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I'm disgusted by the head teacher's nosy behavior. I also think the student is an insufferable person according to his blog posts [1]. He's one of those people

by Sagat 13y ago

I'm disgusted by the head teacher's nosy behavior. I also think the student is an insufferable person according to his blog posts [1]. He's one of those people who try to use loaded words like "anarchism" and "individualism" to justify annoying or selfish behavior. Kind of like Galt-wannabe libertarians who hide being the word "liberty" to give credence to social darwinism. [1] http://hampsteadtrash.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/sludge-obituary.html http://hampsteadtrash.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/sludge-obituary...

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- Sagat 13y ago
  What I mean by loaded is that they have a ton of different meanings and interpretations, many of whom are illegitimate. Isms of any kind are frequently misused to label people or things. "Anarchism" and "individualism" are just examples. "Fascism" is probably the most common: even Orwell noticed that it was used by everyone to mean anything. [1] In this case the kid thought that making blog posts with swear words that criticize his school constitutes "anarchism" and "individualism". It's like those ads that try to associate their crummy product with freedom or love: meaningless and artificial. [1] http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/efasc http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/ef... Edit: looks like they deleted their comment. Nevermind.
Ensorceled 13y ago
Yes, lots of high school students are insufferably pompous and selfish. They are just growing from children into young adults. A high school head teacher should be able to handle this. Also, as an adult, you should also be able to handle this without becoming annoyed and judgemental.
- alan_cx 13y ago
  " lots of high school students are insufferably pompous and selfish" So are a lot of teachers and heads.
  - walshemj 13y ago
    but most high school students grow out of that phase :-)
C1D 13y ago
I completely agree though I think the head teacher probably saw the attack on his school and used the students use of words like anarchism as a justification for punishing him which I don't think the student deserved.
auctiontheory 13y ago
I also think the student is an insufferable person according to his blog posts [1]. Yes, many teenagers are. And we should be glad - it means they are growing, thinking for themselves, transforming.
jlgreco 13y ago
Who gives a shit, honestly? That is about as valuable to the conversation as your assessment of his sense of dress fashion.
- Sagat 13y ago
  There are a lot of commenters here who automatically got on the kid's side as soon as they heard the buzzwords "anarchism" and "individualism". It's probable they didn't even read the article or the blog posts before reaching this decision. All I'm saying as that we should be more careful when taking sides in any situation, and try to avoid being manipulated by words. Sure, I did post a personal opinion about this kid. You are entitled to hate it and post aggressive comments about it. But I think my post still added to the conversation. A few people voted on it so at least one or more people gave a shit.

by Sagat 13y ago

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Sagat 13y ago
What I mean by loaded is that they have a ton of different meanings and interpretations, many of whom are illegitimate. Isms of any kind are frequently misused to label people or things. "Anarchism" and "individualism" are just examples. "Fascism" is probably the most common: even Orwell noticed that it was used by everyone to mean anything. [1] In this case the kid thought that making blog posts with swear words that criticize his school constitutes "anarchism" and "individualism". It's like those ads that try to associate their crummy product with freedom or love: meaningless and artificial. [1] http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/efasc http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/ef... Edit: looks like they deleted their comment. Nevermind.

Ensorceled 13y ago

Yes, lots of high school students are insufferably pompous and selfish. They are just growing from children into young adults. A high school head teacher should be able to handle this. Also, as an adult, you should also be able to handle this without becoming annoyed and judgemental.

alan_cx 13y ago
" lots of high school students are insufferably pompous and selfish" So are a lot of teachers and heads.
- walshemj 13y ago
  but most high school students grow out of that phase :-)

C1D 13y ago

I completely agree though I think the head teacher probably saw the attack on his school and used the students use of words like anarchism as a justification for punishing him which I don't think the student deserved.

auctiontheory 13y ago

I also think the student is an insufferable person according to his blog posts [1]. Yes, many teenagers are. And we should be glad - it means they are growing, thinking for themselves, transforming.

jlgreco 13y ago

Who gives a shit, honestly? That is about as valuable to the conversation as your assessment of his sense of dress fashion.

Sagat 13y ago
There are a lot of commenters here who automatically got on the kid's side as soon as they heard the buzzwords "anarchism" and "individualism". It's probable they didn't even read the article or the blog posts before reaching this decision. All I'm saying as that we should be more careful when taking sides in any situation, and try to avoid being manipulated by words. Sure, I did post a personal opinion about this kid. You are entitled to hate it and post aggressive comments about it. But I think my post still added to the conversation. A few people voted on it so at least one or more people gave a shit.