tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1579268734214159624..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: School RuleJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34879733056064549362022-04-06T07:44:17.127-04:002022-04-06T07:44:17.127-04:00I once read about a poll among high school teacher...I once read about a poll among high school teachers from the 50s. What did the teachers think the biggest problem in school was?<br /><br />Chewing gum in class! That must have been the first level of the dungeon...Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582898842629047347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60355901052136647172022-04-05T18:18:33.865-04:002022-04-05T18:18:33.865-04:00This just depresses me when I consider the modern ...This just depresses me when I consider the modern day. Save to avoid merciless bullying from your age group peers. Save to avoid getting shot or stabbed as a bystander in a fight. Save to avoid sexual assault by fellow student or adult authority figure. Save to actually learn anything when extremists on both ends of the political spectrum have turned education into a ideological warzone. Save to conform well enough to avoid penalties to tomorrow's saves.<br /><br />Getting sent to the principal's office feels quaint and innocent and horribly outdated in 2022, but telling kids they're on their own is way to spot on. Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40204010777946944312022-04-05T16:09:48.902-04:002022-04-05T16:09:48.902-04:00I don't know. I was able to talk my way out of...I don't know. I was able to talk my way out of some serious jams in high school, from the librarian to the assistant principal, to sundry teachers in between, usually with a dose of humor. I'd like to think that somewhere in there I made some sort of Charisma/Bardic Saving throw. radnoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11006466605445207729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39164747839262575522022-04-05T15:11:23.579-04:002022-04-05T15:11:23.579-04:00Ain't that the truthAin't that the truthGumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722450341738641308noreply@blogger.com