Wow, Are You Okay?

Only if you ignore (not a comprehensive list):

- The five genders in Sulawesi culture

-Hijras, in India, who have been recognized for thousands of years

-Two-spirit people in Native American culture

-Some (though not all) of the people who identify as warias

-Hawaiian mahus

Non-binary genders: not actually a new concept.

My favorite one is, “come on Star Wars be original,” as if putting a man in the lead would be cutting edge stuff. Anyway…

John 6:51-53 says, “ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” That’s fairly unambiguous: his followers are confused about why Jesus would give them flesh to eat, whereas they wouldn’t be confused about being giving bread to eat. They also would not refer to ordinary bread as flesh.

In addition, according to Luke 22:19 and Matthew 26:26-28, Jesus, when giving the disciples the bread/flesh at the Last Supper, said, “This is my body given for you.” He didn’t say, “This is a metaphor for my body.” He said, “This is my body.” Although Jesus frequently spoke in parables, we know from Mark 4:34 that he would explain the parables to his disciples: : “When he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.” If communion was metaphorical, Jesus would have explained it. There’s no indication that it was meant as a metaphor.

Seriously, one of the important tenets of Protestantism is “sola scriptura,” so why would you ignore the clear statements of Scripture on this topic?

Okay, new rule: if you regularly consume the blood and flesh of a demigod in a room full of chanting elders you’re not allowed to call other religions primitive and evil

so today i found out that i’m allowed to carry a knife with me to school as long as it’s smaller than 3 ½ inches but i still can’t show my shoulders and if thats not a perfect description of american schooling idk what is

I’m going to try to go through these a couple at a time to see if I can help.

U guys have one (high-)school?

That depends on where you live. Some states make you stay within your school district (which is a group of schools in roughly the same area), others don’t. Even if your state lets you go to other districts, rural areas and small towns will often only have a couple of schools close enough that you could feasibly get to them. If you live in a city, you’ll usually have more options, but sometimes they’re all similarly bad.

For everyone? 

Some people also choose to homeschool, although usually not for high school.

Some states  have charter schools, which are still public schools but aren’t part of a school district. They tend to be more specialized than district schools.

If your parents are rich or you get a scholarship you can attend a private school as well.

With one degree? 

Typically, a given high school will only offer one degree.

Like, what do u do if you get bad grades? Drop out of highschool? Do u still get a degree? 

It depends on the person and the school. As far as I know, all states have a minimum number of credits required to graduate and get a degree, and some schools and districts add onto those requirements. You need to pass a class to get credit, but even a D- still counts as passing. If you fail a class, your options vary by school. At some schools you can make it up with summer school or online courses, but at others you have to actually retake the class. Some people do drop out of school, but that happens for other reasons as well.

If you drop out or age out of the system, you can also take a test to earn a GED, which is supposed to substitute for a high school diploma.

Why do you have a separate school for grades 9-12?

First of all, not all schools are 9-12, although many are. There are a few reasons for this division:

1. Many public high schools are large enough that it wouldn’t make sense to add younger students as well.

2. It may not be safe to put elementary schoolers in the same building as high schoolers.

3. The licensing requirements often are different for teaching elementary, middle, and high school. 

What are standardized tests,

There are two main types of standardized tests in the United States:

1. Legally mandated tests

Because of No Child Left Behind (a law passed in 2001), schools have to do well on this type of test or lose their funding and possibly be closed down. In theory, they cover basic material that every student is supposed to be able to do.

2. College admissions tests (SAT/ACT)

These are multiple-choice tests that students take to get into college. They have a LOT of problems and by in large do not measure what they’re supposed to measure.

Both types have their issues. I tend to consider the ACT/SAT less effective as measuring what they’re supposed to -- I did very well on the ACT, and in large part that was because I was a fast reader, not because I was actually better at the material covered than my classmates. 

y do u get so much homework, 

First of all, most of the reports of people doing massive amounts of homework a night are exaggerated. If you don’t stop to check social media, watch Netflix, etc. it doesn’t take that long at most schools. 

With that being said, it’s still a fair amount. Some teachers assign busywork, which increases homework time without providing real benefit. Fundamentally the issue is that every teacher views their class as most important and assigns homework accordingly.

y do they matter so much?

I assume this refers to standardized tests. Standardized tests are frequently assigned a high weight in college admissions because some high schools grade more strictly than other schools and colleges want an allegedly objective metric to compare students from different schools.

I hope that makes sense! Feel free to ask me if you have any other questions.

Important Question

Can someone pls explain the American school system to me?

Like… U guys have one (high-)school? For everyone? With one degree? Like, what do u do if you get bad grades? Drop out of highschool? Do u still get a degree? Why do you have a separate school for grades 9-12? What are standardized tests, y do u get so much homework, y do they matter so much? I’m confused. (And why do u have the same subjects EVERY.SINGLE.DAY?)

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AMERICA EXPLAIN

As a history student, the most ridiculous thing that tumblr social justice warriors ever made up is “cultural appropriation”. If you only had mild historical knowledge of any cultural exchange that took place before colonialism (the ultimate times of evil oppression besides the third Reich) you’d realize that what you consider your culture is probably just a mashup out of thousands ancient cultural aspects from many different cultures. “Culture” itself is an umbrella term for basically anything that might be associated with a certain group of people - and it is both fluid and highly subjective. Your political system has been culturally appropriated from somewhere once, and so has your educational system, your economical system, your religion and your language. If you want to get mad about cultural appropriation, how about you start with those monumental cultural appropriations before complaining about white girls wearing dreads?

Well, actually, according to a 2015 survey by the Pew Research center, in America, 45% of Muslims say that “homosexuality should be accepted by society,” about the same as Protestants (48%) and more than specifically Evangelical Protestants (36%), Mormons (36%), and Jehovah’s Witnesses (16%).

Additionally, looking specifically at support for same-sex marriage being legalized, 42% of Muslims support this, roughly the same amount as Christians overall (44%) and more than Protestants (39%, with specifically Evangelical Protestants having a support rate of 28%), Mormons (26%), and Jehovah’s Witnesses (14%).

Now, obviously there were other religious groups in the survey, and some of them were more accepting of the LGBT+ community than Muslims, on average. But given the number of groups than which Muslims were more accepting, singling out Muslims specifically is ... factually dubious at best.

Source: http://www.pewforum.org/2015/11/03/chapter-4-social-and-political-attitudes/

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I don’t know if this is true, but I’ve read that the X-men are a deliberate metaphor for being LGBT+.

“ezra miller is going to be the first lgbt+ person to play a superhero!!”

i mean yes he’s going to be the first to get a solo movie but