r/SipsTea 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! College scammed them

Post image
114.4k Upvotes

2.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

7.5k

u/viggicat531 1d ago

I sure hope they are not working for that same college....

3.6k

u/1amDepressed 1d ago

No, but they’re 5th grade teachers which is worse IMO https://people.com/where-are-abby-brittany-hensel-now-8768309

3.2k

u/Initial-Kangaroo-534 1d ago

Oh that seems like probably the hardest job to have with that particular condition. Imagine having to explain to a new group of 10-year-olds every year why you have a conjoined twin. And I’m sure there are kids who say not nice things about them.

54

u/Cube_ 1d ago

On the other hand it gives them the opportunity to expose kids growing up to differently abled people and helps to guide them on understanding that and having important questions answered in their formative years.

I would imagine it's easier to not be judgmental about different people if you're exposed to them early on and have that curiosity explored in a healthy way.

34

u/BlancaBunkerBoi 1d ago

This is real. If I’m a 5th grader and one of my teachers is two people, just about any other kind of human condition would become less polarizing/abnormal to me. “Why’s ____ weird? One of my teachers literally had two heads.”

17

u/TheDamDog 1d ago

My memories of 5th grade are fairly distant, but from what I can recall, I'd guess those kids are probably dying to get into her class.

4

u/DamageBooster 1d ago

I must correct your pronoun use to "they", but in a different sense than usually done. :)

1

u/lchristaylor 1d ago

Highly underrated comment right here!

3

u/feetflatontheground 1d ago

Or "Two of my teachers literally had one body."

6

u/Factorybelt 1d ago

I agree. It would have multiplied my empathy if I had them as grade school teachers.

3

u/Fomulouscrunch 1d ago

Yup. Good neighbor friend was deaf, another one had half an arm due to a car crash, another (while this isn't a disability) had a big, textured portwine birthmark over most of her face. Everybody's normal after the first time--and it sticks with you that those things and plenty of other things are normal and fine.

2

u/cutepiku 1d ago

I've seen a few interviews and the one sister in particular (can't remember which is which, sorry) seems to be quite sassy. They've probably heard it all before and by this point, nothing a kid says will effect them long term. They've made it this far already.

1

u/FAVABEANS28 1d ago

True that.

1

u/EuphoricPhoto2048 7h ago

There's video of them teaching. They are really good at their job (former teacher, I recognized their skills immediately); I am sure the kids are annoying sometimes, but kids will be annoying if you wear a new purple top.