▲ 109 ▼ Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US. (wapo.st) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's horrible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) Agreed, teachers there were assholes. I lost some souvenirs from my childhood i can't get back, to a shithead math teacher who enjoyed making you use perfect grammer/phrasing to ask for things back (may i vs can i); if you didn't he'd hold onto it longer or indefinitely. All because I was "being distracting" by using them as a fidget toy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago That's when you find their address and write it on the chalkboard when they aren't in the room. Use your off hand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Melody@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago* I, luckily, had a bulldog for a parent who took none of that kind of bullshit from my teachers. Not that I was ever particularly careless about taking things to school that I didn't want to lose. The few times I did get something confiscated; it was truly unfair and I had the item back within a day or two...nobody particularly cared to deal with my parents being angry, and the admins all knew they would descend upon them with the fury of a thousand suns if it had truly been something that was not me being stupid or childishly careless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) Agreed, teachers there were assholes. I lost some souvenirs from my childhood i can't get back, to a shithead math teacher who enjoyed making you use perfect grammer/phrasing to ask for things back (may i vs can i); if you didn't he'd hold onto it longer or indefinitely. All because I was "being distracting" by using them as a fidget toy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago That's when you find their address and write it on the chalkboard when they aren't in the room. Use your off hand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Melody@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago* I, luckily, had a bulldog for a parent who took none of that kind of bullshit from my teachers. Not that I was ever particularly careless about taking things to school that I didn't want to lose. The few times I did get something confiscated; it was truly unfair and I had the item back within a day or two...nobody particularly cared to deal with my parents being angry, and the admins all knew they would descend upon them with the fury of a thousand suns if it had truly been something that was not me being stupid or childishly careless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago That's when you find their address and write it on the chalkboard when they aren't in the room. Use your off hand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Melody@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago* I, luckily, had a bulldog for a parent who took none of that kind of bullshit from my teachers. Not that I was ever particularly careless about taking things to school that I didn't want to lose. The few times I did get something confiscated; it was truly unfair and I had the item back within a day or two...nobody particularly cared to deal with my parents being angry, and the admins all knew they would descend upon them with the fury of a thousand suns if it had truly been something that was not me being stupid or childishly careless. permalink fedilink source parent