FCPS CRT or nah?

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Anonymous wrote:Daily Wire isn’t a credible source.

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FCPS confirmed that this was an idea they were going to use in an English class but then decided that making a game out of identity privilege wasn't the way they wanted to go. I am all for understanding privilege but the fact that our kids are barely getting an education in basic grammar as it is makes me think that teaching identity in school is a distraction we don't need right now.

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Anonymous wrote:So basically, to Republicans CRT is anything that acknowledges privilege exists on any level.

Yep.

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Anonymous wrote:So basically, to Republicans CRT is anything that acknowledges privilege exists on any level.

Seriously though, what is the value to it? How does it benefit kids to point out that some of them have an easier time of it than others? What is this other than an exercise in self-flagellation? Kids with two parents who get driven to school should . . . what? Feel guilty? Stop getting good grades? Try to flunk the SAT to even things out? What does the teacher want from them after this “lesson”?

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I think these kind of lessons have unintended consequences due to the audience being young people. Kids now perceive themselves as less than? Or other kids think they or their parents didn’t earn and work hard for what they have? And the categories are just horrible. Probably a peer review could have gone a long way.

I think many of these ‘privileges’ are just outcomes of hard work. We should be focusing on hard work that can create these outcomes, not privileges.

Some are not as a result of hard work. You don’t work to be able bodied or white or male, which is the core problem most have with the lesson and CRT as a whole. Unless you go through the nuance and minutia that make up these supposed privileges, which could be hours of lessons, kids may be getting the wrong idea. And that’s even assuming that even those deeper conversations and lessons have any merit at all.

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The squares are things that we used to say children should be thankful for, or that families should aspire to for their children.

But that’s not allowed any more, and instead these ridiculous consultants filter everything through an equity lens, so that children are constantly made to feel ashamed, not thankful, if they “enjoy privilege” or compensated with victimhood points if they don’t.

It’s a road to nowhere, but it’s easier to teach than grammar and it also lets the teachers off the hook when they still have achievement gaps. FCPS should be in receivership at this point, with its current management fired immediately.

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Luckily this is not from some random school in another state. According to the article, it’s from Oakton HS, so maybe someone will come along and confirm.

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Anonymous wrote:Daily Wire isn’t a credible source.

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FCPS confirmed that this was an idea they were going to use in an English class but then decided that making a game out of identity privilege wasn't the way they wanted to go. I am all for understanding privilege but the fact that our kids are barely getting an education in basic grammar as it is makes me think that teaching identity in school is a distraction we don't need right now.

That's good to know, I am glad they shelved it.

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“Seriously though, what is the value to it? How does it benefit kids to point out that some of them have an easier time of it than others? What is this other than an exercise in self-flagellation? Kids with two parents who get driven to school should . . . what? Feel guilty? Stop getting good grades? Try to flunk the SAT to even things out? What does the teacher want from them after this “lesson”?”

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Daily Wire isn’t a credible source.

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FCPS confirmed that this was an idea they were going to use in an English class but then decided that making a game out of identity privilege wasn't the way they wanted to go. I am all for understanding privilege but the fact that our kids are barely getting an education in basic grammar as it is makes me think that teaching identity in school is a distraction we don't need right now.

+1 the issue is that, between the 2020 and 2021 closures, and the continual retooling of the curriculum, and the behavioral issues, and everything else, the kids aren’t getting a decent education and learning what they need to learn. And they’re wasting time on stuff like this.

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I have no problem having my kids recognize the privileges they have in life. Yes, some of those are due to us having worked hard, but others are due to the color of our skin, sexual identity, religion. No control over those. I teach my kids to have empathy towards classmates/ peers who have to overcome more obstacles to “make it” in this society. I also point out that most people on this planet are way worse off than we are here. I agree with this kind of lesson. I hope it teaches my kids to be more grateful for what they have been given in life. Would Jesus say, “Too bad, so sad, you got stuck living with a poor, brown/black, single parent.”?

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Anonymous wrote:Daily Wire isn’t a credible source.

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FCPS confirmed that this was an idea they were going to use in an English class but then decided that making a game out of identity privilege wasn't the way they wanted to go. I am all for understanding privilege but the fact that our kids are barely getting an education in basic grammar as it is makes me think that teaching identity in school is a distraction we don't need right now.

Citation from a credible source?

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Anonymous wrote:I have no problem having my kids recognize the privileges they have in life. Yes, some of those are due to us having worked hard, but others are due to the color of our skin, sexual identity, religion. No control over those. I teach my kids to have empathy towards classmates/ peers who have to overcome more obstacles to “make it” in this society. I also point out that most people on this planet are way worse off than we are here. I agree with this kind of lesson. I hope it teaches my kids to be more grateful for what they have been given in life. Would Jesus say, “Too bad, so sad, you got stuck living with a poor, brown/black, single parent.”?

But wouldn't you agree that it's your job as a parent to teach them empathy and gratitude? I do. My job as a parent is to turn my children into good people. It is the job of the school to teach them english, math, and so on.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daily Wire isn’t a credible source.

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FCPS confirmed that this was an idea they were going to use in an English class but then decided that making a game out of identity privilege wasn't the way they wanted to go. I am all for understanding privilege but the fact that our kids are barely getting an education in basic grammar as it is makes me think that teaching identity in school is a distraction we don't need right now.

Citation from a credible source?

Do your own research - there is literally a Tweet from FCPS announcing that they’ve pulled this.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no problem having my kids recognize the privileges they have in life. Yes, some of those are due to us having worked hard, but others are due to the color of our skin, sexual identity, religion. No control over those. I teach my kids to have empathy towards classmates/ peers who have to overcome more obstacles to “make it” in this society. I also point out that most people on this planet are way worse off than we are here. I agree with this kind of lesson. I hope it teaches my kids to be more grateful for what they have been given in life. Would Jesus say, “Too bad, so sad, you got stuck living with a poor, brown/black, single parent.”?

But wouldn't you agree that it's your job as a parent to teach them empathy and gratitude? I do. My job as a parent is to turn my children into good people. It is the job of the school to teach them english, math, and so on.

+1000. PP just wants CRT to be enshrined as the new state religion.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no problem having my kids recognize the privileges they have in life. Yes, some of those are due to us having worked hard, but others are due to the color of our skin, sexual identity, religion. No control over those. I teach my kids to have empathy towards classmates/ peers who have to overcome more obstacles to “make it” in this society. I also point out that most people on this planet are way worse off than we are here. I agree with this kind of lesson. I hope it teaches my kids to be more grateful for what they have been given in life. Would Jesus say, “Too bad, so sad, you got stuck living with a poor, brown/black, single parent.”?

But that’s not how it’s structured. It’s not saying some of your classmates have challenges you don’t, be grateful for what you have. Instead it seems intent on tearing kids down. Have two parents? You’re privileged. Have your own bedroom? You’re privileged. Straight? You’re privileged. Being privileged is clearly not considered a good thing. The takeaway won’t be about gratitude. It’s will be that being privileged is bad. So by extension, being raised by two married parents is bad. Being straight is bad. Being white is bad. Being able-bodied is bad.

It’s like the old lesson that you don’t build someone up by tearing down others has been tossed out the window. The whole focus is on tearing down people perceived as “privileged”. That will not lead to good outcomes.