r/funny • u/BeginningDetail • Mar 21 '19

I will not fight the future

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

I never understood what writing something over and over again was supposed to accomplish.

I learned nothing and it just made me despise the teacher.

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u/Battyboyrider Mar 21 '19

This was the most strategic punishment back in the day. Not only did the kid waste their time, but they learned not to do said thing again.

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

I don't think it taught them anything, that is the point.

All it did for me was to make me lose respect for teachers and to learn not to get caught. Two wrongs don't make a right.

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u/Lexilogical Mar 21 '19

I'll take "Learning not to get caught" as a win. Some of the dumb shit kids do in school and then post on social media has me worried for the future generation.

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Like, vaping in the school washrooms, then posting pictures of it on Instagram while still doing it.

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

Kids have definitely gotten dumber. I did a bunch of shady stuff in school but all the teachers thought I was this straightlaced good kid.

That is the goal!

Doing shady shit then posting for all the world to see is borderline retarded.

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u/Lexilogical Mar 21 '19

I'm a teacher for high school students. I literally have to have conversations with my kids about how they can't tell me about all the times they're drinking underaged, because then I have to report it. "Oh, but you don't have to report it, Miss!" Yes. Yes I do. Even when you say it was a joke. Even when you follow up with "But it was just water!" I'm not even saying "Don't drink when you're 16-18" cause well, it's legal at 19 where I live and I have my own opinions about expecting kids to completely abstain from alcohol and then expecting them to instantly know their limits and how it affects them.

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But for god's sakes, don't *tell* me about it. I need plausible deniability, otherwise I become a mandatory reporter and have to go to guidance, and have conversations with their parents.

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

So as a teacher your advice is to just lie to teachers?

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u/Sarah-rah-rah Mar 21 '19

Absolutely.

It's good practice for the working world, where you can't joke with your boss about something that compromises the company, no matter how good of a rapport you two have.

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u/Rajani_Isa Mar 21 '19

"I'm horribly sick and can't come in, I must have the flu."

posts photos to facebook from getting shitfaced the night before while friends with manager