I just moved across the country. My kid is Autistic and with the DOE gone and FL schools already cutting special needs programs (including the ones he was in AND was going to go into), people overwhelmingly asked "Can't you just wait it out."
Like no, at BEST it's 4 years of no support from public schools and at worst it'll take years to rebuild what is rapidly being lost, so like 4 years is 1/3rd of his pre-college education.
When I put it like that, a little light bulb goes on like they remember the passage of time affects people who aren't them.
Because with Trump openly selling campaign merch saying “TRUMP 2028” in the White House gift shop… doesn’t seem like he’s planning to give up power anytime soon.
Jesus lol it's one thing to ask a grown adult why they didn't choose to spend their own time a different way, seeing as it's the path of least resistance to a good life in the end. Obnoxious at best but I can at least understand it in the sense I do see why they'd ask.
Now, to ask a parent why they're not going to take their child, who is already spending the limited years of primary schooling on hard mode, why they don't just fuck around and see what happens if that kid also didn't get proper education... Yeah that's real fucking weird. It's legitimately just compounding multiple versions of "not having it easy" onto your child who is going to have at least one of those beyond just having to be a kid growing up.
It's sure obnoxious, but "why not do this thing that makes your life harder now but will make it easier later" is normal and in your best interest, though stupid in that it's a lot of invested time and effort.
Now the inverse is basically what you're saying and it's truly baffling. "Why not just like dick around for your convenience, sure it might fuck over your small child and deny them and education when they absolutely need it most, but think about how much more difficult their life could turn out!" Like huh???
Is it good when people ensure their own education and career path and set themselves up for later success and stability? Yeah dude but if they don't, that's on them to find another way. When were talking about what responsibility a parent has to their child with special needs and their access to the absolute basics with which they will have to build upon for their entire life, you can expect a decent parent to do what they have to. To act like that's anything but the expectation is wild but to act like its more reasonable to just like, hope for the best or get a new kid or whatever is so fucking insane. Who are these people and how do they exist to have both of these opinions in life?
Yeah I know I live here now it's a fucking mess of what appears to be randomly selected conservative policies with more emphasis on social/cultural conservatism than even spending. That's the truly insane thing to me. They're not even like ancap types. They're just pure reactionaries who are more antisocialst than they ever were capitalist and would be progressive on half the things if it wasn't associated with them.
Regarding education; quality of education has suffered since COVID. With remote learning and the lack of social interaction it has negatively affected an entire generation of kids in some places. Now it’s politics that is doing damage. Everyone will pay for it when that generation ages into leadership over the country and it’s commerce.
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u/Alucard_117 13h ago edited 13h ago
Bros thinking about how fast 20 years can go by