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llama-3.2-vision

This meme is a humorous commentary on the concept of "land acknowledgement" in educational settings. The text describes a teacher's experience of being asked to acknowledge the land on which their school is located, and the irony of being asked to do so when the school's building is actually a stolen and damaged building. The text also pokes fun at the idea of "land acknowledgement" being a way to make up for past injustices, but ultimately being ineffective.

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2023-05-10T21:03:34+00:00

tesseract

After a ‘land acknowledgement’ at our school this year, | took one of my students’ water bottles and walked to the front of the class. | then acknowledged that it was their water bottle and in the spirit of reconciliation, | felt it important to acknowledge that it was theirs as that would help heal ‘all of us' for my behaviour. | then placed it on my desk. They looked at me and | asked them what was wrong. They told me they wanted their water bottle back. Apparently the words of acknowledgement without the action of reconciliation (returning of stolen property for example) didn't work for them. A fruitful discussion ensued...