On this day in 1857, New York City garment workers protested against inhumane working conditions, low wages, and for equal rights for women, an event that is commemorated annually as International Women's Day. Their protest was attacked and broken up by police, but the labor action led to the creation of the first women's labor union.

On the same day in 1908, 15,000 women marched in NYC for shorter work hours, better pay, voting rights, and an end to child labor. The slogan "Bread and Roses" emerged from the protest, with bread symbolizing economic security and roses for better living standards.

International Women's Day in 1917 was also the date of the Russian February Revolution, in which workers celebrating International Women's Day joined protests and riots against food rationing, with more than 50,000 people in the streets. The protests grew quickly and developed revolutionary fervor, eventually overthrowing the monarchy.

International Women's Day (then International Working Women's Day) was introduced during the 1910 International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, Denmark. Clara Zetkin, a German socialist, suggested a holiday honoring the strike of garment workers in the U.S. The proposal received unanimous approval from the 100 women from 17 countries.

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    • Parzivus [any]
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      2 years ago

      Burnout, maybe? Keeping valedictorian grades while working part time is a lot of work, especially for a high schooler.

        • Parzivus [any]
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          2 years ago

          If they're a senior they graduate in like 2-3 months, right? Probably the best thing would be to get them to just bear it until graduation and then take a break, even if it means quitting the part time job for a bit. Might be a tough sell, but getting the diploma is pretty important

    • bubbalu [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      They could be really really bored with high school and disillusioned with college. Like if they are just good at school and not challenged, the praise could feel hollow and make them cynical.

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's not a big deal. I dropped out of high-school, worked shit jobs a couple years, went to community College and landed a good job. Highschoolers aren't actually mature enough to deal with how terrible high school is and taking a couple years to figure your shit out doesn't hurt.

    • GaveUp [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Disclaimer: I do decent amounts of drugs and am somewhat anti-drug

      I'm gonna blame the weed here. It does make many people extremely lazy and devoid of motivation. It can sap your baseline level of energy by negatively affecting the quality of your sleep

      It can make you not care about the future at all and make you focused only on the present due to the mindfulness effect it can give you