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Anonymous wrote:I don't see how this remotely relates to school.

So some kid printed off the Internet a Willy Wonka coupon that as a joke let's you say N word. What N word we don't know maybe Nice, Neat, New.

So a African American girl was eavesdropping and tattletailed to Principal to make a big deal, embarrass school and subject whole school to diversity training movies.

The Dad or brother of that girl should have taken care of it man to man. Or the girl should have minded her own bees wax.

What if she called then Honkies or Jive Turkeys? I doubt they attempt to ruin her life and label her a racist.

You have some awful ideas. She did the right thing by reporting it. This provides another opportunity for the Churchill community to grow.

She also wasn't eavesdropping. One of the white kids gave her the pass (i.e., gave her permission to use the word) and I think she then handed the pass to the teacher.

Considering Churchill is named after a man who regularly killed black people why should this be an issue

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-16/churchill-was-more-villain-than-hero-in-britain-s-colonies?srnd=premium

Anonymous wrote:I don't see how this remotely relates to school.

So some kid printed off the Internet a Willy Wonka coupon that as a joke let's you say N word. What N word we don't know maybe Nice, Neat, New.

So a African American girl was eavesdropping and tattletailed to Principal to make a big deal, embarrass school and subject whole school to diversity training movies.

The Dad or brother of that girl should have taken care of it man to man. Or the girl should have minded her own bees wax.

What if she called then Honkies or Jive Turkeys? I doubt they attempt to ruin her life and label her a racist.

You have some awful ideas. She did the right thing by reporting it. This provides another opportunity for the Churchill community to grow.

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Anonymous wrote:Do all of you ban hip-hop with explicit language in your house? The school system offers a hip-hop class as a history course. Does that class expressly condemn the language used? Some seem to think the word is okay to use when certain students use them - without consequences -and it sends a mixed message to the student body.

I discuss these e-mails from the school with my children who respond, "Mom, I am not racist. Stop accusing me of being one."

There needs to be uniformity throughout the school system and the punitive measures.

One of my children was very upset how the media treated a child they interviewed on te sidewalk without parental permission.

In our house we have had the discussion about various songs, including hip hop but not exclusively hip hop, that has language we consider to be offensive. We don't allow our children to curse and use words to degrade others so we do ban music that uses such language from our home. We do feel we sometimes fight a losing battle when children are not held to this standard at school. In general, there is lots of language that would have been suspendable offenses in my high school that is allowed to be used at school in MCPS.

+1.

Hip hop = scum

I don't see how this remotely relates to school.

So some kid printed off the Internet a Willy Wonka coupon that as a joke let's you say N word. What N word we don't know maybe Nice, Neat, New.

So a African American girl was eavesdropping and tattletailed to Principal to make a big deal, embarrass school and subject whole school to diversity training movies.

The Dad or brother of that girl should have taken care of it man to man. Or the girl should have minded her own bees wax.

What if she called then Honkies or Jive Turkeys? I doubt they attempt to ruin her life and label her a racist.

Anonymous wrote:Do all of you ban hip-hop with explicit language in your house? The school system offers a hip-hop class as a history course. Does that class expressly condemn the language used? Some seem to think the word is okay to use when certain students use them - without consequences -and it sends a mixed message to the student body.

I discuss these e-mails from the school with my children who respond, "Mom, I am not racist. Stop accusing me of being one."

There needs to be uniformity throughout the school system and the punitive measures.

One of my children was very upset how the media treated a child they interviewed on te sidewalk without parental permission.

In our house we have had the discussion about various songs, including hip hop but not exclusively hip hop, that has language we consider to be offensive. We don't allow our children to curse and use words to degrade others so we do ban music that uses such language from our home. We do feel we sometimes fight a losing battle when children are not held to this standard at school. In general, there is lots of language that would have been suspendable offenses in my high school that is allowed to be used at school in MCPS.

They shouldn’t have anyone talk “at” them, whether it’s a large assembly or a small group. They should have students who’ve been negatively impacted by this type of behavior and who are willing to lead small discussions and come armed with guiding questions. The kids can be from other schools if it’s too hard for anyone to do it at their own school. Churchill leaders need to get creative and make it interactive and personal, maybe require each kid to bring in their own question that opens discussion, and have a way for kids to anonymously contribute anecdotes that the group can then discuss/dissect, perhaps something painful that happened to a sibling or a cousin. Or they can use a real-life YouTube video to spark conversation. They could even break it down into groups of three or four, then come together as a slightly bigger group to share out pieces of those smaller conversations. Have a pro/con conversation and make the kids argue both sides. They’ll at least start thinking more critically about all the issues at stake. And then at the end of all the discussions have them reflect in writing on how their views did or didn’t change from the time they first started these conversations. A teacher should act as a facilitator but take a step back and only intervene when someone is inappropriate or the group needs redirecting or some small piece of instruction.

Anonymous wrote:The school needs to bring in someone who has been personally affected by racism or discrimination, for example, a holocaust survivor, to talk with the kids in small groups so that the kids understand the consequences and hurt they cause people when they use hostile language towards racial groups or religions. Big asse,nlies, no. Small groups, yes. Only when kids see what their actions cause on a personal level will they be able to understand just how wrong their actions are.

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Anonymous wrote:It's crazy how up in arms people are getting about this - especially the n-word pass. Try this... go to the McDonalds on University Blvd across from Blair (the most diverse school in the county) and you will hear the N-Word being dropped at almost every table from virtually every race. Kids simply don't see it like adults do. It's a national emergency when it's said at school but 100 feet from school it's normal.

. And all the white people are the people up in arms.

Blah blah blah little snowflake.

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy how up in arms people are getting about this - especially the n-word pass. Try this... go to the McDonalds on University Blvd across from Blair (the most diverse school in the county) and you will hear the N-Word being dropped at almost every table from virtually every race. Kids simply don't see it like adults do. It's a national emergency when it's said at school but 100 feet from school it's normal.

. And all the white people are the people up in arms.

It's crazy how up in arms people are getting about this - especially the n-word pass. Try this... go to the McDonalds on University Blvd across from Blair (the most diverse school in the county) and you will hear the N-Word being dropped at almost every table from virtually every race. Kids simply don't see it like adults do. It's a national emergency when it's said at school but 100 feet from school it's normal.

Anonymous wrote:The school needs to bring in someone who has been personally affected by racism or discrimination, for example, a holocaust survivor, to talk with the kids in small groups so that the kids understand the consequences and hurt they cause people when they use hostile language towards racial groups or religions. Big asse,nlies, no. Small groups, yes. Only when kids see what their actions cause on a personal level will they be able to understand just how wrong their actions are.

The school should not hold big assemblies because this promotes a group mentality. Everything needs to be brought down to a personal level.

The school needs to bring in someone who has been personally affected by racism or discrimination, for example, a holocaust survivor, to talk with the kids in small groups so that the kids understand the consequences and hurt they cause people when they use hostile language towards racial groups or religions. Big asse,nlies, no. Small groups, yes. Only when kids see what their actions cause on a personal level will they be able to understand just how wrong their actions are.

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Anonymous wrote:Churchill would benefit if it were rezoned to include a more diverse population. Perhaps, it could be a test case for the BOE's new zoning rules.

Which areas can be included? Not too many pockets nearby with low income.

It's close enough to Rockville/Kennedy that they could figure something out.

Look on a map. Not close to Rockville HS or Kennedy HS but close to Richard Montgomery HS which is overcapacity. There's RM areas that could be shifted to Churchill for greater diversity.

The neighborhoods that feed into RM that are close to Churchill are not diverse. Plus exposing these kids to diversity won’t help with their stupidity.

Plus, diversity sometimes brings stupidity.

Or is that mathematically impossible?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Churchill would benefit if it were rezoned to include a more diverse population. Perhaps, it could be a test case for the BOE's new zoning rules.

Which areas can be included? Not too many pockets nearby with low income.

It's close enough to Rockville/Kennedy that they could figure something out.

Look on a map. Not close to Rockville HS or Kennedy HS but close to Richard Montgomery HS which is overcapacity. There's RM areas that could be shifted to Churchill for greater diversity.

The neighborhoods that feed into RM that are close to Churchill are not diverse. Plus exposing these kids to diversity won’t help with their stupidity.

what will? A smack upside the head?