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My brother is modding nerf guns. He is doing a nerf war that my high school puts together. Note- this is not officially a school organized event, it’s just closed to anyone not in the school. Anyway, he is using real tools and connecting wires and moving stuff around. He taught himself how to do these things. He is actually learning real skills that people use in real life i.e electrical engineering. He actually remembers how to do these things and he has so much fun doing it, then he gets to go out and use it to win a competition and money. He said that he once took an engineering class and it was so boring that he stopped paying attention and ended up getting a bad grade. He is being totally safe. Knows how to properly use the equipment and is doing all of this in a place he feels comfortable and safe- our home. I wish that people could see that just because you fail a class or if it’s not the field of work you want to go into that you can’t do something. I also want people to realize that these kind of things. These fun, self motivated kind of things are what drive kids to learn more. This is the kind of philosophy that needs to be brought to education. Not repeat what you’ve been told or you’ll fail.
That moment when you realize that you and your friends not using the bathroom unless it was an absolute emergency in middle school and high school because sometimes people are weird about the stupid cracks between the door and stall and floor and ceiling in public bathrooms isn't a universal experience and other countries don't have these stupid gaps and people feel completely (or at least more) safe using public bathrooms
sometimes i’m like daggum, american public schools suck, i could get sh0t at school. and then i remember that we’re the only people who have themed Friday night lights and cheerleaders and all of the fun stuff we do and i’m like never mind, all’s forgiven!! 🎀