• Fugit@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    Looking at this more benevolently, the teacher might be wishing that this kid’s generation will end up being more conscious and willing to act than his own.

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        5 months ago

        I remember a time that even a teacher saying this to a student would be considered inappropriate activism about a controversial topic.

        …Like right now?

        From my perspective (millenial) raised in a conservative area, climate change discussion went from ‘kinda iffy in the past’ to approved to expected, then suddenly lurched to more taboo than I’ve ever seen.

        I can’t even discuss it with my college-educated older relatives without them ranting about it. It’s a total taboo; they think I’m nuts for even bringing it up as an existential problem.

        I can only imagine what parents would say if teachers said that now.