Discussions of privilege never seem to mention any positives. |
You and the PP display your pettiness and lack of intellectual development by resorting to such immature insults. |
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This is indoctrination, pure and simple. I am embarrassed and saddened by this as I once taught in this once great school system.
The whole concept of "privilege" is ridiculous. Each person has strengths and challenges and those are not based on race, religion, occupation, or anything else that people want to assign to them. I don't understand the goal of such an activity. To make people feel guilt? To make people feel "less than?" To somehow imply or, outright state, that people of certain races or religions or <fill in the blank> have an "easier" life than others? This is ludicrous. This type of crap is exactly why Youngkin won. And, the more we see crap like this, the further people are going to turn away from public schools. |
You don't teach these things by teaching "privilege." You teach these by setting an example. Daily. And expecting your students to do the same. Dividing students into "privileged" and "non-privileged" does the opposite of teaching empathy, gratitude, honesty and most of all, respect. |
| Tyson graduated from Dartmouth? Privilege!!!!! |
So, who is the "author" that Tyson referred to in his response? |
No one is dividing kids into “privileged” and “non-privileged”. It’s an individual activity to reflect on the various ways we may be lucky in life. |
Some people think that being in the military gives you an advantage in life. That may or may not be correct, but it’s not a “ding”. Think of it as being in a good/lucky position. |
But the kid who calls out Bingo is clearly going to feel judged and guilty for no fault of his own. And that sucks. |
Lucky to have your parent away for months or years at a time, missing special events, holidays, and seeing a child grow? Sure. Uh-huh. |
Citation that it was intended to do it as a group? Where did you see the instructions posted? |
| I don’t need FCPS to raise my kids to value other human beings and treat them with kindness and respect, thank you very much! |
If they meant lucky or blessed then the activity would have said lucky or blessed. But it said "privileged" which has become a pejorative slur that is synonymous with entitled and undeserving, particularly in public education. |
So maybe many (most?) people wouldn’t consider it being advantageous but the person who put it on that chart thought it was. It wasn’t a “ding”. |
Where is Tyson's response? |