Kit Peacock
@KitPeacock
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Amateur author and poet from rural Derbyshire with helpful intentions and short attention span.
Joined August 2022
Bibliography: Hugo Likes Hugs https://t.co/ZtRzaVY7VC Poetry That I Wrote When I Was Meant to be Doing Something Else https://t.co/kKkbzPEA03
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(Author's note: This book appears in ebook format as 'Poetry That I Wrote When I was Supposed to be Doing Something Else'. The minor change in title is due to extensive difficulties with formatting...
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The TERF line on the increasing TERF attacks on c!s women is always either "This didn't happen everyone is lying it's all a conspiracy" or "Well, she was just asking for it, wasn't she?"
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A sign that says "no shoplifters" would be the same principle. You can go in if you don't steal stuff. If you can't go in without stealing stuff, don't go there.
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The wording of the sign was inappropriate and unprofessional. The meaning of the sign - 'Do not harass our staff' - was entirely appropriate.
@FondOfBeetles If you want to shop in Hobbycraft, all you have to do is not abuse the staff. If you can't go into a shop without abusing gender minority staff in their workplace for existing, don't go there.
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All these people the DWP would declare fit to work. But the DWP is a non-competitive system. The job market is competitive.
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D. M65 long work history in similar posts E. F25 who comes in on crutches with splints on several body parts. GCSE 6 in E/M F. M21 migrant worker with functional level of English, no visible impairments Who are you going to pick?
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You are a small business owner interviewing some candidates for a minimum wage 'unskilled' post. Your applicants are: A. F18 fresh out of school with GCSE 4 in E/M B. M40 able bodied, no previous employment history. Unkempt and fidgety C. F20 with GCSE 7 in E/M, deaf uses BSL
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6a. Having panic attacks and suicidal thoughts about school is not normal and needs looking into irregardless of whether the story is exaggerated or not.
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6. My cohort of kids and yours are not the same. People don't come to see me because the dog ate their homework, they come because they can't enter the school gate without hyperventilating.
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I don't feel comfortable seeing educators immediately dismiss these stories. There is a significant subset of kids who will never trust a teacher to complain about school to but will trust a healthcare worker.
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5. I absolutely accept that kids may exaggerate. For my purposes the version they believe is generally the one I need to work with. If the person in front of me is a teacher telling me how awful kids are, I'm running with their perception for the same reason.
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4. I've worked in a small area for half a decade. I often hear the same theme of story from multiple unconnected sources.
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3. When kids don't want to tell me something they usually just grunt, stare blankly, look to the parent, or get their phone out rather than fabricate. "Dunno" is easier. Adults don't do this because they'd look silly.
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2. Kids, unlike adults, do not base their answer to questions on what they think I want to hear. As someone who is neither their teacher nor has any power over school (barring something so Stupid that it constitutes safeguarding) they are free to tell me anything.
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In answer to a question yesterday how I know kids tell me the truth about school. You're right that I can't for certain. But there are a few factors in their favour. 1. Kids who come for help with MH or suspected ND generally want the right answer to their problem.
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Because you didn't listen to the person who they come to asking for that diagnosis. I have had kids come in where the diagnosis is not anxiety, depression or SEND, it's a toxic school environment.
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Because they can't meet your demands, you can't really complain that parents then seek a diagnosis for the child you convinced them was not meeting expectations.
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I usually block people for being abusive or because they're being so Stupid I might be descending into insults. If you as an educator are blocking people for pointing out that common practices punish children enough for the parents to think they must have a disability...
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Leading education poster: "Too many kids have SEND" Me: "Have you tried not punishing children for developmentally normal behaviour?" OP: "I'm blocking you now because too many of your interactions are like this." Too many of my posts are standing up for SEND kids apparently.
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I looked after a kid once who developed EBSA after being put in isolation for having broken shoes. Mum had told her to wear trainers for one day while she sorted it. It took over a month to get her back into school.
The Great Isolation Scandal. One in 12 secondary schoolkids are confined to isolation rooms at least once a week, according to a new study of 34,000 kids in 121 mainstream schools. It shows disproportionate sanctions on vulnerable kids, & huge effects on child mental health. 🧵
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About 25-30% of my take home pay goes on my autistic child's education. The only part of that in which I am "out of pocket" is the tax. The rest is parenting. I work so that I can take care of my child. That's the whole point of a money-based society.
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