Oh, Selkie! Do nnot t do the mocking of the Friends. Yeah, she was very wrong, but she’s in it with you. Go mock the boys, go all Carrie on them if you want, but friends need special care.
Keisha seems to be very nonplussed by this. I wonder why. Is it because she doesn’t care that the boys accused her of being Selkie’s “Girlfriend?”
I say this because in the middle of the last century, the term girlfriend and boyfriend still had a friend component, it could be sexual, but that was not it’s primary use. It’s primary use was “–friend.” Back in that time it was not OK to be Gay. …It was SO NOT OK.
This is extra amusing to me because I started playing Alliance in WoW Classic after 15 years of Horde in Retail, so I’m hearing Westfall Murlocs and other memes basically for the first time.
My schoolyard experience tells me they won’t forget about this for the rest of the year at best. In fact this could very well haunt her clear into high school.
Nope, wouldn’t know about that. Not a bit. Nope, I would not know a thing about what that’s like. Each day the same names. No, no, nope, uh-uh, nope, nope, don’t know a thing about that every.damn.day of middle school and high school. Every.damn.day! Nope. Jim you have my sympathy.
In middle school, somehow a bunch of my friends got it into their heads that I was gay (I’m not) and didn’t want to hang out anymore. I’m just glad one of them decided to stick with me.
Also glad I didn’t get any of the public mocking Selkie’s getting here.
The Japanese have a saying that “rumors last 75 days”.
It’s meant to be reassuring, that gossips will get bored of talking about you eventually, and whatever embarrassing event they were talking about will be forgotten and disregarded (unless said event is repeated, which would only solidify their stories in people’s minds.)
I have no idea if there’s any research to substantiate that number.
What I DO know is that to an 8 year old like Selkie, “75 days” might as well be “7.5 years”.
Dude. If I was Selkie’s parent I would be freaking furious at the school. She is already bullied, and by handling the flowers thing in the middle of the classroom they exposed her to even more bullying – and Te Fahn as well. Massive school failure, regardless of Selkie’s errors. They already had an idea who it was due to the label, they should have pulled her out of class and talked to her. Those flowers should never have made it to the classroom. Todd has a valid complaint with the administration. (Source: several years as a middle school teacher)
I don’t know the educational background of the Interim Principal Walford but this may be a gaff because she doesn’t have much educational experience. She is a “Former” CIA Agent and thus may not have much experience with children beyond a clinical background. She should have handled this better but as an agent, she wanted information and didn’t consider that feelings could have been hurt.
Pffft. Dave has accurately depicted an American school, here. As a formerly-bullied-until-I-cried-then-I-was-the-one-punished-for-yelling kid, I sympathize with Selkie immensely. It doesn’t matter how angry Todd is. It doesn’t matter that they have essentially bungled national-security-level situations.
This is *EXACTLY* how USA schools are. And my horrific schoolday-flashbacks aside, kudos to Dave for not giving in to the desire (if he has one, for all I know this is cathartic for him) to make this school actually proficient in handling *anything* in a gracious, appropriate manner.
If this or any future shenanigans get handled APPROPRIATELY is when I’ll start to believe this is truly a fantasy setting… Lol.
Oh, Selkie! Do nnot t do the mocking of the Friends. Yeah, she was very wrong, but she’s in it with you. Go mock the boys, go all Carrie on them if you want, but friends need special care.
Keisha seems to be very nonplussed by this. I wonder why. Is it because she doesn’t care that the boys accused her of being Selkie’s “Girlfriend?”
I say this because in the middle of the last century, the term girlfriend and boyfriend still had a friend component, it could be sexual, but that was not it’s primary use. It’s primary use was “–friend.” Back in that time it was not OK to be Gay. …It was SO NOT OK.
and shortly before that, “gay” just meant happy.
Haha the last panel made me laugh.
Yessssssss Selkie… Give in to your inner angry Murloc…
UNLEASH THE MRGRGLRGLRGLLL!!!!
GAAAAAAAH *dives behind nearest rock*
…
… Don’t DO that! I still have PTSD from the Westfall coast!
This is extra amusing to me because I started playing Alliance in WoW Classic after 15 years of Horde in Retail, so I’m hearing Westfall Murlocs and other memes basically for the first time.
Ohhhhh, which server? I’m not going to ask what your character name is so you don’t get bombarded by messages but just really curious?
My schoolyard experience tells me they won’t forget about this for the rest of the year at best. In fact this could very well haunt her clear into high school.
Nope, wouldn’t know about that. Not a bit. Nope, I would not know a thing about what that’s like. Each day the same names. No, no, nope, uh-uh, nope, nope, don’t know a thing about that every.damn.day of middle school and high school. Every.damn.day! Nope. Jim you have my sympathy.
Wurf. I know a bit about how this one feels.
In middle school, somehow a bunch of my friends got it into their heads that I was gay (I’m not) and didn’t want to hang out anymore. I’m just glad one of them decided to stick with me.
Also glad I didn’t get any of the public mocking Selkie’s getting here.
The Japanese have a saying that “rumors last 75 days”.
It’s meant to be reassuring, that gossips will get bored of talking about you eventually, and whatever embarrassing event they were talking about will be forgotten and disregarded (unless said event is repeated, which would only solidify their stories in people’s minds.)
I have no idea if there’s any research to substantiate that number.
What I DO know is that to an 8 year old like Selkie, “75 days” might as well be “7.5 years”.
Bullies don’t care whether the rumor is true. They only care that they can make you cry, which gives them a sense of power.
Dude. If I was Selkie’s parent I would be freaking furious at the school. She is already bullied, and by handling the flowers thing in the middle of the classroom they exposed her to even more bullying – and Te Fahn as well. Massive school failure, regardless of Selkie’s errors. They already had an idea who it was due to the label, they should have pulled her out of class and talked to her. Those flowers should never have made it to the classroom. Todd has a valid complaint with the administration. (Source: several years as a middle school teacher)
I don’t know the educational background of the Interim Principal Walford but this may be a gaff because she doesn’t have much educational experience. She is a “Former” CIA Agent and thus may not have much experience with children beyond a clinical background. She should have handled this better but as an agent, she wanted information and didn’t consider that feelings could have been hurt.
Pffft. Dave has accurately depicted an American school, here. As a formerly-bullied-until-I-cried-then-I-was-the-one-punished-for-yelling kid, I sympathize with Selkie immensely. It doesn’t matter how angry Todd is. It doesn’t matter that they have essentially bungled national-security-level situations.
This is *EXACTLY* how USA schools are. And my horrific schoolday-flashbacks aside, kudos to Dave for not giving in to the desire (if he has one, for all I know this is cathartic for him) to make this school actually proficient in handling *anything* in a gracious, appropriate manner.
If this or any future shenanigans get handled APPROPRIATELY is when I’ll start to believe this is truly a fantasy setting… Lol.
I am well aware this is how it is. I just also know it isn’t how it should be, and Todd should kick up a fuss.