FCPS CRT or nah?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that the story is real — I need people to stop posting things from daily wire and daily mail and others. Regarding “privilege” — I know that military families are vaunted and valued in American society. There is a military families recognition (day, week— I am not sure). There are special offers and discounts for military families at venues and for products. There are scholarship and college admission benefits. I don’t see that treatment for police offer families or firefighter families.

Someone asked for FCPS response:

There is a quote from FCPS here:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fairfax-schools-tell-children-of-military-members-that-they-have-privilege

Just because you don't like the source, does not make it a false story.
It ought to teach you that there IS a double standard in MSM reporting. The bias is shown in what they choose not to report. This is a real story. And, this is why people turn to conservative media--otherwise you only get one side of the story.

I read WAPO cover to cover every day--not so much the sports page. WAPO has reported nothing about the troubling--and racist--texts between Pekarsky and Omeish. That is just one example--but, had Schultz made racist statements as they did, it certainly would have been reported. That is why I read conservative media. You need to broaden your sources.

Tyson's statement said it was an "approved FCPS English curriculum lesson." That means that it was not developed by a teacher, but by the Instructional Services Dept. I don't know who leads the English Dept., but Noel Klimenko leads Instructional Services. Somebody in Instructional Services, or a teacher hired by IS created this.

When I saw Privilege Bingo, I thought it was designed for elementary school kids. The idea that someone at Gatehouse would foist this nonsense on high school English teachers, when they could be assigning books to students that would teach them about empathy in a more nuanced way, is seriously depressing.

I agree 100%.

I posted upthread about this very thing.

This is what Gatehouse thinks is at the intellectual and academic level of our 15 and 16 year olds???

What were the instructions? Link?

Could have been that students were to fill it out for characters in a book. Analyzing their background/perspective/motivation.

In high school??

Do you know any high school kids?

This overly simplistic explanation shows that you have no idea what is age appropriate.

PP who posted about crayons was correct. This overwimplified, sterotyping piece of garbage is not high school or even middle school appropriate.

That would be appropriate for HS.

You’re making a lot of assumptions.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of assignment you create to indoctrinate 8 and 9 year olds, not something designed to provoke thoughtful discussion by teenagers.

What were the instructions?

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

Yep.

We ALL KNOW privilege exists. We are taught about it every day. Our kids are taught about it everyday.

My questions are “then what?” What do you do with that information? After you point out a student has all the privileges on the bingo card, then what?

And also, why would this be taught in English class? If students could learn proper grammar, how to write well, and we’re reading good literature maybe that would help everyone?

They were possibly looking at the “privilege” of characters in a novel.

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Anonymous wrote:I know it’s popular to say CRT isn’t taught in schools, and that it’s strawman to rev up the base. And at a macro level, that statement is generally true, but what about this:
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/19/in-defiance-of-youngkin-fairfax-public-school-demands-high-schoolers-participate-in-privilege-bingo/" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/19/in-defiance-of-youngkin-fairfax-public-school-demands-high-schoolers-participate-in-privilege-bingo/

I think Youngkin rode in on this kind of thing. And honestly this exactly the kind of thing that opposition parents were afraid of. Do you agree with this lesson?

You lost me on links to The Federalist. I didn't even click on them. Seriously?

So, you'd rather stick your head in the sand? Even though, FCPS has acknowledged the problem?

Stick my head in the sand about what?

Seems like an ok assignment to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Several Extreme Right / Conservative websites have posted the following...

Parents who complained received a note from Assistant Superintendent Douglas A. Tyson that said:

The screen shot you reference comes from an approved FCPS English Curriculum lesson that is centered around students selecting a “choice” test and examining in detail the author’s perspective on a wide-range [sic] of issues. Students are asked, in the lesson, to read critically and think critically about the author’s perspective on several fronts including the author’s privilege that may or may not be present in the work. Students are then asked independently and self reflectively to juxtapose their thoughts regarding any perceived privilege they think they may have and how they would potentially rewrite portions of the text. Students are not asked or required to report out their self-reflections. This lesson is an adept vehicle to push student thinking to challenge the author’s thoughts/conclusions and to sharpen their ability to critically read selected texts.

That sounds like an actual assignment from an English class.

The MAGA spawn conveniently left out the instructions.

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Anonymous wrote:Several Extreme Right / Conservative websites have posted the following...

Parents who complained received a note from Assistant Superintendent Douglas A. Tyson that said:

The screen shot you reference comes from an approved FCPS English Curriculum lesson that is centered around students selecting a “choice” test and examining in detail the author’s perspective on a wide-range [sic] of issues. Students are asked, in the lesson, to read critically and think critically about the author’s perspective on several fronts including the author’s privilege that may or may not be present in the work. Students are then asked independently and self reflectively to juxtapose their thoughts regarding any perceived privilege they think they may have and how they would potentially rewrite portions of the text. Students are not asked or required to report out their self-reflections. This lesson is an adept vehicle to push student thinking to challenge the author’s thoughts/conclusions and to sharpen their ability to critically read selected texts.

That sounds like an actual assignment from an English class.

The MAGA spawn conveniently left out the instructions.

If everything was okie dokie, like you suggest, then why did FCPS apologize?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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

Yep.

We ALL KNOW privilege exists. We are taught about it every day. Our kids are taught about it everyday.

My questions are “then what?” What do you do with that information? After you point out a student has all the privileges on the bingo card, then what?

And also, why would this be taught in English class? If students could learn proper grammar, how to write well, and we’re reading good literature maybe that would help everyone?

They were possibly looking at the “privilege” of characters in a novel.

Not according to Doug Tyson's response. If you can make out what he is actually saying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Yep.

We ALL KNOW privilege exists. We are taught about it every day. Our kids are taught about it everyday.

My questions are “then what?” What do you do with that information? After you point out a student has all the privileges on the bingo card, then what?

And also, why would this be taught in English class? If students could learn proper grammar, how to write well, and we’re reading good literature maybe that would help everyone?

They were possibly looking at the “privilege” of characters in a novel.

Not according to Doug Tyson's response. If you can make out what he is actually saying.

I would be very interested in seeing this lesson plan. Still don't know what Tyson means by "author." Was it something the kids were supposed to read or was it the "author" of the Bingo? Too bad that a good reporter cannot get this information.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that’s a pretty absurd lesson. It reminds me of Buzzfeed quizzes. And if isn’t “critical race theory.”

The whole "it's not CRT" response is pedantic. No, it's not a college-level grievance studies course. Yes, it springs directly from CRT. "Identifying privilege" is CRT implementation step one, because the next step is privilege shaming.

Anonymous wrote:Privilege is just saying you have a benefit that others don’t. It’s not you shouldn’t have that benefit. Lots of people here acknowledge they have privilege but they use different language. Maybe are nicer to them because they’re beautiful. Maybe their parents helped them buy a house. Etc. The response isn’t “you shouldn’t be pretty” or “your presents shouldn’t have helped you.”

That's not it at all. CRT adherents (which include the entirety of the FCPS board and 90% of administrators and teachers) it's assumed that so-called privilege has granted some people things that others don't have at the expense of those other people. To them, life is a zero-sum game and it's the place of government to make people who they identify as having privilege give something up - money, community, good schools, a nice quiet neighborhood, etc. - in order to make the world "fair". And the people who have to give something up are always, always white and middle-class. See Kendi, DiAngelo et al.

Anonymous wrote: It’s that in an ideal world, everyone would be treated with dignity and everybody would have equal access to buying a home.

The government already treats everybody with the same level of dignity (or lack thereof). Everybody already has equal access to buy a home. Sure, you can find individual instances where it doesn't happen, because sometimes people suck and there is no such thing as an ideal world, and in those instances, there are laws that can be enforced. CRT and all of its downstream implementations are not about making sure everybody is treated equally by the government, they're about government-mandated equality of outcomes that take away from some and give to others based on immutable characteristics. That's what makes it racist. The end goal is to teach children to feel bad about advantages they may have, given, inherited, earned, or natural, so that they don't fight back when the government comes for them and their stuff.

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The government already treats everybody with the same level of dignity (or lack thereof). Everybody already has equal access to buy a home. Sure, you can find individual instances where it doesn't happen, because sometimes people suck and there is no such thing as an ideal world, and in those instances, there are laws that can be enforced. CRT and all of its downstream implementations are not about making sure everybody is treated equally by the government, they're about government-mandated equality of outcomes that take away from some and give to others based on immutable characteristics. That's what makes it racist. The end goal is to teach children to feel bad about advantages they may have, given, inherited, earned, or natural, so that they don't fight back when the government comes for them and their stuff.

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"The Little Red Hen" should be required reading.

Also, even "privileged" people can have pretty sad lives.

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White fragility at its best, it’s very easy to trigger them

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The government already treats everybody with the same level of dignity (or lack thereof). Everybody already has equal access to buy a home. Sure, you can find individual instances where it doesn't happen, because sometimes people suck and there is no such thing as an ideal world, and in those instances, there are laws that can be enforced. CRT and all of its downstream implementations are not about making sure everybody is treated equally by the government, they're about government-mandated equality of outcomes that take away from some and give to others based on immutable characteristics. That's what makes it racist. The end goal is to teach children to feel bad about advantages they may have, given, inherited, earned, or natural, so that they don't fight back when the government comes for them and their stuff.

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"The Little Red Hen" should be required reading.

Also, even "privileged" people can have pretty sad lives.

I love that story! Taught it to all my children.

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Anonymous wrote:White fragility at its best, it’s very easy to trigger them

Exactly. Try even *implying* that it isn’t a privilege to be white or that people shouldn’t be pitied for not being so lucky and see what happens!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Several Extreme Right / Conservative websites have posted the following...

Parents who complained received a note from Assistant Superintendent Douglas A. Tyson that said:

The screen shot you reference comes from an approved FCPS English Curriculum lesson that is centered around students selecting a “choice” test and examining in detail the author’s perspective on a wide-range [sic] of issues. Students are asked, in the lesson, to read critically and think critically about the author’s perspective on several fronts including the author’s privilege that may or may not be present in the work. Students are then asked independently and self reflectively to juxtapose their thoughts regarding any perceived privilege they think they may have and how they would potentially rewrite portions of the text. Students are not asked or required to report out their self-reflections. This lesson is an adept vehicle to push student thinking to challenge the author’s thoughts/conclusions and to sharpen their ability to critically read selected texts.

That sounds like an actual assignment from an English class.

The MAGA spawn conveniently left out the instructions.

Cuz whites get extremely triggered

If everything was okie dokie, like you suggest, then why did FCPS apologize?

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Thinking "critically" in CRT lingo means finding ways to reduce everyone to the sum of their "privileges" or lack thereof.

FCPS should be ashamed of peddling such garbage but that's the path Scotty embraced once it became clear he lacked any real administrative skills or talent for improving student performance.