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   Biff (biff@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 01:27:43 JST Biff

   • Lisa Selin Davis

   The video was made by CBC, of course.
   
   RT: https://bird.makeup/users/lisaselindavis/statuses/1900157647904456888

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     Lady_Penelope (lady_penelope@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 01:27:44 JST Lady_Penelope

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     • Lisa Selin Davis
     @Biff @lisaselindavis It's so cruel. I remember reading something by a teacher or teaching assistant, who said that one of the main emotions that susceptible children feel when they are shown videos like this and believe they are suddenly privy to this previously hidden knowledge, is an unbridled rage at their parents for keeping this from them. It's a wedge in the parent child relationship that in some cases they never recover from.
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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 01:27:44 JST HebrideanHecate

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     • Lady_Penelope
     • Lisa Selin Davis

     @Lady_Penelope @Biff @lisaselindavis and then become prime prey for the pedos driving it.

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 02:01:08 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     • Lisa Selin Davis
     @Lady_Penelope @Biff @lisaselindavis One of the biggest problems of introducing the *special feelings* curriculum is that it not only doesn't help, but it can also do a lot of harm.
     
     A curriculum is taught to a schedule. Maths in the morning, art on Tuesdays etc. Teaching about feelings and all this associated stuff, when taught as part of a curriculum means that teaching about, say, managing anger will have a date on which it is taught, regardless of if it is useful or not on that particular Wednesday afternoon in February to a class of eight years olds. By teaching it when it is needed, eg by having a quiet chat with four boys after a playground spat once they have calmed down, it is much more useful and forms more lasting learning. Many children will need a quiet talk like this at some point in their school life, about how to make up with friends after a falling out, about handling disappointment after a poor test score etc. Teachers will play a part in this by supporting parents who will be the main teachers of their child's development.
     
     The other problem is that children like to please adults by having an answer. "Hands up if you've ever felt sad," will furnish you with a sea of hands, even if they can't remember what made them sad or when. They then think they're under some sort of obligation to emote on a regular basis, especially if the classroom has a *checking in* emoji board. Children who are savvy start using it all the time to excuse poor behaviour and can run amok around the playground because *my feelings* and then get rewarded with a *time out* milk, biscuits, lego and extra play session. I taught in a school in which these sessions and groups became sought after by parents because they were seen as high status; my child is special and has a label. I had two girls who attended these and made zero progress over a year. So either the sessions aren't working, or the children are smart enough to game the system. I used to ask the woman running them if I could have an afternoon out of class if I threw pencils at the wall. No wonder she didn't like me.
     
     And don't get me started on the race/gender/climate/health anxiety that teachers blather on about. They are the ones who are generating specific anxiety through their stupid curriculum. They have the power to end it by not promoting it. Children should never be told that they are personally killing polar bears, oppressing a whole continent, driving a grown-arse man to suicide because they won't call him *she* or killing granny by not wearing a mask. These people should not be anywhere near children.
     
     Getting children to fixate on their emotions is an insidious by-product of all the piss-poor mindfulness/anxiety/mental health crap that some adults have used as a crutch for not bothering with life. Most of the problems could be solved by parents disconnecting their kids' phones from the internet and sending them out to play in the fresh air. This will free up services for those with genuine needs.
     
     Now you know why I won't go back into teaching.
     Rant over.