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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She said the perception of masks making us safer was all that matters. That makes no sense and is worthy of ridicule.[/quote]

This is one more reason why there shouldn't be a full-fledge student member of the board.  They are taking a position where they are able to make broad decisions regarding our school system and yet it is not politically correct to criticize them when they say things that don't make sense.

+100 [/quote]

+1[/quote]

Agreed. Kids can have a voice but not a vote. [/quote]

Not having a vote is [i]exactly[/i] what it means to not have a voice. If the SMOB is non-voting, it's a waste of the student's time re: pushing the dialogue based on their current experiences and it'd be a waste of the BOE's time as a body. They don't make decisions on personnel, etc. so it's not "broad" decisions. After all, they are the ones who will have to follow those policies in their respective schools. Name one area/sector where the consumer doesn't have a voice that's almost co-equal.[/quote]

No, she can talk at every board meeting.   That's a voice.   Children should not get to make policy.    Adults do know better than children.   Adults can become better informed adults by listening to children.   But they are still children.   Adults should be making the decisions.

Is this how your family functions?    I listen to my kids, but I am the one who makes the decisions and accepts responsibility.[/quote]

"Is this how your family functions?" I see that DCUM posters still haven't learned respect but will always gaslight, etc. She's literally 18 ... there's no point of talking but then not being able to take action. These "children" you derisively refer to, many times, make smarter and more inclusive decisions than adults. Adults don't always know what they're doing, and I'm sorry for those children who have to deal with you. It's not "children are the future - as long as they know their place". These decisions made at the table affect them everyday.[/quote]

As someone who routinely reads the Tweens/Teens board, I see a lot more mixed sentiment about the capacity of 18 years  -- and what to do about it -- then you acknowledge here.[/quote]

OK - that's what you've read. I'm a recent MCPS alum and I've lived it. I've seen my peers and I protest gun violence, put together award-winning magazines, and make actionable changes towards racial equity and justice. Kids today go through way more pressure than any other generation, and, again, they need to be [i] fully[/i] heard. The SMOB, especially our current one, plays a critical role in that.[/quote]
Your statement here proves that children should not have an actual vote in matters as important as education.  Your lack of history knowledge and critical thinking lead you to say "Kids today go through way more pressure than any other generation" which is simply absurd.   Millennials had Sept 11th and everything that followed, Gen Xers had the constant threat of nuclear war, Boomers had Viet Nam, the Silent Generation had WWII and the Great Depression, the Greatest Generation had WWI and the Flu pandemic, and so on.  At your age, your worldview is so myopic that you can't comprehend all the moving parts in an organization as large and complicated as a school system with a $3 billion budget. [/quote]

+1 million[/quote]

OMG, stop +1ing your own comments.   :roll:  And the whole, "I had to walk 500 miles to school when I was your age" doesn't work anymore.  Come up with a new argument.  You know what this generation faces that you didn't face?  Crushing higher education debt, the inability to buy a home, global warming, post-pandemic crap and cluelesss numbnuts like you who helped create this situation.[/quote]

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