Youngkin creates tip line for parents and students to report teachers for Thought Crime
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Anonymous
DP. My DC's Govt teacher last year was an open Trump supporter and anti-masker, anti-mandates of any kind, and thought Covid was overblown. While the teacher was usually careful of what they said (they knew better than to push an overt agenda), their discussion of the Jan. 6 events, while purporting to be "balanced," was objectionable to me. There are no "two sides" when it comes to the events of Jan. 6 as far as I'm concerned. |
Anonymous
Not all teachers, no, but some, and then there is the union. They do not have the kids best interest in mind. They are there to push a social agenda first and foremost, and they also do not hold teachers accountable when students are doing poorly. Incidences like these should be the exception , but unfortunately, it is not all that uncommon, and yes, the teachers are to blame. https://www.yahoo.com/now/least-41-baltimore-high-school-121900046.html And this: BALTIMORE (WBFF) – A shocking discovery out of a Baltimore City high school, where Project Baltimore has found hundreds of students are failing. It’s a school where a student who passed three classes in four years, ranks near the top half of his class with a 0.13 grade point average. Tiffany France thought her son would receive his diploma this coming June. But after four years of high school, France just learned, her 17-year-old must start over. He’s been moved back to ninth grade. |
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Report this! |
Anonymous
No, because 1) I'm not a fascist and 2) I respect teachers in general, even this one. The only thing I would ever report would be if a teacher was outright cruel to or physically harming a student. And I wouldn't report it to a political "tip line." I would talk with the principal. My DC and I had some interesting discussions the year DC had the Trump-supporting teacher, which we might not have had otherwise. |
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A study in New York public schools showed that POC Children with teachers of the same race are less likely to be suspended than those with teachers of a different race. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2021/10/11/how-does-student-teacher-matching-affect-suspensions-for-students-of-color/ That’s why staff diversity is vital. |
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Anonymous
NP but here is the complaint from the Williamson County, TN “Moms for Liberty” wanting to dump books about Martin Luther King, Ruby Bridges and segregation, calling them CRT. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16W9grkwSFsIPRQOSpQfnAHNJzvDH5Bkk/view |
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DP. Note also that Williamson County TN is not some red neck rural area; it’s basically similar to how Montgomery County MD is to DC.
Now in the less ritzy suburbs of Nashville, they’re actually burning books rather than simply banning them. https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/theyre-burning-books-in-tennessee/article_1f8c631e-850f-11ec-bc9f-dbd44d7e14d7.html |
Anonymous
Some of this would be more appropriate for fifth or sixth grade than for second. I am of an age to remember some of the events, and it is not wrong to teach about them. But, I do think that some of this is a little strong for 7 year olds. It does encourage "all white people are bad" with some of the books. Seven year olds are not old enough to understand. That does not mean they cannot be taught about MLK--but teaching about Bull Connor at second grade is a little too much. It should be taught, but not at second grade. |
Anonymous
Are you joking? No, they want to dump books about MLK and Ruby Bridges. They don’t want kids taught about American history. They certainly don’t want kids to know that their parents and grandparents were and are shockingly racist people. |
Anonymous
| I’m trying to wrap my head around all of this. So the Governor of Virginia wants people to tattle on teachers who are teaching “divisive topics”. This same Governor is in favor of school vouchers and charter schools as a way for parents to choose what’s best for their child’s education. So the Governor and his supporters wouldn’t balk at all if someone used tax dollars to send their child to a private school such as one of our local Islamic academies, or an LGBTQ+ charter school such as the Harvey Milk HS in New York? Or would those be seen as controversial and not the right kind of privates? |
Anonymous
You’ve read these books and can tell us that every one of them “encourages all white people are bad”? |