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And to the teachers out there - how much control do you want over your students?  Do you believe that parents have no idea how to teach, what their kids need, and[b] should simply shut up, like they wanted Mr. Baer to do, because he clearly has no right to be upset that his 9th grade daughter was assigned porn?[/b] [/quote]

They wanted Mr. Baer to shut up because he had already been heard, his issue had already been addressed by the school district on the day it was brought up, and it was someone else's turn to express their thoughts and feelings on their own child's education.

As far as him having the right to "be upset", as a teacher I can't tell you how many times I have explained to children that they have the right to feel however they feel, but that right doesn't excuse them from adhering to rules of civil discourse including waiting for your turn to speak.  [/quote]

They bait parents into anger by screwing them over. THey meet on mundane issues for 90 minutes, then they give 15 minutes for comments on a topic that should be debated for hours! Then if you fight back, you are arresstsd.

Common Core is turning into a totalitarian regime. And you support that. Says a lot about you. [/quote]

He went to his child's principal who said "you're right, we should have done what you asked" and fixed it before the day was out, before the meeting at which he was arrested.  After he was arrested the school board took a step further than he appears to have asked for in making the book "opt in" rather than "opt out".

How are those the actions of a totalitarian regime?  Seems like that's local control at it's finest.  If you're implying that I support the idea that principals have the ability to act quickly and change things the same day a parent brings them to their attention, and that school boards listen to everyone who speaks at their meetings, even the assholes, and exacts sensible changes in response quickly, then yes, I support that.

Finally, what does this have to do with Common Core?  [/quote]

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