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Anon likes sharpners

[typos preserved]

>be me
>4th grade
>bring 3 sharpners to school
>friend tells me thats a lot of sharpners
>bring 3 more sharpners the next day >friend gives me his sharpner to grow my collection
>start collecting more and more sharpners
>go to stationary every week to by more sharpners
>collect about 70 sharpners by the end of the month
>start bringing a tiny bag to carry thoes sharpner
>english teacher asks for a sharpner
>offer her the bag thinking she’d be impressed
>sees all my sharpners and writes a note to my parents
>only allowed to bring 1 sharpner
>idea.jpg
>make a huge sharpner out of cardboard
>dad helps me to color it with red and silver spray paint
>display it on my table during the english period
>get sent to the office

fun days

z00s ,

Eng teacher missed the opportunity to bring a giant pencil

sukhmel ,

Besides, why do they only allow for one sharpener? Seems like a complete bullshit for the sake of forcing compliance

Maalus ,

Anon was probably a smartass about it and the teacher made a new rule instead of dealing with it in some other way. Him making that giant sharpener is additional evidence of that

sukhmel ,

It probably is true. Still, that’s a shitty way of dealing with matters in school

kilgore_trout ,

School often represses creativity in favor of compliance.

Doesn’t have to have a reason. The teacher finds something strange, you are punished. Think of blonde hair in Japanese schools.

In my parents’ times, going to school in jeans was forbidden (in center Europe).

witty_username ,

Yup. Because schools primarily serve to create workers. Actual education is merely permitted when it does not interfere with the main aim of creating workers

ReputedlyDeplorable ,

The teacher missed an opportunity to encourage the anon, “Oh anon how kind of you to carry around enough sharpeners to share with those who don’t have any, thank you!” That said 70 is a lot, I just hate when teachers only see the negative side of things and punish kids for stupid reasons.

Xanis ,

Teacher saw something they thought was stupid. They made a power play. Saw kid work around it and took it personally. Asserted limited authority.

Being a teacher is a tough job. Thing is, just like with therapy: If you’ve reached the point where you’re going to throw around that authority willy-nilly, you are no longer a leader, you’re a bully. Fuck off and work somewhere else.

Course this may not be the whole story. Could be the kid had been a nuisance for months before this point with the sharpie bag being the excuse a child’s mind would focus on when other behaviors were the real cause.

Etterra ,

A good prank harms no one.

A+ kid, well done.

Pat_Riot ,
@Pat_Riot@lemmy.today avatar

Good on Dad for helping out too

Tar_alcaran ,

True pettyness is its own reward

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