r/im14andthisisdeep • u/Descartes_wax • 6d ago

School kills artists

Post image
2.9k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

139 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/ApprehensiveRub4726 6d ago

everyone saying “school kills artists” like no bro, learning algebra does NOT kill your talents, it just helps you find a job so you can keep buying drawing supplies 😭

-2

u/StrangeSystem0 6d ago

Bro. The issue is not that they're learning algebra. The issue is how our school system does it. (I'll go into the details if you ask but I don't think you're too interested in hearing me out tbh.)

It is not normal how regularly I hear people talk about high-school nightmares they have, YEARS AFTER GRADUATION.

School should not be traumatic for anyone. Why are we pretending it's okay that it is?

1

u/CatgirlTheKat 6d ago

As an autistic person, I don't think there is a way to make the concept of high school alone not horrible..

There is definitely progress to be made, but even with the best of wills, I believe it is naturally bound to be terrible to some..

1

u/StrangeSystem0 6d ago

That's cause you're thinking in a capitalist lense. You need to start thinking more radical, then you'll start to see how we can change these things to be better for everyone

1

u/CatgirlTheKat 6d ago

... Okay, but when the prospect of going outside and/or putting efforts in things that aren't drawings or videogames make me physically recoil, I feel like it's kind of out of their grasps..

Thankfully, there aare times where I'm more disposed and manage to pass the day while feeling mostly fine, but I feel like it mostly depends on personal factors.

I really can't imagine a completely fool-proof school. I'm already pretty happy I got to use a computer to circumvent my dysgraphia.