If I were a teacher I'd quit. This is the last straw.

I would like to know why French and or Spanish is being taught in my children's school. This is Virgina, it is not France of Spain correct?. America First!!

Anonymous wrote:I will call in my objection to the following "facts" being taught in our public schools:

--Columbus "discovered" America
--the first Thanksgiving was a peaceful gathering
--the first European settlers came here for religious freedom
--the civil war was fought to end slavery
--America was isolationist between WWI and WWII
--slavery existed mostly in southern states

That's a weird mix of things. This may be closer to the truth:

- Columbus wasn't the discoverer, not even the first European.

- Thanksgiving is a mess, yes, there needs to be better teaching for this

- The first European settlers came here to try and exploit new lands. Some fled religious oppression by others but weren't exactly proponents of religious freedom either.

- Civil war was fought for a number of reasons, but one reason was *definitely* slavery. Just look at the contemporary debates leading up to the Civil War in Congress, the Missouri Compromise, Bleeding Kansas, the violent attack on abolitionist Senator Sumner by southern pro-slave Preston Brooks, and so on.

- America wasn't "isolationist" - it had muddled international goals and objectives, some companies and industrialists were invested in Nazi Germany at the time.

- Slavery existed at some point in all states, nobody denies that - but in 1790, the overwhelming majority of slaves were concentrated in the south, with most in Virginia and South Carolina, and then slavery expanded further west and south, whereas by the 1820s, well prior to the civil war it was largely phased out in the northern states. It's also a common misconception that white people were all slaveowners. Even at the peak of slavery in 1840, less than 10% of whites owned slaves.

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Anonymous wrote:You can debate education policy all you want. The fact that there is a line where you report people who think differently to the government should really give you pause.

Get real. OP said Thought Crime. It just leaves it open to report indoctrination in the classroom. Not personal beliefs. In other words, you cannot say ACAB.

You get real. This is 1984 stuff. Look at the language you use. Indoctrination…next you will be talking about re-education camps. How in the hell did we let people like this have any responsibility?

Yep. Double Plus Ungood.

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Anonymous wrote:This is going around FB today

Virginia’s new Governor Youngkin has established a tip line to report teachers. I recommend you report:
- Who was your favorite teacher and what did they teach?
- What teacher had the most positive impact on your life?
-What does your child like about their current teacher?
- How has your school or your child’s school had a positive impact on your life?
- What are some of your fondest memories about school?
You can report these to: helpeducation@governor.virginia.gov
And be sure to #ThankATeacher 🙏🏽

This is a really juvenile way to handle what is should be treated in a serious manner, given its seriousness. Maybe someday when we act like adults and protest like adults, our society will start to function again.

Setting up a hotline so parents can complain that the history curriculum doesn't just cover white people and demand various books be banned isn't a serious endeavour and shouldn't be treated as such.

It reminds me of when Trump tried to set up a hotline so people could report suspected illegals living in their neighbourhood.

Anonymous wrote:This is going around FB today

Virginia’s new Governor Youngkin has established a tip line to report teachers. I recommend you report:
- Who was your favorite teacher and what did they teach?
- What teacher had the most positive impact on your life?
-What does your child like about their current teacher?
- How has your school or your child’s school had a positive impact on your life?
- What are some of your fondest memories about school?
You can report these to: helpeducation@governor.virginia.gov
And be sure to #ThankATeacher 🙏🏽

This is a really juvenile way to handle what is should be treated in a serious manner, given its seriousness. Maybe someday when we act like adults and protest like adults, our society will start to function again.

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Anonymous wrote:This is another few inches toward the pit of fascism that the GOP wants us all to land in.

+100

It’s terrifying that his supporters don’t understand this.

It's terrifying that SBs don't understand and listen to parents. It's terrifying that our news media do not report anything negative about our SBs. Just look at how the parents of the sexual assault victim was treated. The school administration knew better, the SB knew better--and, yet, they let the dad be presented as a "domestic terrorist."

Do you prefer the dirty laundry be presented on twitter and conservative media to the public--or do you think it is better to have a place to report it.

How is this different from a "whistleblower" hotline?

It is not "fascist" to report a teacher who is out of line. When the administration is encouraging demonizing one group over another, where else do you go?

My personal preference is to use the chain of command. But, when the chain of command is encouraging the wrong instruction, where else can you go? Washington Post ignores it. FCPS SB members have had racist texts go public. Have you read about that in Washington Post? Their racist texts just happened to be against the "privileged" races. So, to them, I guess that is not racist.

Yes. That is what fascism is. Everyone has to “fall in line” with the state. Can you really not see this?

100%

This moron thinks teaching history as it actually happened is "demonizing" white people. They're so far detached from reality they can't see anything.

Can I report the truant officer? I am concerned his/her views of freedom are not inline with the republican orthodoxy.

I want to report Miss Keck, history teacher at Wakefield High School in Arlington, VA, who was mean to me in 1959. But yet, ladies and gentlemen, I somehow survived.

I will call in my objection to the following "facts" being taught in our public schools:

--Columbus "discovered" America
--the first Thanksgiving was a peaceful gathering
--the first European settlers came here for religious freedom
--the civil war was fought to end slavery
--America was isolationist between WWI and WWII
--slavery existed mostly in southern states

Anonymous wrote:I have heard they are planning to teach or maybe already teach "foreign" languages in my child's school. How can this be happening in America?

Cant Governor Youngkin or the Republican Party do anything about it??

And teaching Arabic numbers! It is shocking!

Anonymous wrote:I have heard they are planning to teach or maybe already teach "foreign" languages in my child's school. How can this be happening in America?

Cant Governor Youngkin or the Republican Party do anything about it??

emailed send

CAN WE FOIA THE EMAILS??

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is another few inches toward the pit of fascism that the GOP wants us all to land in.

+100

It’s terrifying that his supporters don’t understand this.

It's terrifying that SBs don't understand and listen to parents. It's terrifying that our news media do not report anything negative about our SBs. Just look at how the parents of the sexual assault victim was treated. The school administration knew better, the SB knew better--and, yet, they let the dad be presented as a "domestic terrorist."

Do you prefer the dirty laundry be presented on twitter and conservative media to the public--or do you think it is better to have a place to report it.

How is this different from a "whistleblower" hotline?

It is not "fascist" to report a teacher who is out of line. When the administration is encouraging demonizing one group over another, where else do you go?

My personal preference is to use the chain of command. But, when the chain of command is encouraging the wrong instruction, where else can you go? Washington Post ignores it. FCPS SB members have had racist texts go public. Have you read about that in Washington Post? Their racist texts just happened to be against the "privileged" races. So, to them, I guess that is not racist.

Yes. That is what fascism is. Everyone has to “fall in line” with the state. Can you really not see this?

100%

This is going around FB today

Virginia’s new Governor Youngkin has established a tip line to report teachers. I recommend you report:
- Who was your favorite teacher and what did they teach?
- What teacher had the most positive impact on your life?
-What does your child like about their current teacher?
- How has your school or your child’s school had a positive impact on your life?
- What are some of your fondest memories about school?
You can report these to: helpeducation@governor.virginia.gov
And be sure to #ThankATeacher 🙏🏽