Teacher exposes the craptastic decline iof MCPS in Reddit rant

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Anonymous wrote:Once one realizes that the underlying assumption of those crafting education policy in MCPS is that education (as we understand it) is oppression, then one can begin to understand the what, why, and how of initiatives causing the decay of MCPS as an institution of learning. If you believe MCPS is currently failing in its mission, then ask yourself whether you truly understand what the mission of MCPS is.

Progressives run MCPS. Progressives are tying to progress to Marxism. Therefore, MCPS's mission is to teach why Marxism is good. Because they can't say this, of course, they cloud that message with talk about equity which is simply Marxism in sheep's clothing. "These groups are doing worse because they are oppressed so we're going to take power from those who have too much and give it to those tho have too little."

Marxists don’t believe in education?

The GOP hates public education so they have that in common.

I'm A Democrat but I'm starting to see the GOP's point. We're at a W school and I think the education our kids are getting is decent. So we put up with things like CRT and gender ideology being taught (we counterprogram at home). But if MCPS continues on it's current path, the schools here will be little more than daycare centers and prisons in the next decade. What choice will parents who care about education have other than private school.

Seems like the GOP's plan to dumb down public schools is working.

How so?

Every post that starts off "I'm a democrat" or "I'm a progressive" is a dead give away they are anything but that.

Yep.

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Yikes this is awful. I am not a MCPS parent, but these are lessons for every school district!

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Anonymous wrote:Yikes this is awful. I am not a MCPS parent, but these are lessons for every school district!

Lesson One: Don't have a DCUM board to surface misdirection and innuendo!

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Anonymous wrote:Once one realizes that the underlying assumption of those crafting education policy in MCPS is that education (as we understand it) is oppression, then one can begin to understand the what, why, and how of initiatives causing the decay of MCPS as an institution of learning. If you believe MCPS is currently failing in its mission, then ask yourself whether you truly understand what the mission of MCPS is.

Progressives run MCPS. Progressives are tying to progress to Marxism. Therefore, MCPS's mission is to teach why Marxism is good. Because they can't say this, of course, they cloud that message with talk about equity which is simply Marxism in sheep's clothing. "These groups are doing worse because they are oppressed so we're going to take power from those who have too much and give it to those tho have too little."

Marxists don’t believe in education?

The GOP hates public education so they have that in common.

I'm A Democrat but I'm starting to see the GOP's point. We're at a W school and I think the education our kids are getting is decent. So we put up with things like CRT and gender ideology being taught (we counterprogram at home). But if MCPS continues on it's current path, the schools here will be little more than daycare centers and prisons in the next decade. What choice will parents who care about education have other than private school.

Seems like the GOP's plan to dumb down public schools is working.

How so?

Every post that starts off "I'm a democrat" or "I'm a progressive" is a dead give away they are anything but that.

Yep.

"Self-identifying your gender is good. Self-identifying your political party is bad" - Progressives

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The public would be shocked how poorly teachers and good students are treated. Staff are being scapegoated and blamed for student outcomes. There are no consequences anymore and student behavior has worsened in order to find where the limits are at. Teachers and school admin are deeply frustrated. New teachers won’t stay. Now we even have principals jumping ship. The lack of support from a bloated central office is getting the point of absurdity.

SEL is all fine and dandy, but there is a reason professionals in that area need masters degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:Once one realizes that the underlying assumption of those crafting education policy in MCPS is that education (as we understand it) is oppression, then one can begin to understand the what, why, and how of initiatives causing the decay of MCPS as an institution of learning. If you believe MCPS is currently failing in its mission, then ask yourself whether you truly understand what the mission of MCPS is.

Progressives run MCPS. Progressives are tying to progress to Marxism. Therefore, MCPS's mission is to teach why Marxism is good. Because they can't say this, of course, they cloud that message with talk about equity which is simply Marxism in sheep's clothing. "These groups are doing worse because they are oppressed so we're going to take power from those who have too much and give it to those tho have too little."

Marxists don’t believe in education?

The GOP hates public education so they have that in common.

I'm A Democrat but I'm starting to see the GOP's point. We're at a W school and I think the education our kids are getting is decent. So we put up with things like CRT and gender ideology being taught (we counterprogram at home). But if MCPS continues on it's current path, the schools here will be little more than daycare centers and prisons in the next decade. What choice will parents who care about education have other than private school.

Seems like the GOP's plan to dumb down public schools is working.

How so?

Every post that starts off "I'm a democrat" or "I'm a progressive" is a dead give away they are anything but that.

A man wearing a wig and a skirt says he's a woman and you believe him but a man who isn't woke and insane says he's a Democrat and you don't? This is progressivism in 2023.

This again? How do you define "woke"?

Woke is a pathological need to find injustice even where it doesn't exist. Wokes view the world through a lens of oppressor and oppressed or through left-wing identity politics and support socialist or Marxist reforms that would upend free and fair societies, expand the state, oppress most or all people, and seek policy changes that would radically, illiberally, and negatively alter society.

Well OK, then. So most of the people called "woke" aren't really "woke" by your definition. Thanks for the clarification.

This author is woke. https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2023/10/25/3-ways-to-decenter-whiteness-in-the-workplace I believe most progressives would agree with her. Most actual liberals (like me) wouldn't.

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Anonymous wrote:Once one realizes that the underlying assumption of those crafting education policy in MCPS is that education (as we understand it) is oppression, then one can begin to understand the what, why, and how of initiatives causing the decay of MCPS as an institution of learning. If you believe MCPS is currently failing in its mission, then ask yourself whether you truly understand what the mission of MCPS is.

Progressives run MCPS. Progressives are tying to progress to Marxism. Therefore, MCPS's mission is to teach why Marxism is good. Because they can't say this, of course, they cloud that message with talk about equity which is simply Marxism in sheep's clothing. "These groups are doing worse because they are oppressed so we're going to take power from those who have too much and give it to those tho have too little."

Marxists don’t believe in education?

The GOP hates public education so they have that in common.

I'm A Democrat but I'm starting to see the GOP's point. We're at a W school and I think the education our kids are getting is decent. So we put up with things like CRT and gender ideology being taught (we counterprogram at home). But if MCPS continues on it's current path, the schools here will be little more than daycare centers and prisons in the next decade. What choice will parents who care about education have other than private school.

Seems like the GOP's plan to dumb down public schools is working.

How so?

Every post that starts off "I'm a democrat" or "I'm a progressive" is a dead give away they are anything but that.

Yep.

"Self-identifying your gender is good. Self-identifying your political party is bad" - Progressives

It’s more “there’s absolutely no effing way that anyone could possibly disagree with the party so they’re lying, obvi”

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Anonymous wrote:Once one realizes that the underlying assumption of those crafting education policy in MCPS is that education (as we understand it) is oppression, then one can begin to understand the what, why, and how of initiatives causing the decay of MCPS as an institution of learning. If you believe MCPS is currently failing in its mission, then ask yourself whether you truly understand what the mission of MCPS is.

Progressives run MCPS. Progressives are tying to progress to Marxism. Therefore, MCPS's mission is to teach why Marxism is good. Because they can't say this, of course, they cloud that message with talk about equity which is simply Marxism in sheep's clothing. "These groups are doing worse because they are oppressed so we're going to take power from those who have too much and give it to those tho have too little."

Marxists don’t believe in education?

The GOP hates public education so they have that in common.

I'm A Democrat but I'm starting to see the GOP's point. We're at a W school and I think the education our kids are getting is decent. So we put up with things like CRT and gender ideology being taught (we counterprogram at home). But if MCPS continues on it's current path, the schools here will be little more than daycare centers and prisons in the next decade. What choice will parents who care about education have other than private school.

Seems like the GOP's plan to dumb down public schools is working.

How so?

Every post that starts off "I'm a democrat" or "I'm a progressive" is a dead give away they are anything but that.

A man wearing a wig and a skirt says he's a woman and you believe him but a man who isn't woke and insane says he's a Democrat and you don't? This is progressivism in 2023.

This again? How do you define "woke"?

Woke is a pathological need to find injustice even where it doesn't exist. Wokes view the world through a lens of oppressor and oppressed or through left-wing identity politics and support socialist or Marxist reforms that would upend free and fair societies, expand the state, oppress most or all people, and seek policy changes that would radically, illiberally, and negatively alter society.

Well OK, then. So most of the people called "woke" aren't really "woke" by your definition. Thanks for the clarification.

This author is woke. https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2023/10/25/3-ways-to-decenter-whiteness-in-the-workplace I believe most progressives would agree with her. Most actual liberals (like me) wouldn't.

More labels! Yay! How do you distinguish between "progressive" and "liberal" since most people use them interchangeably.

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Anonymous wrote:Once one realizes that the underlying assumption of those crafting education policy in MCPS is that education (as we understand it) is oppression, then one can begin to understand the what, why, and how of initiatives causing the decay of MCPS as an institution of learning. If you believe MCPS is currently failing in its mission, then ask yourself whether you truly understand what the mission of MCPS is.

Progressives run MCPS. Progressives are tying to progress to Marxism. Therefore, MCPS's mission is to teach why Marxism is good. Because they can't say this, of course, they cloud that message with talk about equity which is simply Marxism in sheep's clothing. "These groups are doing worse because they are oppressed so we're going to take power from those who have too much and give it to those tho have too little."

Marxists don’t believe in education?

The GOP hates public education so they have that in common.

I'm A Democrat but I'm starting to see the GOP's point. We're at a W school and I think the education our kids are getting is decent. So we put up with things like CRT and gender ideology being taught (we counterprogram at home). But if MCPS continues on it's current path, the schools here will be little more than daycare centers and prisons in the next decade. What choice will parents who care about education have other than private school.

Seems like the GOP's plan to dumb down public schools is working.

How so?

Every post that starts off "I'm a democrat" or "I'm a progressive" is a dead give away they are anything but that.

A man wearing a wig and a skirt says he's a woman and you believe him but a man who isn't woke and insane says he's a Democrat and you don't? This is progressivism in 2023.

This again? How do you define "woke"?

Woke is a pathological need to find injustice even where it doesn't exist. Wokes view the world through a lens of oppressor and oppressed or through left-wing identity politics and support socialist or Marxist reforms that would upend free and fair societies, expand the state, oppress most or all people, and seek policy changes that would radically, illiberally, and negatively alter society.

Well OK, then. So most of the people called "woke" aren't really "woke" by your definition. Thanks for the clarification.

This author is woke. https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2023/10/25/3-ways-to-decenter-whiteness-in-the-workplace I believe most progressives would agree with her. Most actual liberals (like me) wouldn't.

More labels! Yay! How do you distinguish between "progressive" and "liberal" since most people use them interchangeably.

Liberals (like me) adhere to enlightenment values. Progressives tend to be former liberals whose ideology has hardened to the point of fundamentalism. In other words, many of them aren't liberals at all. Remember, liberal doesn't mean "unquestionably supports the latest far-left idea." John McWhorter makes this distinction quite well in his book "Woke Racism."

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Anonymous wrote:The kids are so far gone...they have no stamina... get tired after five minutes...complain about everything being too hard....it's not just the school system, it is parenting, it is society... it is depressing AF.

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Anonymous wrote:I definitely feel like I'm babysitting high schoolers. I'm supposed to show grace and provide extra support. And I do, I check in, I have good relationships with most of the kids- they talk to me about what's going on at home and teenage drama and they ask me how my weekend was. I offer planning periods and lunch for them to stop by and they don't - until the last 2 days of the quarter. And by then they're so far gone that there's nothing I can do to actually help other that having them get in that assignment with higher points to maybe get that E to a D.

I see them in the hallway skipping class and remind them if they come to class today I can reteach what was on yesterday's test so they can retake it. They know it's a great idea. And they don't show up.

The hallway outside room get loud with the kids skipping class. I ask them to keep it down and I get cursed out.

I'm sad for these kids. Their classes are too hard for them, but yeah, let's put them in honors English when they're reading at 3rd grade level. Let's pass them in math and put them in the next level even though they don't have their basic concepts down.

By the time they even get to HS they are SO far behind. Having a kid myself who struggles academically, by mid elementary school we needed to ever resource we could to keep her at grade level, because I'm terrified of her getting to MS and not having the basic skills and falling that far behind because it feels helpless at that point.

It's so overwhelming. The parents don't know what to do. And the kids are giving up.

Student code of conduct enforcement by schools' APrincipal, after security tells them to go to class?

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Anonymous wrote:I definitely feel like I'm babysitting high schoolers. I'm supposed to show grace and provide extra support. And I do, I check in, I have good relationships with most of the kids- they talk to me about what's going on at home and teenage drama and they ask me how my weekend was. I offer planning periods and lunch for them to stop by and they don't - until the last 2 days of the quarter. And by then they're so far gone that there's nothing I can do to actually help other that having them get in that assignment with higher points to maybe get that E to a D.

I see them in the hallway skipping class and remind them if they come to class today I can reteach what was on yesterday's test so they can retake it. They know it's a great idea. And they don't show up.

The hallway outside room get loud with the kids skipping class. I ask them to keep it down and I get cursed out.

I'm sad for these kids. Their classes are too hard for them, but yeah, let's put them in honors English when they're reading at 3rd grade level. Let's pass them in math and put them in the next level even though they don't have their basic concepts down.

By the time they even get to HS they are SO far behind. Having a kid myself who struggles academically, by mid elementary school we needed to ever resource we could to keep her at grade level, because I'm terrified of her getting to MS and not having the basic skills and falling that far behind because it feels helpless at that point.

It's so overwhelming. The parents don't know what to do. And the kids are giving up.

Student code of conduct enforcement by schools' APrincipal, after security tells them to go to class?

If they skip enough classes the school would unrenroll them and not let them back into the building so problem solved.

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I think it's so interesting that many parents hate the idea of adults making students get to class, sit down, and be quiet, but refuse to see how making students comply with instructions leads to orderly, calm environments where students can learn and feel safe. I wish parents who feel like that could see how not making students comply leads to situations like this.

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I missed this thread when it was originally posted and the Reddit post sounds about right. It is shocking how irresponsible mcps leadership is and how unconcerned they are about actual student learning.

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Anonymous wrote:I missed this thread when it was originally posted and the Reddit post sounds about right. It is shocking how irresponsible mcps leadership is and how unconcerned they are about actual student learning.

I have to disagree. MCPS today seems as good as it ever was in terms of opportunity. I feel my kids today are getting a better education at our DCC school than I did at a W 30 years ago. The main difference is the county's demographics are different which largely impacts standardized test averages. My kids had a chance to go to CES, Eastern and RMIB. They're doing great because they are focused on getting the best possible education available. Today, fewer students value traditional education, and that's fine.