I had a (non-teacher) friend say that to me a few weeks ago. It’s been sitting in my mind, teeming, festering, and growing.
I’ve seen a few different ideas on this and perhaps it changes depending on your teaching style and the grades that you teach but I can’t imagine teaching without getting…
Public Service Announcement: “rape” is not a synonym for every fucking mundane occurrence you happen to suffer. You were not “raped” by your test. You have not been “raped” when you lose your sports game, and it isn’t “rape” when your best friend tries to hug you.
Maybe take a step back and think about what the hell you’re actually saying before you trivialize something so devastating.
homophobic participating countries who didn’t show the gay kiss on eurovision must pay a fine because eurovision must be shown from beginning to end without cutting anything out and they are banned from eurovision for the next three years
plot twist: yahoo buys tumblr and we get proper blocking features, lockable posts, a sent folder in messages/fanmail with a better interface, ability to search multiple tags, removal of the post and message limits, proper search engines for likes/archives and removing that bloody "reblog as a link" option.
