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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw this elsewhere but wasn’t sure it was true. Why is being a military kid privileged???

Also how do you win? The person who covers the most squares? What is the assumption here that only white lids grow up in stable 2 parent homes with college educated parents who go to work?  This is example of why I don’t back any of the CRT type lessons. They are so bizarre and random but white democrats love it bc it makes them feel woke. Imagine being the non white kids during these classes?

If better more accurate history books are needed, the. get those but skip these nonsense lessons.[/quote] The military kids in Oakton are likely to be children of officers.[/quote]

[b]And college is basically taken care of for them[/b]. That's huge. [/quote]

What are you talking about? This is false. [/quote]

Is this new? My mom was a captain and my father was an Admiral, my and my siblings’ college wasn’t paid for by the military.[/quote]

Yes, it is new. The Montgomery GI bill was not transferrable. The Post 9/11 GI bill is transferrable AFTER 10 year of service. It is 36 months of tuition, so will basically cover 4 years of college for one person. It's an amazing benefit, but certainly doesn't pay for every military kid's college. This was one thing the military offered in the early 2000s when troops were being deployed overseas and they needed to up retention and joins. I would like to see the number of military who actually use it for their kids or spouse instead of on themselves. You all here mainly know high level officers, but as someone serving as enlisted, we really don't make that much money. And the vast majority of enlisted do not have a college education so will use the GI bill to help themselves get a job when they retire from the military, usually around age 38. Not use it on their kids.

My bigger problem with this card, personally, is the thought that those who are not able to x out these squares must feel "less than". Are we teaching everyone in that classroom that if you come out as gay or transgender that you lose your privilege? I think these things need to be talked about, but not with a bingo card. They can all be addressed with a lot more nuance through literature and history lessons. I'd also like to see a hopeful conversation about how the grandparents or great-grandparents of someone who  is "privileged" would have answered these questions when they were 16.

Even as a "super liberal" I'm appalled that anyone thought this was ok.

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