my 3rd grader came home with this today from school, excited to show me how he’d written his name in Chinese. I had to gently explain to him that this is, uh… extremely Not Correct

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  • amber2 [she/her,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I guess the irony of it is that I recognize the push-pull effect much better than if she just explained it properly all those years ago. Recognizing that my teacher is fallible and trying to learn without her was an important skill, and surely helped as I began to traverse the internet around that time