“we have so many other priorities”

I don’t know how these people tie their shoelaces knowing that ‘more important things’ are happening anywhere else in the world

God forbid people have more than one thing on their to-do list

It’s hard to be the only person fighting sometimes. Especially if she was surrounded by people who were all for this, what good is throwing a sprinkle of water at a bonfire?

It’s not like she quietly disappeared. She publicly denounced it and went on record actively against it. Making changes require negotiations, and her colleagues have shown they no interest in negotiating.

It is extremely unlikely that this was her Plan A. It’s also extremely unlikely that it was just this one isolated thing. And now, she’s free to join groups that actively interested in fighting against this and throwing her experience and network in as resources to help them instead.

Maybe that would wake people up enough to do something.

I’m sick of making shitty incremental process all the time when people need actual change put in place, all because “it’s better than nothing”.

History attaches names to things, so resigning at least makes sure you aren’t the one remembered bringing this policy out.

The disgust - which should be the bare minimum - is very, very often withheld.

So go full force on disgust. That’s plenty on its own. It’s not just about them who organized this, but to show to everyone this is targeting (non-white supremacists) that this is not accepted in our communities, and that the people who aren’t directly targeted by this do not want to be in the company of white supremacists either.

The weaker the disgust is, the more it emboldens others to think ‘lesser’ forms can sneak in under the radar, since it’s not ‘as bad’ as the first thing they did. Everyone who’s targeted by the impact of this hatred sees those attempts made over and over again, so shutting it down each time shows that there’s never going to be a compromise of “okay we’ll do a little bit of racism because we have to meet in the middle”.

Sorry I took so long to reply! I’m still not used to Lemmy. :P

That was an excellent answer. I imagine it’s further compounded by how kids are sorted into grades, with someone being born very late to the grade’s cut-off having a disadvantage to someone born many months earlier/at the start of the cut-off.

From what you wrote, I’m almost persuaded to think that it’s something kids should be taught in school, but far later. I’m back on the boat of having calligraphy classes offered in high school as electives. The trouble is, once I suggest that, I feel like it’s setting myself up to be argued into having it at a much younger age and as a mandatory part of education, which puts us right back into the problems you listed out. :(

Was this something specific to cursive?

I’m not surprised that kids would’ve had awful experiences, especially because this is a skill that takes time to develop, and time is often the thing in the shortest supply when it comes to teaching kids.

But you wrote your post like there was something particularly unique to the awful experiences had with learning cursive writing. I wasn’t expecting that. Does it have to do with how you can ‘get away’ with messing handwriting in math or even in English, but when you’re being graded on the appearance of cursive letters, any fine motor skills a child is struggling with gets piled on?

What’s a tankie?

I skimmed some of the posts and saw ADHD mentioned a few times - damn, we’re crocheting ourselves a new stereotype. 😝

I have a friend who crochets a lot, and while we were at her house, she’d be working on a project of some kind. Eventually I got curious, so she handed me an old ball of yarn and showed me the double-stitch. That’s still the only one I know. I’ve made several blankets using just that one over and over and over.

I’ve learned how to change colours okay, so I can make patterns by strategically swapping to different yarn, but if I really want a certain pattern, I just crochet over the surface with another round of that double-stitch. It’s like a 3D thing. :D

And yes, it does keep my hands busy!