APS VA Middle School Science Teachers

[Anonymous]

Please stop telling my kid that the world will reach a tipping point in 7 years and that the world will be dead in 100 years.

Not appropriate and my daughter has been crying all evening.

Seriously, WTF.

[Anonymous]

Whaaaaaat? This is a new one. What did the teacher say? What did your child hear?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whaaaaaat? This is a new one. What did the teacher say? What did your child hear?

A new report from some news source is all I know.

My DC knows we are worried about climate change, but not that it is imminent and a fact that they cannot have a family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please stop telling my kid that the world will reach a tipping point in 7 years and that the world will be dead in 100 years.

Not appropriate and my daughter has been crying all evening.

Seriously, WTF.

Seriously wtf middle school girl drama. 😅

all of us alive today will be dead in 100 yrs so there is that but anyway calm down and be a parent for goodness sakes and let your child have emotions and help her deal with them. Why do you need a stranger in the internet to tell you that?

[Anonymous]

If this were my kid, and they were crying all night over a study, I would find a good psychologist for them to talk to--the kid obviously has some significant anxiety.

I would not turn around and blame an MS science teacher. And then make a headline that references ALL APS MS science teachers.

But then again, this is DCUM. And APS parents. A bad combination if there ever was one.

[Anonymous]

Teacher. Not teachers. Seriously, WTF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whaaaaaat? This is a new one. What did the teacher say? What did your child hear?

A new report from some news source is all I know.

My DC knows we are worried about climate change, but not that it is imminent and a fact that they cannot have a family.

My daughter with anxiety is hearing the same from her Science and Civics teachers - who are trusted adults. Its a frustrating situation. We also are worried about climate change but scaring kids into believing extreme views is not appropriate.

[Anonymous]

It is highly odd to me that neither of you parents with anxious and highly anxious kids bothered to contact the teacher(s) or research the supposed "news report" that you're talking about. Instead you've chosen to let your highly anxious kids spiral deeper into their anxiety. Huh. Interesting approach. No wonder your kids are having problems. Not.

Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please stop telling my kid that the world will reach a tipping point in 7 years and that the world will be dead in 100 years.

Not appropriate and my daughter has been crying all evening.

Seriously, WTF.

I highly doubt a teacher said anything close to that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is highly odd to me that neither of you parents with anxious and highly anxious kids bothered to contact the teacher(s) or research the supposed "news report" that you're talking about. Instead you've chosen to let your highly anxious kids spiral deeper into their anxiety. Huh. Interesting approach. No wonder your kids are having problems. Not.

Sigh.

I hope she doesn't read a report on the Rapture. I keep hearing its coming . . .

[Anonymous]

Don’t get that kid a phone! All kinds of bad news out there. We’re all going to go one day.

[Anonymous]

Why not teach your kid what you believe to be the best approach and mindset about climate change and teach her that others may view it differently, like her science teacher. Different people have different opinions about the extent and the immediacy of the crisis. And that’s OK. It’s part of the complexity of the problem and the limits of our current understanding. Encourage your kid to learn more and try to be a part of the solution. Or, you can just condemn all APS middle school science teachers with your post. That’s an option too. Eyeroll.

[Anonymous]

Your kid prob needs therapy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whaaaaaat? This is a new one. What did the teacher say? What did your child hear?

A new report from some news source is all I know.

My DC knows we are worried about climate change, but not that it is imminent and a fact that they cannot have a family.

My daughter with anxiety is hearing the same from her Science and Civics teachers - who are trusted adults. Its a frustrating situation. We also are worried about climate change but scaring kids into believing extreme views is not appropriate.

They aren’t extreme views. It’s consensus opinion. They need to be taught this in school because obviously their parents will coddle them and avoid the truth. Stop letting your kid use anxiety as a crutch.

[Anonymous]

Parent drama