Schools Pushing MEDITATION in public schools

[Anonymous]

The aggressive and disrespectful way you’ve been writing on this thread is a clear indication that meditation and yoga have had no positive effect on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teaching kids to calm themselves and focus. The horrors!!!

Op, go back under your bridge.

The aggressive and disrespectful way you all have been writing on this thread is a clear indication that meditation and yoga have had no positive effect on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I have perfect reasoning ability. You all are clueless.

I am not writing in links so the links can prove my point, but to make the point that all the links you send are meaningless, because all the sources you bring up also have written articles making my point.

You can be selective about the words you use, and pretend that you are using something secularly. It is still the wrong place for it. You think you’re being cool by adapting these behaviors, and don’t take a minute to think for a second of what they mean. You are the same people who are tearing down statues because their origins are linked to slavery, but refuse to look at the roots of meditation because it makes you think you are hip with your expense yoga pants.

You are just empty heads.

OP this post actually just makes me sad for you.

Don’t waste your feelings on me. Feel sad and lament for yourself.

Are you Megan Kelley trying to get validation? You are trying in the same forum to complain about SEL? You pulled your kids from schools to homeschool them stop trying to convince people your arguments have any merit.

[Anonymous]

I meditate and I’m an atheist. Mindfulness meditation is not a religious practice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have perfect reasoning ability. You all are clueless.

I am not writing in links so the links can prove my point, but to make the point that all the links you send are meaningless, because all the sources you bring up also have written articles making my point.

You can be selective about the words you use, and pretend that you are using something secularly. It is still the wrong place for it. You think you’re being cool by adapting these behaviors, and don’t take a minute to think for a second of what they mean. You are the same people who are tearing down statues because their origins are linked to slavery, but refuse to look at the roots of meditation because it makes you think you are hip with your expense yoga pants.

You are just empty heads.

OP this post actually just makes me sad for you.

Don’t waste your feelings on me. Feel sad and lament for yourself.

Are you Megan Kelley trying to get validation? You are trying in the same forum to complain about SEL? You pulled your kids from schools to homeschool them stop trying to convince people your arguments have any merit.

What drugs are you on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I meditate and I’m an atheist. Mindfulness meditation is not a religious practice.

Who made you the authority on this? You’re in denial. You’re a self called atheist seeking and longing for spirituality.

Any person raised in an Eastern culture and is aquatinted with meditation will tell you that meditation is at a minimum a spiritual practice. For many it’s part of religion. I am not mentioning Western meditation here, because it’s different from the Eastern one, and different from the one being taught in schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I meditate and I’m an atheist. Mindfulness meditation is not a religious practice.

THIS

[Anonymous]

The most popular and effective K teacher at my children's elementary school started each day with 5 minutes of meditation/yoga. The squirming 4-5 year olds sat, breathed in and out slowly, eyes closed, rolled their heads around their necks, stretched their arms and legs. And the rest of the morning the kids were calm and collected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The most popular and effective K teacher at my children's elementary school started each day with 5 minutes of meditation/yoga. The squirming 4-5 year olds sat, breathed in and out slowly, eyes closed, rolled their heads around their necks, stretched their arms and legs. And the rest of the morning the kids were calm and collected.

But we must stop this now because one mom is uncomfortable with anything she didn't have when she was a child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meditation is a religious practice. It is being taught in our public schools throughout Virginia under the disguise of benefits.

All religions have benefits. Regardless, the US Supreme Court has ruled that religion doesn’t belong in schools.

It doesn’t have to be religious. It’s basically quiet time. Calm down. You’re trying to make an issue out of nothing.

[Anonymous]

The troll aka OP needs to try meditating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meditation is a religious practice. It is being taught in our public schools throughout Virginia under the disguise of benefits.

All religions have benefits. Regardless, the US Supreme Court has ruled that religion doesn’t belong in schools.

Mindfulness. lallallalala.

My kid just copies the teacher's example each week. Teacher never calls him out on it nor expects more.

Meditation and checkin: How are you feeling today?
Teacher example: I feel great, I had a good breakfast.

My kid 15 weeks in a row: I feel great, I had a good breakfast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meditation is a religious practice. It is being taught in our public schools throughout Virginia under the disguise of benefits.

All religions have benefits. Regardless, the US Supreme Court has ruled that religion doesn’t belong in schools.

Mindfulness. lallallalala.

My kid just copies the teacher's example each week. Teacher never calls him out on it nor expects more.

Meditation and checkin: How are you feeling today?
Teacher example: I feel great, I had a good breakfast.

My kid 15 weeks in a row: I feel great, I had a good breakfast.

Maybe your kid needs therapy if this is the best your child can do. Are you forcing your child to say these things? Are they being abused at home?

You know in some schools kids don't get breakfast and don't get fed at home. Sometimes this helps the teacher ID who needs more and can get it to them.

I feel great but I'm tired.
T: why are you tired?
Kid: my mom was up all night screaming at the computer with fake outrage about me telling you how I feel.
T: okay, do you want a hug?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meditation is a religious practice. It is being taught in our public schools throughout Virginia under the disguise of benefits.

All religions have benefits. Regardless, the US Supreme Court has ruled that religion doesn’t belong in schools.

Mindfulness. lallallalala.

My kid just copies the teacher's example each week. Teacher never calls him out on it nor expects more.

Meditation and checkin: How are you feeling today?
Teacher example: I feel great, I had a good breakfast.

My kid 15 weeks in a row: I feel great, I had a good breakfast.

BTW outside of DL you know this to be true because your kid tells you or the teacher?

[Anonymous]

My issue with meditation is not the religious aspect but how it is viewed as a panacea for all problems. As a fed, my office pushed this on us rather than undergoing necessary reforms to deal with the stressful and unproductive work environment. It puts the onus back on the employee (or in OP's case, the kid) to manage external factors without real change.