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Anonymous wrote:This time someone carved a swastika into a stool. Crazy how often this is happening.

https://mocoshow.com/blog/swastika-found-carved-into-wooden-stool-at-walt-whitman-high-school/

Doesn’t Whitman have a large amount of Jewish students? So weird that this is happening there of all places.

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Anonymous wrote:I've found that in schools where about > half of student body are one race, racist incidents are more likely to happen. In those areas, I hear ignorant comments about other races with much greater frequency than in more diverse schools.

A possible solution is to diversify the schools so that no race represents more than about 40% of the student body.

Oh please do tell how you have "found" this out. This definitely seems like a rigorous analysis upon which to drive social policy.

You are too literal.

No, too literal would be saying I might agree at 43%, but not at 40%.

I was pointing out the prior post was, at best, someone (you?) pretending to have some sort of data or analysis to back up their perception of when racist incidents occur and what might prevent them, when in reality it is, at best, anectdata based on an experience or two, or at worst just completely random bloviating.

In other words, in my opinion, since you seem to have difficulty processing my use of language, lol.

Just like how MCPS put magnet programs in lower SES schools to include a different demographic, they should put magnet programs in the higher SES schools to include a different demographic.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've found that in schools where about > half of student body are one race, racist incidents are more likely to happen. In those areas, I hear ignorant comments about other races with much greater frequency than in more diverse schools.

A possible solution is to diversify the schools so that no race represents more than about 40% of the student body.

Oh please do tell how you have "found" this out. This definitely seems like a rigorous analysis upon which to drive social policy.

You are too literal.

No, too literal would be saying I might agree at 43%, but not at 40%.

I was pointing out the prior post was, at best, someone (you?) pretending to have some sort of data or analysis to back up their perception of when racist incidents occur and what might prevent them, when in reality it is, at best, anectdata based on an experience or two, or at worst just completely random bloviating.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've found that in schools where about > half of student body are one race, racist incidents are more likely to happen. In those areas, I hear ignorant comments about other races with much greater frequency than in more diverse schools.

A possible solution is to diversify the schools so that no race represents more than about 40% of the student body.

Oh please do tell how you have "found" this out. This definitely seems like a rigorous analysis upon which to drive social policy.

You are too literal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've found that in schools where about > half of student body are one race, racist incidents are more likely to happen. In those areas, I hear ignorant comments about other races with much greater frequency than in more diverse schools.

A possible solution is to diversify the schools so that no race represents more than about 40% of the student body.

Oh please do tell how you have "found" this out. This definitely seems like a rigorous analysis upon which to drive social policy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've found that in schools where about > half of student body are one race, racist incidents are more likely to happen. In those areas, I hear ignorant comments about other races with much greater frequency than in more diverse schools.

A possible solution is to diversify the schools so that no race represents more than about 40% of the student body.

Oh please do tell how you have "found" this out. This definitely seems like a rigorous analysis upon which to drive social policy.

Anonymous wrote:I've found that in schools where about > half of student body are one race, racist incidents are more likely to happen. In those areas, I hear ignorant comments about other races with much greater frequency than in more diverse schools.

A possible solution is to diversify the schools so that no race represents more than about 40% of the student body.

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Whichever teachers utilize that room for teaching need to put their heads together and think about:

Who normally sits in that seat for all 7 periods?
Out of those kids, who's most likely to do that?
Who wasn't paying attention during class?
Who seemed distracted with something else in their hands while class was occurring (a good indication would be the student looking up at the teacher and looking down at the stool... frequently... to ensure that the teacher wouldn't see them, but they're fairly obvious and not hiding that they're doing something other than listening).

Unless it's a classroom that's isn't used for general teaching every day, this should be pretty easy to figure out.
Whether they can prove it or not is a different story, but this at least narrows down the list, so you can keep an eye on those kids.

Agreed.
I can't figure out why this would be so difficult to solve.
Why aren't they using the process of elimination?
It's not like the students sit in a different seat every day, they literally sit in the same exact seats, every single day.
The list of possibilities should be no greater than 5 or 6.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Whichever teachers utilize that room for teaching need to put their heads together and think about:

Who normally sits in that seat for all 7 periods?
Out of those kids, who's most likely to do that?
Who wasn't paying attention during class?
Who seemed distracted with something else in their hands while class was occurring (a good indication would be the student looking up at the teacher and looking down at the stool... frequently... to ensure that the teacher wouldn't see them, but they're fairly obvious and not hiding that they're doing something other than listening).

Unless it's a classroom that's isn't used for general teaching every day, this should be pretty easy to figure out.
Whether they can prove it or not is a different story, but this at least narrows down the list, so you can keep an eye on those kids.

Agreed.
I can't figure out why this would be so difficult to solve.
Why aren't they using the process of elimination?
It's not like the students sit in a different seat every day, they literally sit in the same exact seats, every single day.
The list of possibilities should be no greater than 5 or 6.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Whichever teachers utilize that room for teaching need to put their heads together and think about:

Who normally sits in that seat for all 7 periods?
Out of those kids, who's most likely to do that?
Who wasn't paying attention during class?
Who seemed distracted with something else in their hands while class was occurring (a good indication would be the student looking up at the teacher and looking down at the stool... frequently... to ensure that the teacher wouldn't see them, but they're fairly obvious and not hiding that they're doing something other than listening).

Unless it's a classroom that's isn't used for general teaching every day, this should be pretty easy to figure out.
Whether they can prove it or not is a different story, but this at least narrows down the list, so you can keep an eye on those kids.

Agreed.
I can't figure out why this would be so difficult to solve.
Why aren't they using the process of elimination?
It's not like the students sit in a different seat every day, they literally sit in the same exact seats, every single day.
The list of possibilities should be no greater than 5 or 6.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This time someone carved a swastika into a stool. Crazy how often this is happening.

https://mocoshow.com/blog/swastika-found-carved-into-wooden-stool-at-walt-whitman-high-school/

Doesn’t Whitman have a large amount of Jewish students? So weird that this is happening there of all places.

Yes, it does, but the "large number of Jewish students" doesn't negate the fact that the vast majority of students aren't Jewish, and that many are anti-Semitic. When I went to Whitman, it wasn't uncommon for Jewish and Muslim girls to be called names by white boys.

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Anonymous wrote:Visits to the Holocaust Museum and ideally, tours of concentration camps should be required for all students.

It is unbelievable this kind of thing is happening.

This is an example of diverting attention from the current issue or issues many around-the-world seem to be having with Jewish people. I doubt that such a measure would be effective, but I do not know what causes people to be anti-Semitic. I can guess, but it would just be a guess.

Can anyone enlighten me as to why others feel & demonstrate such hatred toward those of the Jewish faith ? Is it based on a hatred of Isreal's occupation of territory in the Middle East ?

Thank you in advance as I am clueless as to why this appears to be sweeping the world.

Hm. Let's just think a little bit here. Maybe we can come up with a flaw in that theory.

I vaguely recall antisemitism pre-dating the existence of Israel or its occupation of lands. Maybe, I don't know, the Holocaust. The inquisition. Innumerable pogroms through Europe over the centuries. I could go on.

Kind of hard to blame things that happened centuries ago on Israel, no?

What's happening now is nothing more than a very long and consistent trend through history, worsened when things (the economy and more) are going poorly in society.

I asked a sincere question and received a sarcastic response. Regardless, thank you.

Anonymous wrote:
Whichever teachers utilize that room for teaching need to put their heads together and think about:

Who normally sits in that seat for all 7 periods?
Out of those kids, who's most likely to do that?
Who wasn't paying attention during class?
Who seemed distracted with something else in their hands while class was occurring (a good indication would be the student looking up at the teacher and looking down at the stool... frequently... to ensure that the teacher wouldn't see them, but they're fairly obvious and not hiding that they're doing something other than listening).

Unless it's a classroom that's isn't used for general teaching every day, this should be pretty easy to figure out.
Whether they can prove it or not is a different story, but this at least narrows down the list, so you can keep an eye on those kids.

Anonymous wrote:
Whichever teachers utilize that room for teaching need to put their heads together and think about:

Who normally sits in that seat for all 7 periods?
Out of those kids, who's most likely to do that?
Who wasn't paying attention during class?
Who seemed distracted with something else in their hands while class was occurring (a good indication would be the student looking up at the teacher and looking down at the stool... frequently... to ensure that the teacher wouldn't see them, but they're fairly obvious and not hiding that they're doing something other than listening).

Unless it's a classroom that's isn't used for general teaching every day, this should be pretty easy to figure out.
Whether they can prove it or not is a different story, but this at least narrows down the list, so you can keep an eye on those kids.