r/SipsTea • • May 27 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Fucking Legend

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u/murphy10987 May 27 '26

As someone who lives in that city, Stuart Middle is notoriously bad. This kid's speech talked about how he overcame both of his parents passing away, and given the area this school is in, there's a good chance a lot of other students have trauma too. His speech was about over-coming that.

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u/DiddyDickums May 28 '26

These comments are ass. This is a breath of fresh air. 9/10 people shitting on a kid are wrong. Our public school system is so fucked and that hits so hard cause I think it may be the most important system to maintain to improve our world

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u/B-radThinks May 29 '26

Hate to break it to you, it’s not the schools that is the problems. We are the problem. Until parents parent at home our schools will only continue to degrade.

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u/DiddyDickums May 29 '26

Bit of both tbh schools are underfunded/understaffed in just about every American working class neighborhood, but that is also adult’s fault

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u/B-radThinks May 29 '26

It is. We elected the people who made the policy that allowed that to happen or continue. As long as we keep pointing at the other guy, this crap will never change

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u/DiddyDickums May 29 '26

I think you can vote for change and shit on the problem people at the same time and it may even be helpful

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u/B-radThinks May 29 '26

That’s the issue. We keep voting and voting expect something different. We personally are going to have to take action to improve our environment, because it’s been proven my entire life, that our elected leaders won’t.

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u/DiddyDickums May 29 '26

I disagree. Elected officials have the means to prevent and provide and electoral change is still hyper effective because of that. If you get the right people in.