Back To School: Shooting Down High Prices.
Learn how to go from dystopia to missed-topia with the right gear.
As a kid, I lived for summer vacation. When August rolled around, anxiety would bubble up in my belly as those precious months of freedom neared their end. I dreaded the oppressive routine of school—the bland cafeteria food, the too-early wake up calls, the mind-numbing lessons. I thought I had it bad.
As a grown-ass man, a new back-to-school anxiety emerged as I witnessed bulletproof backpacks advertised on YouTube. This dystopian nightmare is our reality today, not some far-off fiction. Children now gear up in Kevlar for basic education.
I yearn to return to those carefree summers of old, where the worst part of September was facing a pop quiz or squash in the lunch line. But today, we armor up for math class and normalize violence against students.
We owe children an education free of fear, where the school bell rings not for an active shooter drill, but for recess and engaging lessons. Kids deserve so much better.
This week I’ll be commuting in the janky time machine to where back-to-school isn’t as dire as our current primeline.
I graduated high school in 1993, and within 2 years, my old high school had metal detectors for all students to walk through. I think I only just barely missed this new era.
Agree with all your copy - so hard to believe that student BTSchool anxiety is going into PTSD territory. As will all things guessing the rich kids got all the "good" Personal Day-Armor while the poor kids become the new "cannon fodder" of the education system.
*NB* Up front though, I admit I panicked - I was thinking "no, no, no ... he DIDn't...but then I'm like: this is Dré....he wouldn't" ! : 0. And you didn't - whew - but the notion of DF inherent improv humour is tricky on this topic for me not to react like that. Climate change and livable cities seem like fair play, but topics like this one, or say abortion, seem like a "go in with super-caution goggles on" which might effect the work in its attempt to mitigate a negative affect...
** I wonder if ** within the design fiction piece itself - there could be like one of those "legal" disclaimers at the bottom (visible enough to easily read) and it expresses the "regret and sentiments like the copy here; AND for every personal armor product purchased - we'll donate X ________ to [victims funds or preventative outreach initiatives] for ________, [anti bullying, mental health for victims and perpetrators]" ...perhaps...please consider the mod. or please guide me on this territory for DF best practices...?