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It's not just giving a shit: it's also the capacity to act on giving a shit. I'm exhausted at the end of the day after getting the kids to bed, and I'm fortunat
by organsnyder 4mo ago
It's not just giving a shit: it's also the capacity to act on giving a shit. I'm exhausted at the end of the day after getting the kids to bed, and I'm fortunate to be in a stable marriage, live in a large home that my wife and I own, and work a well-paying WFH job. I can only imagine how tiring it must be to not have those advantages.
There are the parents doing heroics that I can hardly imagine, and they should be celebrated. But we need to design a system that provides a sufficient level of support for those families that only have an average level of capacity.
- GoblinSlayer 4mo agoHow difficult is it? 1. give a shit 2. enroll 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!
- borski 4mo agoHave you ever lived below the poverty line? In order to enroll, you’d have to know about it and manage logistics. Working 14 hours a day so you can clothe and feed your kid doesn’t leave much time for that. That doesn’t mean you don’t give a shit.
- organsnyder 4mo agoThere are so many pieces of that step 3 in trying to navigate a school system that isn't accustomed to working with lower-income students.
- rayiner 4mo ago> I can only imagine how tiring it must be to not have those advantages Yes, you can only “imagine” what it’s like for people who are less comfortable than you. But that cuts both ways. It could be that you’re also “imagining” the barriers you think exist to people accessing charter schools. In particular, I suspect you’re incorrectly assuming that people work as much as you do, just for less money.
- organsnyder 4mo agoActually, I can more than imagine it. I have friends that are in those situations, and help out when I can.