What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

things that ought to be taught in high school:

  • consent, relationships and sexuality
  • comparative religions: then and now
  • political ideologies: then and now
  • rational debate
  • practical financing
  • criticism and fact-checking
  • independent research
  • introduction to philosophy
  • literacy, language and comprehension
  • privacy and the internet
  • world history
  • institutional oppression and recognising bias

things that are actually taught in high school:

  • arbitrary bullshit you invariably forget five minutes after the final exam because it has little or no relevance to daily life and doesn’t teach you how to be a compassionate, non-shitty person
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    I had some very excellent teachers who got to touch on a few of these things, but not nearly enough.
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