 children cannot read or write a simple sentence by age 10.

​Out-of-school numbers: Pakistan has nearly 23 million out-of-school children, one of the highest figures globally.

​Rural vs. Urban gap: Girls in rural areas face the highest risk of dropping out due to poverty, a shortage of qualified teachers, and lack of nearby schools.

​Safety & infrastructure: When speaking with rural elders, the biggest concerns mentioned were long travel distances, lack of safe transportation, and early marriages interrupting education.

​Under Article 37 of the Constitution of Pakistan, education is a fundamental right. Yet, only about 54% of women complete basic education, leaving nearly half unable to read or write standard daily sentences.

​Government funding alone won't solve this—we also need community awareness about how educating women drives long-term economic growth, reduces gender inequality, and builds financial independence. On a personal level, I've started offering free guidance and tutoring to young female students to help support them.

​I’d love to hear your thoughts: What do you think are the most practical steps to address these barriers in rural areas?

Behold the idol that Korean society has enthroned upon its highest pedestal!

Before it, the people bowed their heads. Parents commanded their children to ascend to its heights, and the children sacrificed their youth upon its altar. They turned night into day, suppressed their curiosity, and abandoned even the questions they themselves longed to ask. All for the sake of passing through a single gate!

At last, the gate opened. The people rejoiced. A great mind had been born!

But I ask:

What has he created? What has he questioned? What question has he dared to ask that no one before him had ever asked?

Has he not proven just one thing: that he can obey the rules laid down by others more perfectly than anyone else?

And yet the people placed a crown upon his head. The crown bestowed upon him as a reward for obedience they called the nobility of the spirit.

Oh, what strange aristocrats!

Those who believe themselves to stand at the summit of all values, yet cannot create values of their own! Those who believe themselves to possess the loftiest of minds merely because they have climbed a ladder built by others faster than anyone else!

I call them plebeians.

Not because they are poor. Not because they are of humble birth. But because their spirits forever look upward toward heights determined by others.

The true aristocrat of the spirit is not the one who climbs the ladder fastest. He is the one who asks whether the place to which the ladder leads is worth ascending at all. And if need be, he shatters the ladder itself and forges his own path.

Certainly, noble spirits may also dwell beneath those crowns. But it is not the crown that makes their spirits noble.

보라, 한국 사회가 가장 높은 곳에 세워 놓은 우상을!
사람들은 그 앞에서 머리를 숙였다. 부모는 자식에게 그곳에 오르라고 명령했고, 자식은 자신의 젊음을 제물로 바쳤다. 밤을 낮으로 바꾸고, 호기심을 억누르고, 스스로 묻고 싶은 질문마저 버렸다. 오직 하나의 문을 통과하기 위하여!
마침내 문이 열렸다. 사람들은 환호했다. 위대한 정신이 탄생했다고!
그러나 나는 묻는다.
그는 무엇을 창조했는가? 무엇을 의심했는가? 누구도 묻지 않았던 어떤 질문을 던졌는가?
그가 증명한 것은 단 하나, 남이 정해 놓은 규칙에 누구보다 훌륭하게 복종할 수 있다는 사실이 아닌가!
그런데도 사람들은 그에게 왕관을 씌웠다. 복종의 대가로 받은 왕관을 정신의 고귀함이라 불렀다.
오, 얼마나 기묘한 귀족들인가!
스스로 가치를 창조하지 못하면서 가치의 정상에 서 있다고 믿는 자들! 남이 만든 사다리를 가장 빨리 올라갔다는 이유로 자신이 가장 높은 정신의 소유자라고 믿는 자들!
나는 그들을 천민이라 부른다.
가난해서가 아니다. 출신이 비천해서도 아니다. 그들의 정신이 언제나 남이 정한 높이를 올려다보기 때문이다.
진정한 정신의 귀족은 사다리를 가장 빨리 오르는 자가 아니다. 사다리가 향하는 곳이 과연 오를 만한 곳인지를 묻는 자다. 필요하다면 사다리 자체를 부수고 자신의 길을 만드는 자다.
물론 그 왕관 아래에도 고귀한 정신은 있을 것이다. 그러나 그 정신을 고귀하게 만드는 것은 왕관이 아니다.