Youngkin to launch tip line for parents to complain about teachers

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I’m reporting the Governor. He’s divisive.

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I'm so glad the internet is forever all those threads of Glenn Youngkin being a moderate well meaning education first governor. Some of you should be very glad this site is anonymous bc my god this is some autocratic nonsense that will have zero positive impacts on education.

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Anonymous wrote:Good God, this is what authoritarian regimes do! I suggest we send complimentary emails about our kids’ teachers.

This is always a good idea. The schools only hear complaints 90 percent of the time. Positive feedback is great learning tool for students and it it is pretty good for everyone else as well.

Let’s go! Tip line email:
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There are now form complaints to rat out schools reciting the pledge of allegiance and forcing those that don't believe to conform or feel excluded.

Yes, there are organizations that will assist you in filing a complaint for illegally and unconstitutionally attempting to force all children into saying the pledge, or sending them to principal's office, or otherwise punishing/retaliating against them should they elect to non-disruptively not participate.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad the internet is forever all those threads of Glenn Youngkin being a moderate well meaning education first governor. Some of you should be very glad this site is anonymous bc my god this is some autocratic nonsense that will have zero positive impacts on education.

This is just a stepping stone for youngkin. I am waiting for trump to see him as a threat and turns on him.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s so interesting to at Youngkin ran on raising teacher salaries and improving teacher work conditions but then one of his first acts as governor is to set up a tip line for people to report teachers.

Management 101, remove the toxic and non performers to avoid pulling down the other teachers

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I don't support Trump, Youngking, the republicans, or any of this nonsense. HOWEVER, a very small part of this backlash from the conservatives can likely stem from this precise feeling that they have been excluded, that their beliefs have been excluded. We practice "inclusion by exclusion" - forbidding any religious symbols or talk of Jesus at "holiday" time; "winter break" and "happy holidays." Recognizing other holiday traditions and calling them by name, but prohibiting "Christmas" or talking of "God." It's fine for any secular non-Christian to celebrate Christmas; but a practicing Christian can't wish someone a "Merry Christmas." The Christian has to be cognizant of "Happy Hanukah" and Kwanza and Diwali and Ramadan, and whatever; but is anyone obligated to remember and acknowledge Christmas or other Christian holy days?

If we're going to be inclusive, we can't do it by exclusion.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT????
Literally none of this happens.

Yes, it does. It's "offensive" or "insensitive" to wish someone a merry christmas who is Jewish or Muslim or agnostic. The Christian well-wisher has to somehow know what the other person's beliefs are or just say "happy holidays." There are no "Christmas" songs or Christmas pageants in schools anymore. But there are various acknowledgments and celebrations of other cultural holidays and traditions, and secularization and commercialization of Christmas with lots of "Santa" stuff is perfectly fine.

Here's another take on this that I urge you to consider:
-We used to call something Christmas break, now we call it winter break. So? It's still scheduled pretty squarely around Christmas and doesn't interfere with you celebrating. Calling it Winter break is a little more representative of everyone. Also note... if the school has a teacher workday that falls on Eid, they also don't call it an 'Eid break'. Nobody is getting something that Christians aren't here.

-Yes, schools and teachers aren't allowed to push religious symbols or proselytize. So? They're also not allowed to encourage the kids to face Mecca and pray daily, nor are they allowed to tell the kids that God/Jesus aren't real. They are supposed to take a neutral position on religion - ie, leave it all for home. So yeah, no Christmas pagents, but don't worry, you also won't be seeing a hannukah, diwali, ramadan, or kwanza pagent either.

-It's more inclusive to say happy holidays (and thus, encouraged), but 'merry christmas' still gets said all the time and for those of us who aren't christian or don't celebrate, we get it. We're not mad if you accidentally say merry christmas to us, but it is nice to hear 'happy holidays' instead. I guess I'd encourage you to think about it this way - if you're upset that someone might tell you "happy holidays" instead of "merry christmas", how might you feel if everyone in december greeted you with "Happy Ramadan!" instead? Just remember - schools aren't trying to enforce a ban on 'merry christmas'.

I think you're right, that conservatives definitely feel like their beliefs are being excluded and everyone else is getting something they aren't, but to those of us who aren't Christian, realize that to us it seems like a simple balancing of the scales. The problem is that for so long, Christians have gotten to do things (like prostelytize in school) that other religions haven't gotten, that when it goes away it feels like you're being oppressed. But nobody's trying to take your religion away from you, we're just trying to have an environment where *we* don't have to participate in your religion if that's not our thing.

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Anonymous wrote:What's the prob? You can whistleblow at work and teachers are working for tax payers. This should be standard

HAHAHA no.

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Anonymous wrote:Any time some republican tries to set up hotlines like this they get flooded with hilarious trolls.

That's a crime

Boo hoo.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I hope everyone that voted for him "for education" likes what they are getting. Policies, culture, and practice that will push out high quality dedicated teachers and stress the system even more than it is already, if possible.

So how can we hold teachers accountable?

Hmm. This is a hard one… oh, I know! Talk to their principal! I love you So called conservatives. You do know a major tenant is “less government?” And yet here you are with a nanny state.

DP here. Principals don’t care. It’s too much of a legal/HR headache to fire even universally despised teachers.

Change is coming

God, you’re so damn cute. Keep dreaming.

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Anonymous wrote:Good God, this is what authoritarian regimes do! I suggest we send complimentary emails about our kids’ teachers.

This is always a good idea. The schools only hear complaints 90 percent of the time. Positive feedback is great learning tool for students and it it is pretty good for everyone else as well.

Let’s go! Tip line email:
[e-mail]

There are now form complaints to rat out schools reciting the pledge of allegiance and forcing those that don't believe to conform or feel excluded.

I don't support Trump, Youngking, the republicans, or any of this nonsense. HOWEVER, a very small part of this backlash from the conservatives can likely stem from this precise feeling that they have been excluded, that their beliefs have been excluded. We practice "inclusion by exclusion" - forbidding any religious symbols or talk of Jesus at "holiday" time; "winter break" and "happy holidays." Recognizing other holiday traditions and calling them by name, but prohibiting "Christmas" or talking of "God." It's fine for any secular non-Christian to celebrate Christmas; but a practicing Christian can't wish someone a "Merry Christmas." The Christian has to be cognizant of "Happy Hanukah" and Kwanza and Diwali and Ramadan, and whatever; but is anyone obligated to remember and acknowledge Christmas or other Christian holy days?

If we're going to be inclusive, we can't do it by exclusion.

Oh, FFS. No one is telling them they can’t celebrate Christmas or say Merry Christmas. They just can’t demand it be celebrated or said in public school.

Poor, persecuted conservative Christians. How will they EVER recover?

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Won't they be surprised when most complaints turn out to be from woke parents trying to make the schools even woker

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Anonymous wrote:People should prank call…

Agree . These types of snitch attempts ways get flooded with prank calls. This will be a waste if time.

Hopefully the TikTok kids will take care of this nonsense.

Some little genius always writes a code that will automatically call and leave this or that message. They figure out how to mimic what is needed to get the call through, they share the method out in cyberspace, game over.

This will get publicity on reddit and then fake calls will flood out the real calls. The same thing happened in Texas when they set up portals to report abortions

Exactly. They want to hear from the public? They will hear...all day and all night.

People need to start reporting coaches and teachers for leading prayers.

[/b]They already do that[b].

Good. And this email address will make it even easier to do so. Be sure to include the coaches’ full names, folks.

[Anonymous]

I am SO thankful my DS is a junior and we only have one year left of this BS. Can’t imagine having an ES kid right now because all the good teachers are going to leave.

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Anonymous wrote:I am SO thankful my DS is a junior and we only have one year left of this BS. Can’t imagine having an ES kid right now because all the good teachers are going to leave.

+1. Same for my DD.

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Twitter and TikTok have gotten to the hotline.