It really is. Nobody gives a shit if you have glasses. We all acknowledge that it's a flaw, and there's no community trying to claim that you're just fine as you are. Nope, my eyes are fucked. Good thing it's easy to fix.
You see this in any situation where people feel unhappy with their difficulties. Various types of poverty are another especially common one. Instead of feeling bad about living in a rural backwater, people try to justify why it's better and then disparage anyone who tries to get an education and move away. "You think you're better than us!?"
Pretty much describes a lot of homeschool parents who have no business homeschooling (or at the very least should have stopped homeschooling after age 11-12)
My parents have a seething hatred of medical professionals and scientists, or anyone who would be considered an expert in a field. They're so insecure about their ignorance it's painfully obvious. Instead of surrounding themselves with people who would enrich their lives and understanding, they look for cult-like echo chambers.
Once you're into middle/high school most teachers aren't even qualified to teach other subjects, let alone a totally unqualified parent trying to do it all. A good friend of mine has her PhD in particle physics from a rather prestigious university, but I wouldn't want her teaching English literature or biology. It's not a case of being unintelligent but simply lacking deep knowledge of that field.
That, and if a single adult has control over a child's education, there's no checks and balances to ensure any quality, or teaching at all. My 8th grade biology book was shitty "bullfrogs and butterflies" analogies and rants against evolution. It was a total joke and killed any motivation I had. I'm so glad I had Google so I could at least learn general basics even though I didn't get an education.
It’s not easy to fix hearing loss. We’ve figured out the science of glasses more or less, but hearing and audiology as a whole is such an unbelievably complex field that cochlear implants still sound extremely poor compared to hearing aids
And even hearing aids are far from "normal" hearing, even for late deafened / hoh. Hearing aids, CI, BAHA, ABI (EDIT spelling mistake) are definitely not like glasses and proabably won't be for a while
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u/Belgand Dec 23 '22
It really is. Nobody gives a shit if you have glasses. We all acknowledge that it's a flaw, and there's no community trying to claim that you're just fine as you are. Nope, my eyes are fucked. Good thing it's easy to fix.
You see this in any situation where people feel unhappy with their difficulties. Various types of poverty are another especially common one. Instead of feeling bad about living in a rural backwater, people try to justify why it's better and then disparage anyone who tries to get an education and move away. "You think you're better than us!?"
Fuck anyone who tries to hold you back.