40% of math curriculum was skipped this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great, so can we agree that school closures are harmful to children? And that spending money on, and providing in-person schooling, is worthwhile?

Life is full of obstacles. Learning to recognize them, and adapt or overcome them is fundamental to life.

The vast majority of our kids will come out of this past year and a half without lasting harm. Some day down the road, most will look back and know they were tough enough to get through it, and use that to get through the next obstacle and the next.

Dealing with obstacles is part of growing and maturing. Some generations have more difficult obstacles to handle. Rather than pointing fingers, let's give our kids the tools to adapt and overcome this one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Great, so can we agree that school closures are harmful to children? And that spending money on, and providing in-person schooling, is worthwhile?

Life is full of obstacles. Learning to recognize them, and adapt or overcome them is fundamental to life.

The vast majority of our kids will come out of this past year and a half without lasting harm. Some day down the road, most will look back and know they were tough enough to get through it, and use that to get through the next obstacle and the next.

Dealing with obstacles is part of growing and maturing. Some generations have more difficult obstacles to handle. Rather than pointing fingers, let's give our kids the tools to adapt and overcome this one.

This, this, this.

Get over it and move on. There was a pandemic. Sounds like things will be back to normal next year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Great, so can we agree that school closures are harmful to children? And that spending money on, and providing in-person schooling, is worthwhile?

Life is full of obstacles. Learning to recognize them, and adapt or overcome them is fundamental to life.

The vast majority of our kids will come out of this past year and a half without lasting harm. Some day down the road, most will look back and know they were tough enough to get through it, and use that to get through the next obstacle and the next.

Dealing with obstacles is part of growing and maturing. Some generations have more difficult obstacles to handle. Rather than pointing fingers, let's give our kids the tools to adapt and overcome this one.

Who is pointing fingers? I literally just said that school closures are harmful to children, and spending money on, and providing in-person schooling, is worthwhile. You seriously can't agree with that? That's an incredibly anti-education stance, and goes counter to the research on the impact of school closures on children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great, so can we agree that school closures are harmful to children? And that spending money on, and providing in-person schooling, is worthwhile?

Life is full of obstacles. Learning to recognize them, and adapt or overcome them is fundamental to life.

The vast majority of our kids will come out of this past year and a half without lasting harm. Some day down the road, most will look back and know they were tough enough to get through it, and use that to get through the next obstacle and the next.

Dealing with obstacles is part of growing and maturing. Some generations have more difficult obstacles to handle. Rather than pointing fingers, let's give our kids the tools to adapt and overcome this one.

This, this, this.

Get over it and move on. There was a pandemic. Sounds like things will be back to normal next year.

Will they though? What about the next pandemic (which is not unlikely in our lifetimes given numerous factors)? We need to think long and hard about whether we want to prioritize education, or not. From this thread, my sense is, no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great, so can we agree that school closures are harmful to children? And that spending money on, and providing in-person schooling, is worthwhile?

Life is full of obstacles. Learning to recognize them, and adapt or overcome them is fundamental to life.

The vast majority of our kids will come out of this past year and a half without lasting harm. Some day down the road, most will look back and know they were tough enough to get through it, and use that to get through the next obstacle and the next.

Dealing with obstacles is part of growing and maturing. Some generations have more difficult obstacles to handle. Rather than pointing fingers, let's give our kids the tools to adapt and overcome this one.

This, this, this.

Get over it and move on. There was a pandemic. Sounds like things will be back to normal next year.

Again, with the black and white thinking and the mental health stigma.

Yes, there was (is) a pandemic. Yes, difficult choices had to be made and many people were impacted. Yes, children are (mostly) resilient (to many things).

All that can be true AND in-person education for children is important and worthwhile. Some might, in fact, consider it one of "the tools to adapt and overcome" the sh*tty hand many kids have been dealt this past year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These talking points about kids being "fine" are not progressive, they are anti-education gaslighting BS.

And the people proclaiming their 2nd grader is ruined for life because of this year are fear mongering hysterics.

Can you quote a post where someone says this? I don’t see that anywhere.

It’s more parents wondering what their kids are missing, and discussing if it will be an issue later on.

You are the one posting hysterical comments, IMO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These talking points about kids being "fine" are not progressive, they are anti-education gaslighting BS.

And the people proclaiming their 2nd grader is ruined for life because of this year are fear mongering hysterics.

Can you quote a post where someone says this? I don’t see that anywhere.

It’s more parents wondering what their kids are missing, and discussing if it will be an issue later on.

You are the one posting hysterical comments, IMO.

Poster already said it was social media. Do your own homework. How is it “hysterical” when all they are doing is quoting real life MCPS parents? We’ve all seen these exact posts all over social media. You’re an idiot, IMO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These talking points about kids being "fine" are not progressive, they are anti-education gaslighting BS.

And the people proclaiming their 2nd grader is ruined for life because of this year are fear mongering hysterics.

Can you quote a post where someone says this? I don’t see that anywhere.

It’s more parents wondering what their kids are missing, and discussing if it will be an issue later on.

You are the one posting hysterical comments, IMO.

Poster already said it was social media. Do your own homework. How is it “hysterical” when all they are doing is quoting real life MCPS parents? We’ve all seen these exact posts all over social media. You’re an idiot, IMO.

Then they should actually quote them you stupid POS, instead of responding that way to somebody who said nothing of the sort.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These talking points about kids being "fine" are not progressive, they are anti-education gaslighting BS.

And the people proclaiming their 2nd grader is ruined for life because of this year are fear mongering hysterics.

Can you quote a post where someone says this? I don’t see that anywhere.

It’s more parents wondering what their kids are missing, and discussing if it will be an issue later on.

You are the one posting hysterical comments, IMO.

Poster already said it was social media. Do your own homework. How is it “hysterical” when all they are doing is quoting real life MCPS parents? We’ve all seen these exact posts all over social media. You’re an idiot, IMO.

DP. And I think you're a disgusting, pathetic loser.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These talking points about kids being "fine" are not progressive, they are anti-education gaslighting BS.

And the people proclaiming their 2nd grader is ruined for life because of this year are fear mongering hysterics.

Can you quote a post where someone says this? I don’t see that anywhere.

It’s more parents wondering what their kids are missing, and discussing if it will be an issue later on.

You are the one posting hysterical comments, IMO.

Poster already said it was social media. Do your own homework. How is it “hysterical” when all they are doing is quoting real life MCPS parents? We’ve all seen these exact posts all over social media. You’re an idiot, IMO.

DP. And I think you're a disgusting, pathetic loser.

EVERYONE! PLEASE! There's no need for these kinds of insults. And it is a distraction from the real problem we all face in the very near future, busing.

[Anonymous]

Damn you, Poe's Law.

[Anonymous]

Well, that went downhill in a hurry!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These talking points about kids being "fine" are not progressive, they are anti-education gaslighting BS.

And the people proclaiming their 2nd grader is ruined for life because of this year are fear mongering hysterics.

Can you quote a post where someone says this? I don’t see that anywhere.

It’s more parents wondering what their kids are missing, and discussing if it will be an issue later on.

You are the one posting hysterical comments, IMO.

Poster already said it was social media. Do your own homework. How is it “hysterical” when all they are doing is quoting real life MCPS parents? We’ve all seen these exact posts all over social media. You’re an idiot, IMO.

DP. And I think you're a disgusting, pathetic loser.

EVERYONE! PLEASE! There's no need for these kinds of insults. And it is a distraction from the real problem we all face in the very near future, busing.

Lol. Name-calling begets name-calling.

[Anonymous]

At my kids school they're completely on track so this doesn't line up with my lived experience which makes me think it's more hysterical nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Not everyone is going to college for gender studies. Kids doing STEM actually need math. And I hate to have to tell you this, but the best of the best in MoCo aren't competing with the dregs of MoCo. They are competing with the best of the best around the globe. And most of those kids had a full school year.

Specifically, they need to have taken the classes and gotten good grades.

Also, the "dregs of MoCo" stock your grocery shelves, cook and serve your food at restaurants, fix your plumbing, and care for your children and elderly relatives - which likely provides a lot more value to society than whatever you do. Plus, given your attitude, they probably spit in your coffee.

Thank you for helping make my poijnt. The people doing all of those things you listed need math even less than someone studying victimology in college.

Was your point is that you have contempt for a lot of your fellow human beings?

No, that equity is holding back some kids who really need math for advanced careers because the kids who are going to be janitors can't do math which is ridiculous and detrimental to society.

Another person who thinks that "Brave New World" is a good plan for society, not a dystopian novel.^^^

The same can be said for progressives and "Harrison Bergeron."

I'm late to the party but Harrison Bergeron is just a right-wing slippery slope fallacy. It's an emotional appeal to people who are still afraid that communism is going to get them. It's only relevant for people who actually think Kurt Vonnegut was an important American author. It's something Ayn Rand would have considered profound.