APS black student singled out to play cotton picking game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school has school based subs, they are paid a little more than a regular subs because they show up like it’s a full-time job (not day to day). They don’t always know where they’re going to be assigned each day, there are assigned based on need.

So the kids are sometimes getting a school-based sub, sometimes having study hall... but in either case not learning any French at all? I'd be so mad if my kid was in that class.

In the case of this particular substitute teacher, deep in the bowels of this thread she's reported to be a woman from one of the French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa. So the class did have a chance of instruction before the kid and his parents decided to fire up the outrage machine. I'm not sure if the admin got antsy and reassigned her or she decided that life's too short and the pay's too small to deal with that level of nonsense.

My DS had this teacher, but isn’t in the same class where the incident occurred. There’s been very little instruction all year. The teacher was using google translate for most things. She even googled the capital of France in front of the kids. Being a French speaker does not equal being a French teacher. The whole year has been a waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school has school based subs, they are paid a little more than a regular subs because they show up like it’s a full-time job (not day to day). They don’t always know where they’re going to be assigned each day, there are assigned based on need.

So the kids are sometimes getting a school-based sub, sometimes having study hall... but in either case not learning any French at all? I'd be so mad if my kid was in that class.

In the case of this particular substitute teacher, deep in the bowels of this thread she's reported to be a woman from one of the French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa. So the class did have a chance of instruction before the kid and his parents decided to fire up the outrage machine. I'm not sure if the admin got antsy and reassigned her or she decided that life's too short and the pay's too small to deal with that level of nonsense.

My DS had this teacher, but isn’t in the same class where the incident occurred. There’s been very little instruction all year. The teacher was using google translate for most things. She even googled the capital of France in front of the kids. Being a French speaker does not equal being a French teacher. The whole year has been a waste.

Did you know that there are probably more French-speaking people outside of France than there are in France. This makes you sound incredibly ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school has school based subs, they are paid a little more than a regular subs because they show up like it’s a full-time job (not day to day). They don’t always know where they’re going to be assigned each day, there are assigned based on need.

So the kids are sometimes getting a school-based sub, sometimes having study hall... but in either case not learning any French at all? I'd be so mad if my kid was in that class.

In the case of this particular substitute teacher, deep in the bowels of this thread she's reported to be a woman from one of the French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa. So the class did have a chance of instruction before the kid and his parents decided to fire up the outrage machine. I'm not sure if the admin got antsy and reassigned her or she decided that life's too short and the pay's too small to deal with that level of nonsense.

If a black woman can be called racist for using cotton balls in a game then I'd be surprised if she or any other French teachers stick around that school.

I don’t think she would identify as Black.

[Anonymous]

For adequate middle school French instruction, the only real option for Arlington public school students is the Alliance Francaise. Unfortunately, Arlington is the only large school system in the DC area without a French immersion school.

Middle school world and classical languages are generally fairly basic and not truly rigorous like the high school language classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still want to know if the family was actually living in Arlington. It seems like it would be fairly easy to prove and if they weren’t residents, this is an open and shut case.

Sounds like they were able to “fix” the issue before suing APS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school has school based subs, they are paid a little more than a regular subs because they show up like it’s a full-time job (not day to day). They don’t always know where they’re going to be assigned each day, there are assigned based on need.

So the kids are sometimes getting a school-based sub, sometimes having study hall... but in either case not learning any French at all? I'd be so mad if my kid was in that class.

In the case of this particular substitute teacher, deep in the bowels of this thread she's reported to be a woman from one of the French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa. So the class did have a chance of instruction before the kid and his parents decided to fire up the outrage machine. I'm not sure if the admin got antsy and reassigned her or she decided that life's too short and the pay's too small to deal with that level of nonsense.

My DS had this teacher, but isn’t in the same class where the incident occurred. There’s been very little instruction all year. The teacher was using google translate for most things. She even googled the capital of France in front of the kids. Being a French speaker does not equal being a French teacher. The whole year has been a waste.

Did you know that there are probably more French-speaking people outside of France than there are in France. This makes you sound incredibly ignorant.

WHO doesn’t know the capital of France, French speaking or not??? Way to miss my point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have there been any updates or further developments?

They probably still working on the terms of the settlement. Of course APS will want as much damage control. Like when the paid off the little black girls family who got her dreadlocks cut off by the white boys, she had to retract her story.
Hopefully Justin will make sure his clients settle with more dignity.

That was a private Christian school in Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have there been any updates or further developments?

I find it interesting the NAACP has been so quiet about it lately. According to all the news reports on May 3rd, the family gave APS 30 days to respond or they would sue. Let’s see what happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have there been any updates or further developments?

They probably still working on the terms of the settlement. Of course APS will want as much damage control. Like when the paid off the little black girls family who got her dreadlocks cut off by the white boys, she had to retract her story.
Hopefully Justin will make sure his clients settle with more dignity.

That was a private Christian school in Fairfax County.

Yep.

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2019/09/virginia-school-says-allegation-of-student-who-accused-classmates-of-cutting-dreadlocks-is-false/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school has school based subs, they are paid a little more than a regular subs because they show up like it’s a full-time job (not day to day). They don’t always know where they’re going to be assigned each day, there are assigned based on need.

So the kids are sometimes getting a school-based sub, sometimes having study hall... but in either case not learning any French at all? I'd be so mad if my kid was in that class.

In the case of this particular substitute teacher, deep in the bowels of this thread she's reported to be a woman from one of the French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa. So the class did have a chance of instruction before the kid and his parents decided to fire up the outrage machine. I'm not sure if the admin got antsy and reassigned her or she decided that life's too short and the pay's too small to deal with that level of nonsense.

My DS had this teacher, but isn’t in the same class where the incident occurred. There’s been very little instruction all year. The teacher was using google translate for most things. She even googled the capital of France in front of the kids. Being a French speaker does not equal being a French teacher. The whole year has been a waste.

Did you know that there are probably more French-speaking people outside of France than there are in France. This makes you sound incredibly ignorant.

WHO doesn’t know the capital of France, French speaking or not??? Way to miss my point.

No sweetheart, you're missing the point. You sound stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have there been any updates or further developments?

They probably still working on the terms of the settlement. Of course APS will want as much damage control. Like when the paid off the little black girls family who got her dreadlocks cut off by the white boys, she had to retract her story.
Hopefully Justin will make sure his clients settle with more dignity.

If this is the incident of which I am thinking, that was a private school, not APS, and there's no indication that she was lying when she said she was lying.

Well a settlement attorney issued the statement. The Vice President’s wife was working at the school and they didn’t want anymore bad publicity. It’s pretty obvious what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have there been any updates or further developments?

They probably still working on the terms of the settlement. Of course APS will want as much damage control. Like when the paid off the little black girls family who got her dreadlocks cut off by the white boys, she had to retract her story.
Hopefully Justin will make sure his clients settle with more dignity.

That was a private Christian school in Fairfax County.

Yep.

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2019/09/virginia-school-says-allegation-of-student-who-accused-classmates-of-cutting-dreadlocks-is-false/

Yeah, the Vice Presidents wife worked there and they paid that family off and covered that up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school has school based subs, they are paid a little more than a regular subs because they show up like it’s a full-time job (not day to day). They don’t always know where they’re going to be assigned each day, there are assigned based on need.

So the kids are sometimes getting a school-based sub, sometimes having study hall... but in either case not learning any French at all? I'd be so mad if my kid was in that class.

In the case of this particular substitute teacher, deep in the bowels of this thread she's reported to be a woman from one of the French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa. So the class did have a chance of instruction before the kid and his parents decided to fire up the outrage machine. I'm not sure if the admin got antsy and reassigned her or she decided that life's too short and the pay's too small to deal with that level of nonsense.

My DS had this teacher, but isn’t in the same class where the incident occurred. There’s been very little instruction all year. The teacher was using google translate for most things. She even googled the capital of France in front of the kids. Being a French speaker does not equal being a French teacher. The whole year has been a waste.

This is sad and ridiculous. So all the kids who signed up for a year of French studies have learned nothing? Disgraceful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school has school based subs, they are paid a little more than a regular subs because they show up like it’s a full-time job (not day to day). They don’t always know where they’re going to be assigned each day, there are assigned based on need.

So the kids are sometimes getting a school-based sub, sometimes having study hall... but in either case not learning any French at all? I'd be so mad if my kid was in that class.

In the case of this particular substitute teacher, deep in the bowels of this thread she's reported to be a woman from one of the French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa. So the class did have a chance of instruction before the kid and his parents decided to fire up the outrage machine. I'm not sure if the admin got antsy and reassigned her or she decided that life's too short and the pay's too small to deal with that level of nonsense.

My DS had this teacher, but isn’t in the same class where the incident occurred. There’s been very little instruction all year. The teacher was using google translate for most things. She even googled the capital of France in front of the kids. Being a French speaker does not equal being a French teacher. The whole year has been a waste.

Did you know that there are probably more French-speaking people outside of France than there are in France. This makes you sound incredibly ignorant.

WHO doesn’t know the capital of France, French speaking or not??? Way to miss my point.

No sweetheart, you're missing the point. You sound stupid.

DP, but are you serious? Paris has been one of the most famous and highly visited cities for forever. It's also frequently in the news (Macron state visit, strikes with trash in the street). I am frightened that any educator would not know the capital of France.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school has school based subs, they are paid a little more than a regular subs because they show up like it’s a full-time job (not day to day). They don’t always know where they’re going to be assigned each day, there are assigned based on need.

So the kids are sometimes getting a school-based sub, sometimes having study hall... but in either case not learning any French at all? I'd be so mad if my kid was in that class.

In the case of this particular substitute teacher, deep in the bowels of this thread she's reported to be a woman from one of the French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa. So the class did have a chance of instruction before the kid and his parents decided to fire up the outrage machine. I'm not sure if the admin got antsy and reassigned her or she decided that life's too short and the pay's too small to deal with that level of nonsense.

My DS had this teacher, but isn’t in the same class where the incident occurred. There’s been very little instruction all year. The teacher was using google translate for most things. She even googled the capital of France in front of the kids. Being a French speaker does not equal being a French teacher. The whole year has been a waste.

Did you know that there are probably more French-speaking people outside of France than there are in France. This makes you sound incredibly ignorant.

WHO doesn’t know the capital of France, French speaking or not??? Way to miss my point.

No sweetheart, you're missing the point. You sound stupid.

DP, but are you serious? Paris has been one of the most famous and highly visited cities for forever. It's also frequently in the news (Macron state visit, strikes with trash in the street). I am frightened that any educator would not know the capital of France.

Different poster. We live in one of the most multicultural areas in the US if not the world. There are a lot of educated people here that don’t know what I had previously considered to be common knowledge. So I’m not all that surprised that a native French speaker would not know the capital of France.

Also, most adults under 40 no longer watch World News Tonight, the local Eyewitness News, or subscribe to newspapers like the Washington Post. They get their news through free websites or social media. Or if they are keen, then maybe the UK Guardian, which is a great donation-based newspaper (online and in print).

Subs aren’t vetted like teachers who are uniquely qualified to teach specific subjects. I think the school was just lucky they found a native French speaker for the long term sub position. Sadly middle school language classes are not that strong to begin with.