Apparently its racist to hire tutors and form pods, we must all suffer equally?

[Anonymous]

Explain to me how people are doing this legally?

[Anonymous]

Next time you all take your kids off to Disneyland or on a nice Caribbean cruise don’t forget to bring an underprivileged child along. You know, for equity’s sake. It takes a village after all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next time you all take your kids off to Disneyland or on a nice Caribbean cruise don’t forget to bring an underprivileged child along. You know, for equity’s sake. It takes a village after all!

Haha. Exactly. I love how there are tears for equity in education (which there has never been). Travel is educational too. We always learn about the history of the county we visit and go to the museums and take the historical tours. But I don't remember all these parents screaming about equity when they are planning their trips. So guess only the people who form pods are supposed to care. I also haven't heard about these parents inviting kids who don't have good wifi into their homes so they can have reliable internet. Not forming a pod just letting a kid that doesn't have connection use your space. We all need someone to make us feel better and if it makes you feel better to blast people doing the best they can for their kids go ahead.

[Anonymous]

We have paid money for every one to be educated, that is the property tax.
The PODS are the public schools.
Do not double tax us. If public school give up on educating, please send us a refund. We can donate to the poor who need it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

You know that's the point right? when running a race and the other person falls down.... That is your chance to put some distance between you and the person on the ground. And for the record it is often the slowest among us who fall, fail and protest and always has been as accountability is a tough pill to stomach and impossible to wash down if you thing fairness is real or something dwelled on by the people on the podium. I might help you up at a trail or scrimmage but you're nuts if you think it will happen at states. I want my kid to be widely successful, he is going to have to crush your kids dreams at some point or fail/under-perform him slef. Successes is generationally accumulative, if I am able to help more than you that is sort of settled business at this point and nothing will change in the short term. What we are really talking about is the momentum for your kid's kids and i encourage you to keep hustling but i warn you the arch of justice is never quick enough for the pain of today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

You know that's the point right? when running a race and the other person falls down.... That is your chance to put some distance between you and the person on the ground. And for the record it is often the slowest among us who fall, fail and protest and always has been as accountability is a tough pill to stomach and impossible to wash down if you thing fairness is real or something dwelled on by the people on the podium. I might help you up at a trail or scrimmage but you're nuts if you think it will happen at states. I want my kid to be widely successful, he is going to have to crush your kids dreams at some point or fail/under-perform him slef. Successes is generationally accumulative, if I am able to help more than you that is sort of settled business at this point and nothing will change in the short term. What we are really talking about is the momentum for your kid's kids and i encourage you to keep hustling but i warn you the arch of justice is never quick enough for the pain of today.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in

[Anonymous]

Anyone complaining about pods who has never complained about private schools can just take a seat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

You know that's the point right? when running a race and the other person falls down.... That is your chance to put some distance between you and the person on the ground. And for the record it is often the slowest among us who fall, fail and protest and always has been as accountability is a tough pill to stomach and impossible to wash down if you thing fairness is real or something dwelled on by the people on the podium. I might help you up at a trail or scrimmage but you're nuts if you think it will happen at states. I want my kid to be widely successful, he is going to have to crush your kids dreams at some point or fail/under-perform him slef. Successes is generationally accumulative, if I am able to help more than you that is sort of settled business at this point and nothing will change in the short term. What we are really talking about is the momentum for your kid's kids and i encourage you to keep hustling but i warn you the arch of justice is never quick enough for the pain of today.

Your kids are competing against poor kids and hoping they fail so they can look good by comparison? How sad.

We feel benevolent towards poor kids. We don’t compete against them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

You know that's the point right? when running a race and the other person falls down.... That is your chance to put some distance between you and the person on the ground. And for the record it is often the slowest among us who fall, fail and protest and always has been as accountability is a tough pill to stomach and impossible to wash down if you thing fairness is real or something dwelled on by the people on the podium. I might help you up at a trail or scrimmage but you're nuts if you think it will happen at states. I want my kid to be widely successful, he is going to have to crush your kids dreams at some point or fail/under-perform him slef. Successes is generationally accumulative, if I am able to help more than you that is sort of settled business at this point and nothing will change in the short term. What we are really talking about is the momentum for your kid's kids and i encourage you to keep hustling but i warn you the arch of justice is never quick enough for the pain of today.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in

Love this quote. Unfortunately the Boomers (old men who’ve been in charge) are short-term, instant gratification type thinkers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone complaining about pods who has never complained about private schools can just take a seat.

Thank you! Same goes for tutors. Where was this outrage when people hired tutors or sent their kids to private. This is so ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Do people really worry about this? I mean, I am sure scholars and people people into equality/blm cares about this in theory or a matter of social policy - RIGHTFULLY SO IMOP.

But parents? How pathetic can you be to shortchange your own child for the sake of social change/equality etc? So, you are choose not to pay for tutors, pod or any supplementation so you child will not get ahead of minority children? Really? I find that hard to believe. But I guess there are crazy people like that out there.

#Mykidfirst

[Anonymous]

Miss me with this crap. Honestly all of it. What has come over white people? Is this real? I would think this is a troll farm except I see people in my FB feed posting similarly. Stop agonizing, and do something constructive.

But first, stop assuming you know what’s best for black people or, worse, that black people are all opposed to pods. In my very diverse friend group at least half are doing pods of some sort because the shit has hit the fan and we are all literally trying to survive. And parents are helping other parents.

You sound and look like fools constantly posting your self awareness journey toward accepting your inner racist - just stop blathering on and do something else. Make your peace with your position in the world how you will. Pull every advantage out from under your kids if that’s your thing. Or donate your time or money to BLM. Or whatever. But do something, stop assuming, and stop presuming you know best. Ugh!

[Anonymous]

I’ve heard a couple counter arguments to the pod thing. First the equity issue, but increasingly the safety aspect. I know people think their pod will be “safer” than a public school, but will it really? Maybe if the families and teacher are legit locking down and everyone is wearing masks and sitting over 6ft apart. But I don’t think that will happen in all cases. The houses in our neighborhood are pretty small, and people are talking about groups of 6+ people. A nurse friend of mine has seen cases where people have no idea where they picked it up, they were all teleworking. If one person in the pod gets it, safe to say everyone will. This is going to defeat the purpose of closing schools and asking everyone to stay home to bring down infection rates.

[Anonymous]

If you're a public school parent who isn't doing a pod, but you bought a house in a more expensive neighborhood because you wanted access to the schools there, take a seat and don't act like people forming pods or opting for private school are these awful people and you're a saint.

We all do things that aren't perfectly justifiable from an equity standpoint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point

You know that's the point right? when running a race and the other person falls down.... That is your chance to put some distance between you and the person on the ground. And for the record it is often the slowest among us who fall, fail and protest and always has been as accountability is a tough pill to stomach and impossible to wash down if you thing fairness is real or something dwelled on by the people on the podium. I might help you up at a trail or scrimmage but you're nuts if you think it will happen at states. I want my kid to be widely successful, he is going to have to crush your kids dreams at some point or fail/under-perform him slef. Successes is generationally accumulative, if I am able to help more than you that is sort of settled business at this point and nothing will change in the short term. What we are really talking about is the momentum for your kid's kids and i encourage you to keep hustling but i warn you the arch of justice is never quick enough for the pain of today.

Your kids are competing against poor kids and hoping they fail so they can look good by comparison? How sad.

We feel benevolent towards poor kids. We don’t compete against them.

Poor people are a commodity, you’re consuming off of them, you are just pretending to be oblivious. One can’t not have so much without many going without