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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid was telling me yesterday that in one class some kid spent 5 min of a class where topic was the historical analysis of rise of Nazis discussing why Trump is a Nazi and as dangerous as Hitler was.. I despise Trump. He's a lunatic and dangerous. He's not Hitler.[/quote]
How is the curriculum to blame in this instance?[/quote]

I'm not blaming the curriculum. Read the post.

I'm saying this is emblematic of what my OP said - that every view goes extreme and there is no room for questioning or discourse.

To make it clear for you: I pointed out two issues in my post

1) Curriculum questions

2) fact that GDS allows no room for kids who question certain beliefs or the curriculum to even speak - not just my view but even published by a kid in the school paper 2 weeks ago. There are more of these kids and they are afraid to speak.

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Thank you for continuing this thread in a civil manner.  I am a GDS parent with children younger than yours but am in total agreement with how extreme the school has made politics.  For instance, my son came home crying the day that it was announced that Youngkin dropped the mask mandate.  As a family, we had stopped wearing masks and explained to him that it was just a matter of time until the rest of the DMV stopped wearing them too.  He said that he was told by his teacher that anyone who refused to wear masks was evil and even though it took a lot of family discussion, due to his age primarily, I was able to convince him that one deliberate act doesn't define a person's overall goodness and humanity.  That's the problem.  We can have our ideas and beliefs but still need to teach kids that those that disagree with us aren't "lesser than".  That is what GDS is doing.  I know several children pulled for Cathedral schools and several eighth grade families applying out.  Perhaps that will wake them up but in the meantime I encourage these older kids to keep speaking up.  The school needs to understand that we are raising humans who will have to survive outside of their bubble and they are not preparing these kids to do so.[/quote]

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