FCPS paying for Critical Race Theory curriculum. To be implemented in a year

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Anonymous wrote:Certain people surely get upset when they are asked to step out of their comfort zone to consider how other people live. The sheer ignorance of half the population would be borderline comical, if it wasn't so pathetic. Imagine having to research the demographics before traveling a new city to ensure your safety (The Green Book) or checking the demographics of a local school because you want your child to have friends, teachers and administration that look like them.

Some people live off the idea that if it doesn't effect me or anyone that I love then I don't care. Black people aren't victims but they sure as hell aren't properly represented in history.

It’s affect me, not effect me. You did know that, right?

That is literally ALL YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE to a post explaining just two of the myriad of issues that Black people face?! A grammar edit?!? What a clown

PP was helping you improve. Least you can do is be thankful.

Thank you, and PP, it's not "myriad of issues." It's "myriad issues." You could use a good editor for your oh-so-thoughful posts.

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Anonymous wrote:Certain people surely get upset when they are asked to step out of their comfort zone to consider how other people live. The sheer ignorance of half the population would be borderline comical, if it wasn't so pathetic. Imagine having to research the demographics before traveling a new city to ensure your safety (The Green Book) or checking the demographics of a local school because you want your child to have friends, teachers and administration that look like them.

Some people live off the idea that if it doesn't effect me or anyone that I love then I don't care. Black people aren't victims but they sure as hell aren't properly represented in history.

It’s affect me, not effect me. You did know that, right?

That is literally ALL YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE to a post explaining just two of the myriad of issues that Black people face?! A grammar edit?!? What a clown

PP was helping you improve. Least you can do is be thankful.

Thank you, and PP, it's not "myriad of issues." It's "myriad issues." You could use a good editor for your oh-so-thoughful posts.

DP, but “myriad” can be an adjective or a noun, so the phrase “myriad of issues” is also correct, whereas the improper use of “effect” when “affect” is intended is not.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter had a session on privilege in her Civics class and an optional session on equity this past Monday. I encourage her to go. We also had a discussion over diner about it. I told her it is her job to increase the amount privilege that she has and also increase the amount of inequity she has with her peers in an ethical/honorable manner.

What does that even mean to "increase the amount of privilege" and "increase the amount of inequity"?

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Reading most of the posts here reminds me of this quote:

"When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression"

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax is becoming bizarre. It wants to be woke but also wants to be rich and blessed with the Nation’s most elite public high school. Can’t have everything.

That’s when the busing starts and they erode their tax base.

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Same people in this thread losing their mind over “CRT” and their precious white kids being exposed to discussions of race and inequity are the same ones who used “poor” and “Black and brown kids” as leverage to try to open school buildings back in peak pandemic because “they” were suffering the most from not being there. We see right through you.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a even a crazy liberal. I guess you could call me a center left if that? Anyway, CRT doesn't scare me. what scares me is the obvious right wing trolling that has permeated DCUM recently and now even the school forums.

Yes, this scares me too. I continue to believe this forum is targeted by "conservative" groups as a place to engage is misinformation.

Conservative views show up on anonymous forums in part because the left has created a cancel culture in which people lose their jobs and are harassed for saying anything publicly with which the progressive left finds fault.

True. I remember a poster in the politics forum. He did some sleuthing as he suspected some coworkers were Trump supporters. When he confirmed his suspicions, he came up bogus reasons to get them fired.

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Anonymous wrote:Same people in this thread losing their mind over “CRT” and their precious white kids being exposed to discussions of race and inequity are the same ones who used “poor” and “Black and brown kids” as leverage to try to open school buildings back in peak pandemic because “they” were suffering the most from not being there. We see right through you.

There are a handful of posters in this thread. It's amazing how you're able to match them up with the posters that made that particular open school argument. In any event, if they want to do their silly ineffectual anti-bias trainings, let them. It'll just cause more problems than it solves, but that's not surprising for a district and educational system that keeps reinventing math education for the worse, doesn't teach writing skills any more, etc. Frankly, the CRT fans should be more concerned about the effects of the latter.

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The fact you think schools don’t teach writing skills shows you have no business discussing schools or education. There are literally EOC tests specifically about writing. It is a standard in every grade level. Stop being ignorant please.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact you think schools don’t teach writing skills shows you have no business discussing schools or education. There are literally EOC tests specifically about writing. It is a standard in every grade level. Stop being ignorant please.

DP. We all know that writing in FCPS is lacking. You don't need to twist yourself into knots about it.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact you think schools don’t teach writing skills shows you have no business discussing schools or education. There are literally EOC tests specifically about writing. It is a standard in every grade level. Stop being ignorant please.

No, the current teaching methods for writing range from awful to nonexistent. This has certainly been a personal lesson for me during this DL atrocity. At least I now know that the schools won't be teaching my ES kids to write effectively.

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Anonymous wrote:Same people in this thread losing their mind over “CRT” and their precious white kids being exposed to discussions of race and inequity are the same ones who used “poor” and “Black and brown kids” as leverage to try to open school buildings back in peak pandemic because “they” were suffering the most from not being there. We see right through you.

There are a handful of posters in this thread. It's amazing how you're able to match them up with the posters that made that particular open school argument. In any event, if they want to do their silly ineffectual anti-bias trainings, let them. It'll just cause more problems than it solves, but that's not surprising for a district and educational system that keeps reinventing math education for the worse, doesn't teach writing skills any more, etc. Frankly, the CRT fans should be more concerned about the effects of the latter.

Looks like we have a match here.

Anti CRT = open schools now = they are lowering the bar for math.

Uninformed rubes.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a even a crazy liberal. I guess you could call me a center left if that? Anyway, CRT doesn't scare me. what scares me is the obvious right wing trolling that has permeated DCUM recently and now even the school forums.

Yes, this scares me too. I continue to believe this forum is targeted by "conservative" groups as a place to engage is misinformation.

Conservative views show up on anonymous forums in part because the left has created a cancel culture in which people lose their jobs and are harassed for saying anything publicly with which the progressive left finds fault.

True. I remember a poster in the politics forum. He did some sleuthing as he suspected some coworkers were Trump supporters. When he confirmed his suspicions, he came up bogus reasons to get them fired.

No one wants to work with vile traitors so...

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Anonymous wrote:Same people in this thread losing their mind over “CRT” and their precious white kids being exposed to discussions of race and inequity are the same ones who used “poor” and “Black and brown kids” as leverage to try to open school buildings back in peak pandemic because “they” were suffering the most from not being there. We see right through you.

No way! There are liberal hypocrites in northern Virginia? I’m stunned. I thought those yard signs were to betaken literally.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a even a crazy liberal. I guess you could call me a center left if that? Anyway, CRT doesn't scare me. what scares me is the obvious right wing trolling that has permeated DCUM recently and now even the school forums.

Yes, this scares me too. I continue to believe this forum is targeted by "conservative" groups as a place to engage is misinformation.

No doubt. I have lots of issues with FCPS. But the we need to vote the Democrats out/it’s all the liberals fault/demonizing teachers and public
Schools while pushing for “choice” and “school vouchers.” I rather take “wokeness” over people who would cut the public school system.