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iwilleatyourenglish:

toonelemental:

toonelemental:

Hey remember in elementary school how the gym teacher just went “ok now climb this like 15 foot rope” with no safety equipment or information about the technique for doing so

like they really did just go “ok im laying down a pad thats like 1 inch thick in case you fall” and then tell you to climb the thing without teaching you how to safely climb a rope

remember when they\u2019d just put kids on a track when it was hot and force them to run a mile, also with no information about technique, and then would scream at them if they walked or took a break

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A huge amount of everything in 20th century American life was people confronted with a situation shrugging and doing things the way they had in the Army

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