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sparks wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:48 am

arthwollipot wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:05 pm Oh look everybody! Sparks has solved the problem of school discipline. Well done.

Boy howdy, you really showed me didn't ya!

I sho' did, pardner.

Oh look everybody! Sparks has solved the problem of school discipline. Well done.

ETA: One possibility I've considered is that this was, or turned into, basically an elaborate troll operation. Wear furry stuff because it really pisses off the right wing, and watch them go bonkers. Hilarity ensues. If it weren't high school kids, I could see it. But IMO teenagers don't generally ...

The idea that kids are engaging in full antho roleplay at school is utterly ludicrous. You would think. I would think, yes. But I've seen some more pictures. Of course, it's the internet, so there's no guarantee they weren't photoshopped, or they might not even be from that school. I'll give odds t...

All schools wear uniform here, from day 1. Not here. Only the private religious schools require uniforms. When I was at school - public school (not the same thing as Public School in the UK which is very much not public) - uniform was recommended, easy to comply with, and comfortable, so I generall...

Is that sort of mass hysteria possible? I started a thread some years ago about the growth of mass hysteria. Why it's become so common I have no idea, but it all started with me when over 100 people "fell ill" from chemical poisoning in a building in the CBD. Turned out to be perfectly no...

If I had a depressed teen the first thing I'd do is put on the new Taylor Swift album.

It was always a cane, not a paddle, with our teachers. It was outlawed back in the 80s, I think. Rightly so, too. Schools shouldn't be a place where physical abuse occurs.

My school still used the cane. That's how old I am.

That idea is a couple of years old at least, and yeah it's absolute bullshit.