Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 21:51     Subject: Re:Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
It’s stupid for the Ds to not realize closing school for a year would have consequences.


Fewer people died during an epidemic than would have otherwise. Seems a good call.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 21:47     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


We want to expose your children to people with intelligence, style, manners, and taste.

Op My kids go to private school, so they already get that, and not from a bunch of brats whose parents think making $150k a year gives them the authority to go scream at schoolboard members like a bunch of hillbillies.


If you children attend a private school, why are you concerned about public schools? Do you work in one of their cafeterias?
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 21:15     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This generation of Republicans crying over the pandemic is pathetic.


The fact that they fall for the hysterics and lies of the GOP, pinning everything on the Dems, would be laughable if so many gullible, stupid people didn't get sucked in. Then the stupids vote for the GOP candidate, who in reality gives no sh*ts about education and will do nothing to improve the system. The GOP never does.

As though things went WELL where the GOP was in charge. It's a worldwide pandemic. EVERYONE has suffered in some way. Most of these VA kids are probably in far better shape than kids in the rest of the world. But, no, the stupids gotta whine.

People always need a scapegoat. The GOP is good at lying. And here we are.


It’s stupid for the Ds to not realize closing school for a year would have consequences.
People are dumb and I don’t like politics - but if you want to be involved in politics - it is what it is and that’s what you’re working with.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 21:12     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This generation of Republicans crying over the pandemic is pathetic.


The fact that they fall for the hysterics and lies of the GOP, pinning everything on the Dems, would be laughable if so many gullible, stupid people didn't get sucked in. Then the stupids vote for the GOP candidate, who in reality gives no sh*ts about education and will do nothing to improve the system. The GOP never does.

As though things went WELL where the GOP was in charge. It's a worldwide pandemic. EVERYONE has suffered in some way. Most of these VA kids are probably in far better shape than kids in the rest of the world. But, no, the stupids gotta whine.

People always need a scapegoat. The GOP is good at lying. And here we are.


Well, we can see that family and friends in other states has their kids in school last year. My niece in Florida attended school for the entire year last year, masked, and without issues.

We can see that states like CA (run by Dems) are pushing vaccine mandates on kids, whereas states like FL (run by a Repub) are not.

We can see that things are actually better in some states than others.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 20:34     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:This generation of Republicans crying over the pandemic is pathetic.


The fact that they fall for the hysterics and lies of the GOP, pinning everything on the Dems, would be laughable if so many gullible, stupid people didn't get sucked in. Then the stupids vote for the GOP candidate, who in reality gives no sh*ts about education and will do nothing to improve the system. The GOP never does.

As though things went WELL where the GOP was in charge. It's a worldwide pandemic. EVERYONE has suffered in some way. Most of these VA kids are probably in far better shape than kids in the rest of the world. But, no, the stupids gotta whine.

People always need a scapegoat. The GOP is good at lying. And here we are.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 20:24     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


To date, I'm still OK with APS public schools, but I live in a nice area and our schools are close and pretty well rated. But we know we will never get financial aid for our kids, so we are super-funding our VA529 accounts to give each kid about $400K for college and graduate school. I teach them my morals and they let me know when their teachers are indoctrinating them with politics, they recognize it, keep quiet, and appreciate hearing a different point of view (but usually not well thought out). For example when a former Swanson teacher (now elsewhere but with APS) was very pro-Obama and played his political ads in the classroom or had the kids debate why the electoral college was racist. The teacher never once mentioned that it was an agreement between the states to protect small states' rights - my kid realized that was pretty bad. That is the main reason for the electoral college, and the teacher never brought it up as an explanation. We supplement with tutors as needed. We like most parents, just not the overly progressive ones (people don't know our politics,) who wear theirs on their sleeve or their very active virtue-signaling yard sign.


Yeah, there is an insane amount of political bias in our schools. I’m fine with it if they teach opposing viewpoints, but it is very heavily skewed in one direction.

Last year, our school didn’t have enough time to cover the entire Algebra curriculum due to virtual learning. I think they did about 70% of the material. Yet, somehow, they managed to fit in lessons that discussed the ‘Guiding Principles of BLM’ and they read Stamped by Kendi.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 20:13     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


We want to expose your children to people with intelligence, style, manners, and taste.

Op My kids go to private school, so they already get that, and not from a bunch of brats whose parents think making $150k a year gives them the authority to go scream at schoolboard members like a bunch of hillbillies.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 20:00     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


To date, I'm still OK with APS public schools, but I live in a nice area and our schools are close and pretty well rated. But we know we will never get financial aid for our kids, so we are super-funding our VA529 accounts to give each kid about $400K for college and graduate school. I teach them my morals and they let me know when their teachers are indoctrinating them with politics, they recognize it, keep quiet, and appreciate hearing a different point of view (but usually not well thought out). For example when a former Swanson teacher (now elsewhere but with APS) was very pro-Obama and played his political ads in the classroom or had the kids debate why the electoral college was racist. The teacher never once mentioned that it was an agreement between the states to protect small states' rights - my kid realized that was pretty bad. That is the main reason for the electoral college, and the teacher never brought it up as an explanation. We supplement with tutors as needed. We like most parents, just not the overly progressive ones (people don't know our politics,) who wear theirs on their sleeve or their very active virtue-signaling yard sign.



The electoral college is racist. Signed Republican.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 19:55     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


Sure, we should also get a tax refund for paying for our own kids' education too. We aren't using the public school system.. Give us our tax money back too.


Some states do that!
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 19:48     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


Sure, we should also get a tax refund for paying for our own kids' education too. We aren't using the public school system.. Give us our tax money back too.


Do you also want a refund for Medicare, unemployment, social services, infrastructure you don’t use, libraries, etc?
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 19:48     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Yes I'm poor.

Also my kids have benefitted from some of the special services available through public schools that are not available (as far as I know) in my local private schools.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 19:46     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


We want to expose your children to people with intelligence, style, manners, and taste.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 19:11     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


To date, I'm still OK with APS public schools, but I live in a nice area and our schools are close and pretty well rated. But we know we will never get financial aid for our kids, so we are super-funding our VA529 accounts to give each kid about $400K for college and graduate school. I teach them my morals and they let me know when their teachers are indoctrinating them with politics, they recognize it, keep quiet, and appreciate hearing a different point of view (but usually not well thought out). For example when a former Swanson teacher (now elsewhere but with APS) was very pro-Obama and played his political ads in the classroom or had the kids debate why the electoral college was racist. The teacher never once mentioned that it was an agreement between the states to protect small states' rights - my kid realized that was pretty bad. That is the main reason for the electoral college, and the teacher never brought it up as an explanation. We supplement with tutors as needed. We like most parents, just not the overly progressive ones (people don't know our politics,) who wear theirs on their sleeve or their very active virtue-signaling yard sign.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 18:51     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
This generation of Republicans crying over the pandemic is pathetic.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2021 18:48     Subject: Question for VA Republicans re: public schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you don't like how your public school is run, why can't you just send your kids to private schools? Are you poor?


Sure, we should also get a tax refund for paying for our own kids' education too. We aren't using the public school system.. Give us our tax money back too.


Well then I can also give back the portion of the value of your home that is related to the school district of it location.


They’ll get a tax break when their home loses value after parents move kids to private.