(This would be a very cool thread if folks follow the OP’s instructions!). First time I skipped school: I was a high school junior and the biggest nerd to ever have nerded. My worst subject: US history. I hated it, hated the rote memorization that seemed to be a core of the course, had no patience with learning dates and obscure names, and was motivated by one overarching thought: if I take and pass this AP US history exam, I will never have to take US history again, even in college! Our exam was to be given on the day after the school was celebrating “Olympic Day” (basically Field Day, where you go run around in the Atlanta heat in May for no good reason). I already didn’t want to “celebrate” Olympic Day, and I thought I had the perfect excuse: I wanted to spend the day cramming for the history exam. I went to the school principal and asked him if I and my compatriots could instead stay in the library all day and study for this important test. He nixed the idea, and I was so indignant! I organized the whole AP history class to come over to my house instead of going to school that day, and we ate snacks and actually did study for pretty much the whole day. Later, after the exam the next day, the principal asked to see me, folded his arms and gave me his best guilt-inducing glare, saying “I’m very disappointed in you, Grump.” I would have none of that. I folded my arms and glared back, saying “I’m very disappointed in you, too, Mr. Principal. I think your priorities are out of order for a school.” I got a 4 out of 5 on the exam, enough to exempt the course in college… had I gone to a public school, which I did not have the sense to do. NEXT PROMPT: The first time you earned money for work! GO!
I’m not the one who brought gender into it. And yeah, I’m absolutely looking to “push my way of thinking on others” that know-it-all-ness isn’t gendered. I don’t care what gender or sex you are; women can absolutely be sexist against other women. But when I see sexism, I will call it out, and I have no desire to be nicey-nice about it. Feel free to object and I’ll feel free to continue my crusade.
This is not a gendered issue and it’s offensive to think of it as one. If you have a problem with that, I have a problem with your worldview and how it affects women you encounter in the workplace and socially.
Or “You might be an offensive boor unable to change with the times and accept that other people don’t want to be put into neat little boxes if…” Granted, that wouldn’t be a Foxworthy schtick, but you might consider it anyway.
I’m catching up on a year’s worth of Heart, but I have to say… when I was in high school in the late 80s/early 90s… my hair measured at 9 inches off the top of my head.
I’m late to this hate party, but I am SO with you. And sometimes people gender it, like the Giving Tree is a stand-in for mothers, and that cheeses me off SO hard. That tree is an enabler, that boy is a brat, and that message is horrible.
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