Frank McCormick

Former inner-city public school teacher. Writer on education, culture, and politics. Occasionally funny. Pretend heir and spice magnate to McCormick Spices.

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

My scary classroom social experiment demonstrating how tyrannies arise from democracies:

I gave a bunch of extra credit tickets to the first few students to arrive in class, then everyone else received 1-2 tickets.

The kids that came into class last were outraged by the “injustice” of those that came first getting a greater reward.

There were no rules or directions for this day in class. I just told them I’d act as an enforcer of whatever they decided to do in the 47 minutes.

The girl circled in red- Emily- was a genius.

She used her charisma and charm to court the majority of her peers that had less coupons, and played off their resentment of the minority that had earned more tickets for arriving to class early.

In the allotted time she convinced her peers that if they voted to give her absolute power, she would confiscate the 40+ coupons held by the minority and distribute them equally.

The minority of students were frustrated, but powerless against the majority vote.

Emily was elected to a “supreme ruler” position, and as promised she confiscated all of the tickets from the minority of students that arrived to class first.

That’s when things got interesting.

She kept the vast majority of tickets for herself, and distributed a few to some of her friends.

It was a microcosm of what has happened historically time and time again, and the danger our republic faces.

I asked the students to write a reflection on how they now viewed unrestrained majority-rules democracy, and their opinions has definitely changed from the day prior.

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@oliviajune82 @SciInTheMaking “And show it to his employer too!”

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Accurately portraying the color of the student from my story is “messed up”?

No. What would be messed up is if I lied and portrayed him as Asian to avoid making white women uncomfortable.

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“There are no bad kids.”

I heard it throughout my teaching career, often to thunderous applause from teachers who privately feared some of their own students.

My latest piece is about that encounter and a question schools refuse to confront: How many children are we willing to sacrifice trying to “save” one?

Some Kids Are Bad. Out now on Chalkboard Heresy.

Read free through the link in my bio or the replies. Thank you for reading and supporting my work.

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@SciInTheMaking @oliviajune82 You didn’t even read the article… You are basing all your assertions on a cover image featuring a recreation of the student in the story.

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@Sabina1us

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Some people are offended I used a picture of a menacing Black kid on the original cover picture— as accurately described in the true story— so here’s an update version where we pretend he was a nice Japanese boy living in the hood.

Hope this makes everyone more comfortable and spares me accusations of “racism”.

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

“There are no bad kids.”

I heard it throughout my teaching career, often to thunderous applause from teachers who privately feared some of their own students.

My latest piece is about that encounter and a question schools refuse to confront: How many children are we willing to sacrifice trying to “save” one?

Some Kids Are Bad. Out now on Chalkboard Heresy.

Read free through the link in my bio or the replies. Thank you for reading and supporting my work.

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@bugsizedd A black kid?! Omg! Next time I’ll use a Chinese kid.

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Arguing that kicking serial delinquents out of school is “fascism” is ironically going to produce the material conditions that gives rise to actual fascism.

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“Your joke isn’t even accurate! It was some dumbass white ginger! Apologize to the Hispanic people— that haircut is everything to them!”

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After years teaching in the hood, I know exactly what dumbass face goes with that voice behind the camera.

[RT @RT_com]

‘MY LIFE IS HARD AS IT IS, I DON’T NEED THIS CRAP!’ — Grocery store worker SNAPS at clout-chasing kids

Teens tried to apologize to the man with four kids and a mortgage, but it didn’t look sincere to him

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@oliviajune82 This is the attitude that helped get us to where we are. I’m describing reality, and being told it’s “problematic”.

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The kid in the story (Martel) was a dark skinned black child who— if you read the piece— I describe giving me this exact smile.

You are calling an accurate description of reality “messed up and gross” due to projection.

[Olivia Mullins @oliviajune82]

No. Don't use a dark skinned black child with a menacing expression and this headline. This is messed up and gross.

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@Jack21421 Thankfully it’s not many, but even a handful can cause unparalleled harm.

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Read here ➡️https://t.co/1eI1itdPx9

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The point is they’re going to be a social problem regardless, but we can’t have schools bear that burden.

There are lots of options, but we’re too scared to do what it takes. I’d have some of these kids forcibly conscripted and serving on American bases nationwide. Beats gang banging and jail. Probably cheaper too.

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

“There are no bad kids.”

I heard it throughout my teaching career, often to thunderous applause from teachers who privately feared some of their own students.

My latest piece is about that encounter and a question schools refuse to confront: How many children are we willing to sacrifice trying to “save” one?

Some Kids Are Bad. Out now on Chalkboard Heresy.

Read free through the link in my bio or the replies. Thank you for reading and supporting my work.

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@captive_dreamer Bro don’t even joke about that. Tuck’e got HIV now that isn’t responding to that medication on TV showing + gay dudes enjoying life with no detectable viral loads.

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@tetheredtoed1 @VinceBoley Why?

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@oliviajune82 @VinceBoley Why is it messed up? The kid in my story was black…

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@Hilakestrout More common than you’d think

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

“There are no bad kids.”

I heard it throughout my teaching career, often to thunderous applause from teachers who privately feared some of their own students.

My latest piece is about that encounter and a question schools refuse to confront: How many children are we willing to sacrifice trying to “save” one?

Some Kids Are Bad. Out now on Chalkboard Heresy.

Read free through the link in my bio or the replies. Thank you for reading and supporting my work.

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

@gettnhigh

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@realitysuckshuh