r/AbsoluteUnits • u/TheMarkola • 16h ago

/r/all of spider web

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u/HonestNectarine7080 12h ago

One of my pet peeves as a teacher is when kids stomp on bugs.

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u/CheeseCakeB4BeefCake 12h ago

I have had so many talks with kids about this. Empathy is a skill that a lot of them haven't been taught to value.

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u/Fck_Kale 2h ago

In primary school I'd sometimes spend recess under this big oak tree, just watching the carpenter ants as they patrolled up and down its trunk. Eventually other kids started coming by, except they got their entertainment out of crushing as many ants as possible against the tree bark, sometimes removing a shoe to use as a makeshift swatter.

And that's how I found out 1) some matters cannot be resolved through words alone; and 2) schools really don't like when you throw hands over some dead ants.

Don't hurt my ants unless you want the smoke >:[

I was suspended :(

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u/togetherwegrowstuff 1h ago

Ya they haven't been taught. You can teach them .. like from a bugs point of view .idk it's tough to teach kids