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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I rarely agree with anything I read on these threads, but I agree with the poster who said having or having had kids in the school system should be an eligibility requirement. I can’t believe the Arlington democrats elevated a candidate (CDT) so disconnected from both Arlington and the general experience of having a kid enrolled in our schools. I understand why they don’t want to relinquish the power they hold with the caucus, but I do resent it.[/quote]

A month or two ago during a board meeting CDT said she was walking around a school recently and came across a classroom doing a lesson on Japanese internment. And the kids were on their iPads switching between “taking notes” and watching the World Cup. She said, and I’m not kidding, this was great and a good use of classroom technology, because “that’s how work gets done today”. I thought I was hallucinating. I showed it to my wife and her jaw dropped. But it barely merited mention on AEM the next day. I guess that’s what passes for leadership in Arlington. [/quote]

so why didn't you raise this on AEM yourself? who else was supposed to comment on it? [/quote]

In my experience there is a narrow range of acceptable opinion on AEM, and criticizing a school board member for being too sanguine on educational technology is exactly the sort of thing that gets you dog-piled. What’s more, if CDT had made an intelligent, nuanced point then posting about it might invite a more civil discussion, but because her comment was so boneheaded there’s no real substantive way to defend it. Lacking any substantive way to defend the comment, the AEM crowd will most likely go into tribal “defense of the indefensible” mode, meaning character attacks, condescending explanations about what she ACTUALLY meant, and sly (or even overt) insinuations of racism.

No thanks. I’ll continue reading AEM silently just to keep my finger on the pulse of the crazy. [/quote]

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