me: *opens mouth* friend: if this is about your bald pajama elf i don't want to hear it me: *closes mouth*

Left:

I want a go home I’m tired

Right:

Don’t Hit ME

You want to know what’s happening? Korea’s education system is literally the most rotten piece of shit to ever exist. 

Let me explain the context of the poster on the left. 

The average time a kid spends in school in the US is 900 to 1000 hours per year, spread between 175-180 days (x)

In 2007 there were mass student protests in Netherlands because they increased the hours spent in school to 1040 hours per year, or 8 hours a day, 130 days a year. (x)

Korean high schools, on the other hand, enact a 3150 policy, 225 days of school with 14 hours a day, or from 8 am to 10 pm (x)

Also due to the private education sector of hagwons and the fierce competition of Korean high schools, basically after school kids go to hagwons, or personal academies, till 2, 3 in the morning, fit in maybe 4, 5 hours of sleep and go back to school. (x)

It was only in 2012 that schools went from having classes on Saturday excluding the first and third Saturday, and it was only in 2007 when they changed from having class every Saturday. (x)

This system is literally the epitome of the factory schooling system which comes as a result of a capitalistic schooling system and it works kids too hard which is one of the reasons Korean school kids are some of the unhappiest of pretty much any OECD country. (x)

For the photo on the right, physical punishment is not fully banned in Korea. 

Since 2011, Seoul, Gyunggido, Gangwondo, and Julla Bukdo have banned the use of direct physical punishment, or basically hitting kids with either tools or physically with their body. That being said that’s basically only about half of South Korea. 

Also, indirect physical punishment such as making kids to planks, make them kneel with their hands up, making them run laps, or of the sort is still fully acceptable in all Korean schools. (x)

Anybody who’s a Korean in a Korean school right now already has experience with getting beat by a teacher and some kids still have to deal with physical punishment by teachers. 

Greenpeace Permanently Damages Nazca Hummingbird
(top: before; bottom: after [damage outlined in red])

The activists entered a restricted area next to the ancient ground markings depicting a hummingbird and laid down letters advocating renewable energy. [x]

"[The drawings] are absolutely fragile. They are black rocks on a white background. You walk there and the footprint is going to last hundreds or thousands of years," Castillo said. "And the line that they have destroyed is the most visible and most recognized of all." [x]

By writing a message in English on a site belonging to a country that has three official languages that aren’t English, the environmental group also managed to come across as thoughtless and ignorant. The message wasn’t meant for the people of Peru, and yet the group still choose to desecrate an ancient monument to transmit it. [x]

Solidarity

Suggestions for the non-black poc who come to our inbox asking what they/their signs should be saying at protests

-Holly

Beautiful

Perhaps the most terrifying instrument ever devised, the sound of the Death whistle has been described as the “scream of 1000 corpses,” and I can’t help but agree. Listening to the instrument, I was immediately reminded of the screams played in haunted houses crossed with the sound of rushing winds. Records and archaeological evidence indicate the instrument may have been used in ritual sacrifices or funeral ceremonies, though some believe it was a tool for psychological warfare in battle. Engineer Roberto Velázquez Cabrera has made a good deal of information available for English speakers on these singular instruments, and runs an amazing website detailing all sorts of Mexican Aerophones. Functionally, the instrument’s behavior is made clear from its cross section. Air is blown through the tubular mouthpiece, where it generates turbulent noise upon meeting the sharp edge of the primary resonator, the resonator itself generates the harsh tone of the whistle, which is then filtered by the secondary resonator that opens on the bottom of the whistle. By placing their hands around the bottom of the instrument, players can adjust the filtering frequencies, creating the wavering death scream sound. While this truly amazing instrument may be a relic of the past, modern reproductions are available from the Oregon Flute Store for $100. Of course, it’s a bit morbid for a Christmas present, but this seems like an essential tool for an acoustician on Halloween! (News Article by Ancient Origins Original Research and Photo credit Roberto Velazquez Cabrera)

I am looking forward to seeing Selma, the biopic of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., directed by the brilliant award-winning Black woman film director extraordinaire, Ava DuVernay. It will be in theatres on December 25, 2014.

(Trailer/photos via rottentomatoes)

so heres the deal: 

im a mentally ill trans adult who’s failing out of college. if i get kicked out of college or lose my scholarship my parents may kick me out of the house and/or cut me off. either way i’m broke with nowhere to go and need to start preparing for the worst case scenario. (any couches available near baton rouge??) 

what i want: 

a promo. that’s it. 

i just need enough attention circling around me that i can start taking commissions and sell adoptables and shit successfully. i just need to start making SOME profit off my art so when things crash this december i’ll be a little more prepared 

my deviantart is here and my commission prices are here

please please please signal boost this!!!

hey hey!! please help my friend dovet! theyre an absolute sweetheart whose been going through some tough shit so please get this out there

everyone remember that this guy is the main fucking protaginist of this goddamn volleyball anime

Two more lil pixel food commissions I did! Phở and ramen :>

I’m probably gonna be taking these all night ($5-$10 each), possibly into the weekend if you guys are interested. I don’t get paid holidays or sick days, so the holiday season has been pretty rough on me so far.