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minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·2 days agoSo they’re treating kids like prisoners?
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoFences, rigid schedule, forced interactions, institutional food, mindlessly boring, mandatory attendance I’m going to do a Foucault and say yes.
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoAs if school wasn’t already a prison with all the metal detectors and xray machines.
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoWhat school has metal detectors and xray machines?!?
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 days agoLike, most of the US
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days agoEh, I know US-bashing is really popular here, but it has to be at least a little bit believable to be funny.
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoMy highschool literally had those and I had to wait in a long-ass line everyday before school, and if students are late, they get blamed for it, I’m not US-Bashing, its just the truth. Example (this one is not my school btw):
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down12·2 days agoThere’s absolutely no way that’s true.
minus-square_g_be@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoMy understanding is that prison is waaaay worse. Needlessly cruel, you might say
So they’re treating kids like prisoners?
Fences, rigid schedule, forced interactions, institutional food, mindlessly boring, mandatory attendance I’m going to do a Foucault and say yes.
As if school wasn’t already a prison with all the metal detectors and xray machines.
What school has metal detectors and xray machines?!?
Like, most of the US
Eh, I know US-bashing is really popular here, but it has to be at least a little bit believable to be funny.
My highschool literally had those and I had to wait in a long-ass line everyday before school, and if students are late, they get blamed for it, I’m not US-Bashing, its just the truth.
Example (this one is not my school btw):
There’s absolutely no way that’s true.
What reality do you live in?
My understanding is that prison is waaaay worse. Needlessly cruel, you might say