Alright, I’m compiled a list of stuff from Deltarune that hints at Kris’ personality. I’ve tried to keep to the more concrete stuff and not tried to get too speculative about it.
I’m not sure I got everything, but check below the Read More for the list.
With all the greyhound adoption stuff going around I would like to remind everyone that greyhounds aren’t necessarily “easy” “dogs”
Like they can certainly be a great first time dog if you understand them, but greyhounds aren’t the same as, say, a retriever
They’re sensitive and their body language is weird and their peak performance looks different than a lot of other dogs (they have a tendency to look malnourished to non-greyhound people bc of their deep chest, high tuck, lean muscle and dolichocephaly)
So what I’m saying is if you want to adopt a greyhound that’s amazing!! But please please please take the time to research them and their needs properly before you do, and make sure you aren’t accidentally spreading misinformation
What y’all think ‘gifted child’ discourse is saying: I used to be special and now I’m not and that makes me sad.
What ‘gifted child’ discourse is ACTUALLY saying: The way many educational systems treat children who’ve been identified as ‘gifted’ is actively harmful in that it a. obliges kids to give up socialising with their same-age peers in favour of constantly courting the approval of adult ‘mentors’ who mostly don’t give a shit about them, b. demands that they tie their entire identity to a set of standards that’snot merely unsustainable, but intentionally so, because its unstated purpose is to weed out the ‘unworthy’ rather than to provide useful goals for self-improvement, and c. denies them opportunities to learn useful life skills in favour of training them up in an excruciatingly narrow academic skill-set that’s basically useless outside of an institutional career path that the vast majority of them will never be allowed to pursue.
d. A child has been treated as overly intelligent the entirety of their younger educational years and thus fails to learn any skills that will assist them in studying so their grades nosedive upon entering high school, inevitably leading to everyone being disappointed in them and a child who doesn’t understand how to ask for assistance or learn the basic skillsets their peers have because their teachers and parents thought they didn’t need it and now they’re fucked.
What y’all think ‘gifted child’ discourse is saying: I used to be special and now I’m not and that makes me sad.
What ‘gifted child’ discourse is ACTUALLY saying: The way many educational systems treat children who’ve been identified as ‘gifted’ is actively harmful in that it a. obliges kids to give up socialising with their same-age peers in favour of constantly courting the approval of adult ‘mentors’ who mostly don’t give a shit about them, b. demands that they tie their entire identity to a set of standards that’snot merely unsustainable, but intentionally so, because its unstated purpose is to weed out the ‘unworthy’ rather than to provide useful goals for self-improvement, and c. denies them opportunities to learn useful life skills in favour of training them up in an excruciatingly narrow academic skill-set that’s basically useless outside of an institutional career path that the vast majority of them will never be allowed to pursue.
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