GDS high school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And it’s all the truth. Believe every bit of it.

Yeah, it's so "true" that no one in this thread can name the specific contrary opinions that are supposedly being reported to the DEI office.

There was one just a few weeks ago. A long standing teacher reading a very famous author who wrote some charged words in his work. Boom. Teacher turned into DEI office by the form submitted anonymously by a hs student. Forced to ritually self immolate

He read the passage out loud in a book the academic department had assigned. Yes the passage contained a word that is considered deeply offensive in 2024. The teacher even warned the class before he read it.

And yet, teacher was reported. The administrative state began its investigation. Called the teacher in. An apology was forced to be sent in writing to the entire class by the teacher. That apology was sent around the school.

This happens frequently. God forbid you say “slave” in a class about slavery instead of “enslaved person”. You know the form will be used. And the kid who said slave in proper historic context will be called in.

To be clear, there are a very small number of kids who do this. But they are around. And everyone knows them. And the entire DEI apparatus at the school serves to empower these 1-2 kids per classroom

This is horrifying, if true.
I am a professor who is considering applying DC to GDS, and I will ask about this. This twisted McCarthyism hinders the development of intellectually competent college students. Why is GDS encouraging students to be so fragile? If GDS DEI seriously believes that teaching literature that contains uncomfortable words and ideas is "harmful" and "traumatic," the school needs to contemplate what its educational purpose actually is.
I both pity and loathe students who come to college thinking that "justice" means refusing to be exposed to history.
What is the educational background and training of the DEI staff?

Why are you horrified? Many colleges are similar. In fact the DEI craziness started at the college level.

I am appalled by what is happening on college campuses for sure. The big difference is that college faculty, especially tenured faculty, have protections and in no way would have to send out letters of apology for pedagogy that is appropriate for course content. If the teacher in question at GDS is a long-time teacher, supposedly GDS kept this person because of good teaching. The fact that the GDS DEI office is allowing a 16-year old to dictate what is appropriate or not over a veteran teacher and then forces a performative apology from that teacher displays questionable priorities at GDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And it’s all the truth. Believe every bit of it.

Yeah, it's so "true" that no one in this thread can name the specific contrary opinions that are supposedly being reported to the DEI office.

There was one just a few weeks ago. A long standing teacher reading a very famous author who wrote some charged words in his work. Boom. Teacher turned into DEI office by the form submitted anonymously by a hs student. Forced to ritually self immolate

He read the passage out loud in a book the academic department had assigned. Yes the passage contained a word that is considered deeply offensive in 2024. The teacher even warned the class before he read it.

And yet, teacher was reported. The administrative state began its investigation. Called the teacher in. An apology was forced to be sent in writing to the entire class by the teacher. That apology was sent around the school.

This happens frequently. God forbid you say “slave” in a class about slavery instead of “enslaved person”. You know the form will be used. And the kid who said slave in proper historic context will be called in.

To be clear, there are a very small number of kids who do this. But they are around. And everyone knows them. And the entire DEI apparatus at the school serves to empower these 1-2 kids per classroom

This is horrifying, if true.
I am a professor who is considering applying DC to GDS, and I will ask about this. This twisted McCarthyism hinders the development of intellectually competent college students. Why is GDS encouraging students to be so fragile? If GDS DEI seriously believes that teaching literature that contains uncomfortable words and ideas is "harmful" and "traumatic," the school needs to contemplate what its educational purpose actually is.
I both pity and loathe students who come to college thinking that "justice" means refusing to be exposed to history.
What is the educational background and training of the DEI staff?

Why are you horrified? Many colleges are similar. In fact the DEI craziness started at the college level.

I am appalled by what is happening on college campuses for sure. The big difference is that college faculty, especially tenured faculty, have protections and in no way would have to send out letters of apology for pedagogy that is appropriate for course content. If the teacher in question at GDS is a long-time teacher, supposedly GDS kept this person because of good teaching. The fact that the GDS DEI office is allowing a 16-year old to dictate what is appropriate or not over a veteran teacher and then forces a performative apology from that teacher displays questionable priorities at GDS.

Point taken. How old is your child anyway? Unless you are rolling in money I would not bother applying for kindergarten. The true strength of GDS is its high school. You can do elementary school anywhere, even public. And the DEI insanity is easier to stomach if you have to deal with it only for a few years. K-12 becomes too much time at GDS in so many ways. You can thank me later

[Anonymous]

Because getting admitted to GDS in 9th grade is just so easy, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And it’s all the truth. Believe every bit of it.

Yeah, it's so "true" that no one in this thread can name the specific contrary opinions that are supposedly being reported to the DEI office.

There was one just a few weeks ago. A long standing teacher reading a very famous author who wrote some charged words in his work. Boom. Teacher turned into DEI office by the form submitted anonymously by a hs student. Forced to ritually self immolate

He read the passage out loud in a book the academic department had assigned. Yes the passage contained a word that is considered deeply offensive in 2024. The teacher even warned the class before he read it.

And yet, teacher was reported. The administrative state began its investigation. Called the teacher in. An apology was forced to be sent in writing to the entire class by the teacher. That apology was sent around the school.

This happens frequently. God forbid you say “slave” in a class about slavery instead of “enslaved person”. You know the form will be used. And the kid who said slave in proper historic context will be called in.

To be clear, there are a very small number of kids who do this. But they are around. And everyone knows them. And the entire DEI apparatus at the school serves to empower these 1-2 kids per classroom

This is horrifying, if true.
I am a professor who is considering applying DC to GDS, and I will ask about this. This twisted McCarthyism hinders the development of intellectually competent college students. Why is GDS encouraging students to be so fragile? If GDS DEI seriously believes that teaching literature that contains uncomfortable words and ideas is "harmful" and "traumatic," the school needs to contemplate what its educational purpose actually is.
I both pity and loathe students who come to college thinking that "justice" means refusing to be exposed to history.
What is the educational background and training of the DEI staff?

Why are you horrified? Many colleges are similar. In fact the DEI craziness started at the college level.

I am appalled by what is happening on college campuses for sure. The big difference is that college faculty, especially tenured faculty, have protections and in no way would have to send out letters of apology for pedagogy that is appropriate for course content. If the teacher in question at GDS is a long-time teacher, supposedly GDS kept this person because of good teaching. The fact that the GDS DEI office is allowing a 16-year old to dictate what is appropriate or not over a veteran teacher and then forces a performative apology from that teacher displays questionable priorities at GDS.

You’re actually quite wrong. The anonymous form followed by investigation followed by self-immolation is actually a thing at least a few universities. One of which I’m tenured at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And it’s all the truth. Believe every bit of it.

Yeah, it's so "true" that no one in this thread can name the specific contrary opinions that are supposedly being reported to the DEI office.

There was one just a few weeks ago. A long standing teacher reading a very famous author who wrote some charged words in his work. Boom. Teacher turned into DEI office by the form submitted anonymously by a hs student. Forced to ritually self immolate

He read the passage out loud in a book the academic department had assigned. Yes the passage contained a word that is considered deeply offensive in 2024. The teacher even warned the class before he read it.

And yet, teacher was reported. The administrative state began its investigation. Called the teacher in. An apology was forced to be sent in writing to the entire class by the teacher. That apology was sent around the school.

This happens frequently. God forbid you say “slave” in a class about slavery instead of “enslaved person”. You know the form will be used. And the kid who said slave in proper historic context will be called in.

To be clear, there are a very small number of kids who do this. But they are around. And everyone knows them. And the entire DEI apparatus at the school serves to empower these 1-2 kids per classroom

This is horrifying, if true.
I am a professor who is considering applying DC to GDS, and I will ask about this. This twisted McCarthyism hinders the development of intellectually competent college students. Why is GDS encouraging students to be so fragile? If GDS DEI seriously believes that teaching literature that contains uncomfortable words and ideas is "harmful" and "traumatic," the school needs to contemplate what its educational purpose actually is.
I both pity and loathe students who come to college thinking that "justice" means refusing to be exposed to history.
What is the educational background and training of the DEI staff?

Why are you horrified? Many colleges are similar. In fact the DEI craziness started at the college level.

I am appalled by what is happening on college campuses for sure. The big difference is that college faculty, especially tenured faculty, have protections and in no way would have to send out letters of apology for pedagogy that is appropriate for course content. If the teacher in question at GDS is a long-time teacher, supposedly GDS kept this person because of good teaching. The fact that the GDS DEI office is allowing a 16-year old to dictate what is appropriate or not over a veteran teacher and then forces a performative apology from that teacher displays questionable priorities at GDS.

You’re actually quite wrong. The anonymous form followed by investigation followed by self-immolation is actually a thing at least a few universities. One of which I’m tenured at.

I have not seen that at my R1 university, at which I am also tenured. Many universities have the anonymous form followed by an investigation, but I have not heard of the required apology to the student body. At which university is this happening to tenured faculty? There is obviously the case at Hamline, but the faculty member was adjunct -- and the fallout for the university has been disastrous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And it’s all the truth. Believe every bit of it.

Yeah, it's so "true" that no one in this thread can name the specific contrary opinions that are supposedly being reported to the DEI office.

There was one just a few weeks ago. A long standing teacher reading a very famous author who wrote some charged words in his work. Boom. Teacher turned into DEI office by the form submitted anonymously by a hs student. Forced to ritually self immolate

He read the passage out loud in a book the academic department had assigned. Yes the passage contained a word that is considered deeply offensive in 2024. The teacher even warned the class before he read it.

And yet, teacher was reported. The administrative state began its investigation. Called the teacher in. An apology was forced to be sent in writing to the entire class by the teacher. That apology was sent around the school.

This happens frequently. God forbid you say “slave” in a class about slavery instead of “enslaved person”. You know the form will be used. And the kid who said slave in proper historic context will be called in.

To be clear, there are a very small number of kids who do this. But they are around. And everyone knows them. And the entire DEI apparatus at the school serves to empower these 1-2 kids per classroom

Was the word the teacher said slave or the n-word?

Yes, same question here. I can understand getting in trouble for the n word. I did not know that folks were not allowed to say slave, especially when quoting from a text, especially with a warning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This post reeks of racist gaslighting.

Whenever there is poor performance and a lack of merit, cry racism!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post reeks of racist gaslighting.

Whenever there is poor performance and a lack of merit, cry racism!

Whenever there is racism, cry about the victim being too sensitive, and lie about their lack of talent and subpar performance.

Wish denial would stop being a thing with the privileged among us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because getting admitted to GDS in 9th grade is just so easy, right?

It is not easy but is it the end of the world if your kid doesn’t get in? Not really. At the end of the day, there are many good high school options in the DC area, both public and private

[Anonymous]

Talked to my GDS high schooler about what I saw in this thread.

Their summary -

The HS principal and her top couple of admins are atrocious. Aloof, not present at many student events, “always traveling to conferences” according to a teacher. The prior HS head was much better on this front. What happened to her BTW?

yes, DEI still is involved the student disciplinary process (including for non DEI discipline issues). The entire framing of discipline actions is around DEI framework. Even for things that have nothing to do w DEI.

Yes, most assemblies are now DEI (down from 100 percent last two years. Now maybe 75 percent). Progress!!!

Yes, many students and teachers are guarded in classroom discussions around political events or historic events for fear of saying something that will be turned into DEI office on an anonymous form

The DEI office is very exclusionary. They do zero to support Jewish, Indian, Asian kids. Until this year no events etc. now a bare few. Even the office itself which is a defacto hang out for 10-15 kids between classes and gives off an unwelcome vibe for non black kids who want to go ask a question in there of the admin.

And finally, the vast majority of kids my kid knows hate this performative stupidity. It’s GDS after all. You aren’t here unless you buy into the mission. It will never be Gt Prep. But for god sake, the admin and school have shoved this so far down kid throats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talked to my GDS high schooler about what I saw in this thread.

Their summary -

The HS principal and her top couple of admins are atrocious. Aloof, not present at many student events, “always traveling to conferences” according to a teacher. The prior HS head was much better on this front. What happened to her BTW?

yes, DEI still is involved the student disciplinary process (including for non DEI discipline issues). The entire framing of discipline actions is around DEI framework. Even for things that have nothing to do w DEI.

Yes, most assemblies are now DEI (down from 100 percent last two years. Now maybe 75 percent). Progress!!!

Yes, many students and teachers are guarded in classroom discussions around political events or historic events for fear of saying something that will be turned into DEI office on an anonymous form

The DEI office is very exclusionary. They do zero to support Jewish, Indian, Asian kids. Until this year no events etc. now a bare few. Even the office itself which is a defacto hang out for 10-15 kids between classes and gives off an unwelcome vibe for non black kids who want to go ask a question in there of the admin.

And finally, the vast majority of kids my kid knows hate this performative stupidity. It’s GDS after all. You aren’t here unless you buy into the mission. It will never be Gt Prep. But for god sake, the admin and school have shoved this so far down kid throats.

Many are there for the name, not the mission. And what is the mission nowadays? Wasn’t part of the reason the school was founded to have a private school where Jews were welcome? How far has the school strayed from its mission?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a hellscape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And it’s all the truth. Believe every bit of it.

Yeah, it's so "true" that no one in this thread can name the specific contrary opinions that are supposedly being reported to the DEI office.

There was one just a few weeks ago. A long standing teacher reading a very famous author who wrote some charged words in his work. Boom. Teacher turned into DEI office by the form submitted anonymously by a hs student. Forced to ritually self immolate

He read the passage out loud in a book the academic department had assigned. Yes the passage contained a word that is considered deeply offensive in 2024. The teacher even warned the class before he read it.

And yet, teacher was reported. The administrative state began its investigation. Called the teacher in. An apology was forced to be sent in writing to the entire class by the teacher. That apology was sent around the school.

This happens frequently. God forbid you say “slave” in a class about slavery instead of “enslaved person”. You know the form will be used. And the kid who said slave in proper historic context will be called in.

To be clear, there are a very small number of kids who do this. But they are around. And everyone knows them. And the entire DEI apparatus at the school serves to empower these 1-2 kids per classroom

This is horrifying, if true.
I am a professor who is considering applying DC to GDS, and I will ask about this. This twisted McCarthyism hinders the development of intellectually competent college students. Why is GDS encouraging students to be so fragile? If GDS DEI seriously believes that teaching literature that contains uncomfortable words and ideas is "harmful" and "traumatic," the school needs to contemplate what its educational purpose actually is.
I both pity and loathe students who come to college thinking that "justice" means refusing to be exposed to history.
What is the educational background and training of the DEI staff?

Why are you horrified? Many colleges are similar. In fact the DEI craziness started at the college level.

I am appalled by what is happening on college campuses for sure. The big difference is that college faculty, especially tenured faculty, have protections and in no way would have to send out letters of apology for pedagogy that is appropriate for course content. If the teacher in question at GDS is a long-time teacher, supposedly GDS kept this person because of good teaching. The fact that the GDS DEI office is allowing a 16-year old to dictate what is appropriate or not over a veteran teacher and then forces a performative apology from that teacher displays questionable priorities at GDS.

You’re actually quite wrong. The anonymous form followed by investigation followed by self-immolation is actually a thing at least a few universities. One of which I’m tenured at.

I have not seen that at my R1 university, at which I am also tenured. Many universities have the anonymous form followed by an investigation, but I have not heard of the required apology to the student body. At which university is this happening to tenured faculty? There is obviously the case at Hamline, but the faculty member was adjunct -- and the fallout for the university has been disastrous.

There’s always the apology to the class, but then there’s often the lateral out move, because the investigation itself is so awful. If you knew how things were, you wouldn’t ask what university, because if you know what’s going on, you know good and well that it’s best to fly below the radar.

[Anonymous]

Does any other GDS parent remember the very obvious DEI hire to teach chemistry 2 years ago at HS level? The teacher was so wholly unqualified to teach the subject matter that they had to let him go mid-way through the year.

I'm genuinely not picking on this but it was yet another self-inflicted wound. At least they fixed it - though it took nearly full school year to counsel the guy out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And it’s all the truth. Believe every bit of it.

Yeah, it's so "true" that no one in this thread can name the specific contrary opinions that are supposedly being reported to the DEI office.

There was one just a few weeks ago. A long standing teacher reading a very famous author who wrote some charged words in his work. Boom. Teacher turned into DEI office by the form submitted anonymously by a hs student. Forced to ritually self immolate

He read the passage out loud in a book the academic department had assigned. Yes the passage contained a word that is considered deeply offensive in 2024. The teacher even warned the class before he read it.

And yet, teacher was reported. The administrative state began its investigation. Called the teacher in. An apology was forced to be sent in writing to the entire class by the teacher. That apology was sent around the school.

This happens frequently. God forbid you say “slave” in a class about slavery instead of “enslaved person”. You know the form will be used. And the kid who said slave in proper historic context will be called in.

To be clear, there are a very small number of kids who do this. But they are around. And everyone knows them. And the entire DEI apparatus at the school serves to empower these 1-2 kids per classroom

This is horrifying, if true.
I am a professor who is considering applying DC to GDS, and I will ask about this. This twisted McCarthyism hinders the development of intellectually competent college students. Why is GDS encouraging students to be so fragile? If GDS DEI seriously believes that teaching literature that contains uncomfortable words and ideas is "harmful" and "traumatic," the school needs to contemplate what its educational purpose actually is.
I both pity and loathe students who come to college thinking that "justice" means refusing to be exposed to history.
What is the educational background and training of the DEI staff?

Why are you horrified? Many colleges are similar. In fact the DEI craziness started at the college level.

I am appalled by what is happening on college campuses for sure. The big difference is that college faculty, especially tenured faculty, have protections and in no way would have to send out letters of apology for pedagogy that is appropriate for course content. If the teacher in question at GDS is a long-time teacher, supposedly GDS kept this person because of good teaching. The fact that the GDS DEI office is allowing a 16-year old to dictate what is appropriate or not over a veteran teacher and then forces a performative apology from that teacher displays questionable priorities at GDS.

You’re actually quite wrong. The anonymous form followed by investigation followed by self-immolation is actually a thing at least a few universities. One of which I’m tenured at.

I have not seen that at my R1 university, at which I am also tenured. Many universities have the anonymous form followed by an investigation, but I have not heard of the required apology to the student body. At which university is this happening to tenured faculty? There is obviously the case at Hamline, but the faculty member was adjunct -- and the fallout for the university has been disastrous.

There’s always the apology to the class, but then there’s often the lateral out move, because the investigation itself is so awful. If you knew how things were, you wouldn’t ask what university, because if you know what’s going on, you know good and well that it’s best to fly below the radar.

The GDS thing mentioned drove a required apology to that teacher's classroom. That apology was then screenshotted and sent around the school with some very mocking messages about the HS principal forcing this 20+ year GDS student to apologize like a little kid.