Janney principal email about yesterday’s events

[Anonymous]

Good grief, OP.

I don't believe for a minute that you "And your friends" were upset about this.

I bet it was only you.

Please move from AU Park. If you don't know it by now, you're cut from different cloth. Which is fine!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely appropriate. And if you don't like it and you actually are a Janney family, you don't have to have your child particulate. I'm guessing that those who think it inappropriate are not even DC residents and did not experience the sheer fear and terror that DC families experienced yesterday. Locked at home so that the DC police force could be diverted to Congress to save it from a coup that was fomented by the president and the Capital Police. Do not underestimate how many children are aware that something is wrong. Yesterday their parents spent all afternoon and evening staring at their phones completely freaking out. Certainly older elementary students may have watched it unfold live on tv with their parents, probably are already reading about it online and discussing with peers. This is a major national disaster that should be addressed in school. And if you did not already come to that conclusion yourself, you should take a good look in the mirror.

+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief, OP.

I don't believe for a minute that you "And your friends" were upset about this.

I bet it was only you.

Please move from AU Park. If you don't know it by now, you're cut from different cloth. Which is fine!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was an attempted Coup! Our Capitol was breached, our President essentially endorsed the activity, etc. It will go down in History as one of the most important days in United States History. Your child just experienced one of those moments in history where people will ask throughout their lifetime "Where were you during the attempted Trump Coup (or whatever it ends up being known as)?" In future years this will be as important to study as December 7th, 9/11, etc.

Your 4 year old needs to know about this. (Of course, age appropriate conversations... but not ZERO conversations)

This. OP, did you not talk to your child about the news at all???[/quote

I’m the person with the 4yo and not the OP. My problem is that my 4yo has already been told she is racist by a another kid in her class because “she is white.” Here is the kicker - she’s not even white. She just isn’t dark enough not to be racist, I guess? That was apparently the Pre-K kids take away from this stuff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My problem is that in zealously emphasizing race, this approach simplifies the issues and borders on becoming racist itself.

The protesters were white, and the BLM protestors were treated differently.

But there is so much more going on here:
- cynical, sociopathic leadership who uses fear and lies to incite people for selfish purposes rather than work toward good.
- the difference between protesting real events and policies (BLM) and made-up, fictional BS (Trump)
- polarized media: can you be an educated person and critical thinker if you only pay attention to cherry-picked information and voices
- understanding the three branches of governments and the limited power of each!
- societal change is hard and bumpy
- when is an act of rebellion justified and how can you be sure?

The whites storming the Capitol yesterday are not representative of whites in this country generally. Pitching the whole thing as chiefly a white vs black issue risks hardening animosities rather than leading people to be more thoughtful and constructive than the ridiculousness of yesterday

So you want your 4 year old to work on the polarized media and understand the checks and balances in the US constitution?

Me again with the 4 year old- not the OP and not this poster lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My problem is that in zealously emphasizing race, this approach simplifies the issues and borders on becoming racist itself.

The protesters were white, and the BLM protestors were treated differently.

But there is so much more going on here:
- cynical, sociopathic leadership who uses fear and lies to incite people for selfish purposes rather than work toward good.
- the difference between protesting real events and policies (BLM) and made-up, fictional BS (Trump)
- polarized media: can you be an educated person and critical thinker if you only pay attention to cherry-picked information and voices
- understanding the three branches of governments and the limited power of each!
- societal change is hard and bumpy
- when is an act of rebellion justified and how can you be sure?

The whites storming the Capitol yesterday are not representative of whites in this country generally. Pitching the whole thing as chiefly a white vs black issue risks hardening animosities rather than leading people to be more thoughtful and constructive than the ridiculousness of yesterday

+100

[Anonymous]

Why is it always the richest, whitest schools that engage the hardest in this kind of thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:out of line.

nowhere does it say all protesters yesterday were white supremacists. nowhere.

That confederate flag told me that. I know exactly what those people are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief, OP.

I don't believe for a minute that you "And your friends" were upset about this.

I bet it was only you.

Please move from AU Park. If you don't know it by now, you're cut from different cloth. Which is fine!

Great show of tolerance. Keep it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it always the richest, whitest schools that engage the hardest in this kind of thing?

White guilt. That's why I send my kids to a racially mixed school. You can actually have nuanced discussions in that environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief, OP.

I don't believe for a minute that you "And your friends" were upset about this.

I bet it was only you.

Please move from AU Park. If you don't know it by now, you're cut from different cloth. Which is fine!

OP here - I didn’t say my friends. I said other parents. Their displeasure with it came up because of an incident during one of the class discussions about this.

Your attitude is exactly the problem. I’m a woman of color. You want me to leave AUPark because I’m “cut from a different cloth”? Typical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it always the richest, whitest schools that engage the hardest in this kind of thing?

White guilt. That's why I send my kids to a racially mixed school. You can actually have nuanced discussions in that environment.

oh please, those with the some of the most privilege should talk about it. You're response is akin to those who didn't see a difference in treatment between these people and the protests that were completely peaceful in BLM, still gassed and shot at with rubber bullets IMMEDIATELY.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only bad thing is that "teachers may need to step away" from teaching today. WTF? unless those teachers were at the capitol bldg, they have no excuse to not be teaching today.

This! How fragile is the Principal expecting these teachers to be?

The rest of it is fine for older kids, but some parents might not want their younger kids to be afraid. We talked about it with our older child and had they had some good discussions in classes, but we're not telling our younger kids. They're already afraid of the coronavirus and are having a horrible time with distance learning and not seeing any extended family. This stuff should be discussed in an extra class for younger kids, so parents can decide whether they want their child to attend. Sending an email the morning of doesn't allow sufficient time. Come on, parents are already serving as teacher's aides and trying to work. Of course we're too busy to constantly check our personal emails. Completely unreasonable timing expectations by the Janney Principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it always the richest, whitest schools that engage the hardest in this kind of thing?

White guilt. That's why I send my kids to a racially mixed school. You can actually have nuanced discussions in that environment.

oh please, those with the some of the most privilege should talk about it. You're response is akin to those who didn't see a difference in treatment between these people and the protests that were completely peaceful in BLM, still gassed and shot at with rubber bullets IMMEDIATELY.

Is your implication here that the many schools that aren't majority white in this city have parent bodies that agree with you but don't feel like they can say anything, or that they disagree with you but that you know better?

[Anonymous]

Not appropriate.