/lit/ - Literature

>>14804335
Yeah, it was supposed to be the principal speaking with Massimo in an administrative office.

The paragraph with the bit about the fingers between the dialogue was supposed to be the principle being deliberately sarcastic and theatrical, like he was observing the 'little seedling' that grew into Massimo's 'ideas' and 'convictions', judging it to be strange/useless and then throwing it aside.

As for the bit about crazies in education I used to work at a charter school in Cleveland and I have overheard some pretty fucked up conversations, this rant was basically just an exaggeration of some of what I've overheard plus a kind of a comment on some of the negative views people have about teachers. The story is set in a city considered to be one of the worst in Louisiana, where education is already pretty mortifying state-wide so I figured that would make sense in terms of the administration being kind of morally challenged. I do get that the willy juice bit is weird but it just had an angry boomer kind of feel to it.

In terms of the events leading up to this directly, Massimo began working at a sort of 'scam' of a school where the staff and administration are mostly in on a plot to fabricate standardized tests and such in order to boost the ranking/get more money from the state and feds. Massimo was unaware of this coming in and has been attempting to take time to actually teach once he discovered this to try and rebel against this system, and the chewing out by the principal is the end result of this. I tried to base this off of some real life stuff and adapt it a bit (google T.M. Landry Scandal for the school inspo, John Taylor Gatto is a famous educator who had a similar 'revolt' in the schools he taught in).

Thanks for the feedback, if the explanation makes any sense and you think there are things I should change to get my point across better or if it's just shit and I should scrap this I would appreciate if you told me.