Would you please explain your opposition to the bolded? You aft as if it is self evident but I truly do not understand why it is a problem for teachers to be mitigating, disrupting and dismantling systemic oppression. I want my community to be anti-oppression. Do you not agree? |
I want my kids to be educated - using facts and sources. I do not want my kids listening to a teacher lecture them on "systemic oppression." That's where critical thinking comes in. Learning from history, so as not to repeat mistakes. Not being sanctimoniously lectured about racism and "inherent bias." That's something parents can teach their own kids about. Luckily, my youngest is about to graduate, so we will be done with the lunacy that FCPS has recently embraced. I'm sure you'll enjoy it, however. |
Why can’t you simply not use stereotypes since they are offensive to many people? If you are not a bully then that shouldn’t be a problem. And if you are so offended by people opposing your use offensive stereotypes and organizing against it then are you not being a hypocrite by organizing and opposing something that offends you? |
Thanks god you will have nothing to do with the schools soon. You sound like a commie. |
If the anti-CRT fanatics were serious about "facts and sources" they wouldn't be so desperate to ban a growing list of books. They reality is that a bunch of parents just object to any version of history or english that doesn't focus on people like them. It isn't more complicated than that. |
These people pretending there is no racism in education just astound me. I’m white and went to a very diverse high school, and it was obvious even to stupid, young, blue collar grievance Rush Limbaugh loving me that the black kids weren’t getting a fair shake. Never got extra help because they had potential, never got the benefit of the doubt in a fight, never got recognized for demonstrated skills and accomplishments, never got put in the AP classes. I got all those things and got out, learned better, did better. Black kids smarter and more respectful, polite, and refined than me got stuck.
White boys got IEPs and diagnoses when they acted out. Black kids got suspended. In first grade. Not all teachers were like this, but enough. Usually the ones that lived in our town and moved away when it got too brown for their tastes and raised their own kids somewhere lilly white. They weren’t calling anyone the n word but they didn’t need to. They didn’t even realize what they were doing was racist. This was 20 years ago, and those folks are still teaching. Think about how much potential in that town was wasted due to their shit attitudes. |
Education has never been a simple recitation of raw facts, dates, quotes and names. How can someone in DC, where everyone has a graduate degree, ever be under the impression that education is nothing more than rote memorization? |
I can not believe right wing in this country support thought crimes. What the hell happen to conservatives? Hope parents call in conservatives teachers. |
You can debate education policy all you want. The fact that there is a line where you report people who think differently to the government should really give you pause. |
Get real. OP said Thought Crime. It just leaves it open to report indoctrination in the classroom. Not personal beliefs. In other words, you cannot say ACAB. |
Obviously, you never lived in a regime that did exactly such things to indoctrinate the citizens with what it wanted. The mere way this is defined should worry you, as an American. |
You get real. This is 1984 stuff. Look at the language you use. Indoctrination…next you will be talking about re-education camps. How in the hell did we let people like this have any responsibility? |
The RWNJs pushing all of this define "indoctrination" as any opinion or personal belief they disagree with. Their intention is to ensure that anything taught reflects the right wing view of the world with no dissenters. Look no further than the books and concepts they're anxious to ban as proof of that. |
How about if someone says Blue Lives Matter? They'll be investigated and disciplined, right? |
DP. Are you the OP of this thread? Or do you agree with this OP? https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1031920.page If so, you have absolutely zero self-awareness. Wow. |