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Blake Boles: To Fix School, Make it Consensual
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Blake Boles: To Fix School, Make it Consensual
Mandatory reading, everyone. 
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After that lesson, I thought back to my entire K-12 schooling experience. Despite the number of kind-hearted and well-intentioned people who played a part in it, how many ever asked for my consent? How many asked me (and seriously engaged me in) the questions: Did I actually want to go to school? Did I actually think this assignment was a good idea? Was this class actually worth my time? And what else might I have done with my time instead of sitting bored?
School, I realized, is a terrible place to learn consent--which is a shame, considering that consent is the cornerstone of every healthy relationship and community I've ever encountered.
To me, consent means:
understanding what you're committing to
knowing what the alternatives are
saying "yes" while retaining the power to say "no"
Read the whole article: To Fix School, Make it Consensual
Thoughts? What might your parents, teachers, therapists, friends, and fellow students think of this? Print it out, share it, and discuss!
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RE: Blake Boles: To Fix School, Make it Consensual
OMG We've been raped by school...
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RE: Blake Boles: To Fix School, Make it Consensual
This is certainly food-for-thought. While forcing us to go to school without our consent, the authorities above us see it as helping; we see it as a failure. School should be about picking and choosing your own path with consent than being forced to go into classes you don't care about or will find use from.
"If you wanna know how not secure you are, just take a look around. Nothing's secure. Nothing's safe. I don't hate technology, I don't hate hackers, because that's just what comes with it, without those hackers we wouldn't solve the problems we need to solve, especially security."
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RE: Blake Boles: To Fix School, Make it Consensual
The white man thought they did blacks a favor once upon a time...
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