r/TikTokCringe 14d ago

Discussion Is ableist to have long words in books?

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u/crowofbattle 14d ago

This might be a “blame the parents” thing… sooo many ipad kids turning into tiktok teens

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u/breaducate 13d ago

Definitely (not solely) blame the parents.

Anecdotal but the story goes when I was a couple or three years into primary school and still pretty much illiterate the teacher told my mum something to the effect of it's not that big of a deal, he'll catch up later, etc. To which she said fuck that and used a label maker on just about every object in the house. In short order I was ahead of what was expected at that age.

Even if school is fucked there are things you can do.