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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone ever vote for his opponent. Guy was a joke hack. Was elected and did not screw things up too much. Not sure that is a reason to send someone back. Also TMc is old. Need to move on.

Why vote for GY? Because he was the opposite of all that.

His election is an attack on democracy.

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Anonymous wrote:Because I am a hypocritical idiot, terrified of progress.

Curious: what do you define as "progress"?

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone ever vote for his opponent. Guy was a joke hack. Was elected and did not screw things up too much. Not sure that is a reason to send someone back. Also TMc is old. Need to move on.

Why vote for GY? Because he was the opposite of all that.

His election is an attack on democracy.

Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone ever vote for his opponent. Guy was a joke hack. Was elected and did not screw things up too much. Not sure that is a reason to send someone back. Also TMc is old. Need to move on.

Why vote for GY? Because he was the opposite of all that.

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A book about a white person gets scrutinized or removed from study way more than any book about a poor person or homosexual which was seen recently with that book the school board had to turn off the mike for. Many books about people who were harmed by the government and white people.

Have you looked in the YA section of an independent bookstore lately? Books featuring characters from various marginalized groups are the only books you can find.

I'm a non-elite Dem and I still love Joe -- but the "woker-than-thou" attitude that seeps out from left wing Twitter and infects the Democratic Party needs to stop. UMC Dems are just as guilty of living in an echo chamber as the right wing, they just don't realize it.

Marginalized groups? That's because the majority of YAs are non-white. The bookstores are now catering for these kids and young adults.

I agree with the PP and have also noticed the bolded. I don’t care about what anyone else does in the bedroom, but it does seem that every other book in YA is targeted towards the LGBQT population.

My neighbor (a Catholic Latina immigrant) has a DD who wanted to do Book Wars. She was actually somewhat hesitant because of the content of many of the books.

I understand that there is a segment of the population who is LGBQT, but is that the majority of the population?

It just seems off to me, as if there is an ‘agenda’ at play.

I’ve noticed the bolded too, even in younger kids’ books.

Previously I would have purchased anything that has an award sticker on it without really looking. Now I need to look at the plot and even the date. Things published 10+ years ago that won an award were actually good books, they didn’t just check some diversity box.

Np I’ve noticed it too in the books my kindergartener brings home. She gets one a week. I read A LOT to my kids and they’re seriously boring books. She said they can only pick from certain shelves.

Basically, if an author writes a book about any ‘marginalized’ group, it is an automatic bestseller and gets actively promoted by schools/libraries. Even if it is a terrible book.

The other PP is correct - I have been actively seeking out older books from authors like Hurwitz, for my avid reader.

My MS kid read The Pact for English class so I read it also. Interesting story, I guess? But it really does seem to reinforce some stereotypes about young Black men and their backgrounds and behavior. Besides that, it was just so poorly written. Sure it checks the ‘diversity’ box, but there is absolutely no good reason for my kid to be reading it in MS English. It was pretty much written at a 4th grade reading level.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a lifelong Democrat, and consider myself pretty "woke." But I just couldn't handle that dems went with such an average older white man again. Honestly, while a lot of folks in our party are pretty radical, being this average and still having the audacity to run for office is actually worse.

Anonymous wrote:Schools, smaller government, lower taxes, personal responsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Far left woke idealogy. We need to move back towards the center.

And you think Youngkin is the center? His stance on abortion is pretty extreme.

He's allowed to have his own personal views. What matters is upholding the law - which he has already pledged to do. Stop with the alarmist "sky is falling" nonsense.
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Stop sky is falling nonsense. You are confused, friend. It is the GOP you need to reach on this one. They think someone asking them to wear a mask is equivalent to the Holocaust.

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Anonymous wrote:Far left woke idealogy. We need to move back towards the center.

And you think Youngkin is the center? His stance on abortion is pretty extreme.

He's allowed to have his own personal views. What matters is upholding the law - which he has already pledged to do. Stop with the alarmist "sky is falling" nonsense.
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A book about a white person gets scrutinized or removed from study way more than any book about a poor person or homosexual which was seen recently with that book the school board had to turn off the mike for. Many books about people who were harmed by the government and white people.

Have you looked in the YA section of an independent bookstore lately? Books featuring characters from various marginalized groups are the only books you can find.

I'm a non-elite Dem and I still love Joe -- but the "woker-than-thou" attitude that seeps out from left wing Twitter and infects the Democratic Party needs to stop. UMC Dems are just as guilty of living in an echo chamber as the right wing, they just don't realize it.

Marginalized groups? That's because the majority of YAs are non-white. The bookstores are now catering for these kids and young adults.

I agree with the PP and have also noticed the bolded. I don’t care about what anyone else does in the bedroom, but it does seem that every other book in YA is targeted towards the LGBQT population.

My neighbor (a Catholic Latina immigrant) has a DD who wanted to do Book Wars. She was actually somewhat hesitant because of the content of many of the books.

I understand that there is a segment of the population who is LGBQT, but is that the majority of the population?

It just seems off to me, as if there is an ‘agenda’ at play.

I’ve noticed the bolded too, even in younger kids’ books.

Previously I would have purchased anything that has an award sticker on it without really looking. Now I need to look at the plot and even the date. Things published 10+ years ago that won an award were actually good books, they didn’t just check some diversity box.

Np I’ve noticed it too in the books my kindergartener brings home. She gets one a week. I read A LOT to my kids and they’re seriously boring books. She said they can only pick from certain shelves.

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Anonymous wrote:Typically vote Dem. I think CRT is a red herring. But:

Closed schools

Confusion and lack of leadership in Richmond on testing and quarantines. Why is FCPS 14 days and surrounding counties 7 plus test? That’s a week of school.

TJ admissions standards

Teachers unionizing after getting first dibs on the vaxx, then trying not to go back

The use of a monitors in DD’s classroom while the vaxxed teacher taught from home last year

O Days! And especially cancelling APs on O Days.

VMPI

AAP

Focusing on renaming closed schools and electric school buses and re-doing TJ at a time when they could get kids back

Still focusing on BS and no answers on indoor lunch

So 99% local issues and one GOP talking point. Got it.

You clearly don't understand how state guidance and standards impact these decisions.

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They really don't. It's been posted over and over how the VDOE reports to the Governor - and the VDOE is in charge of curriculum, among many other things.

They don't understand how education leads to the governor in Virginia, because they are not from Virginia and probably do not have kids. They are from DC, MD or CA.

I’m from VA and have two kids in public schools. The PP’s list above is 99% grievance with FCPS, not anything VDOE did.

You want the GOP to implement MORE regulation? LOL.

DP. As has been stated repeatedly, the VDOE *DIRECTLY OVERSEES ALL LOCAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS*. Luckily, the Board of Education consists of Governor-appointed members, so hopefully we'll be seeing a change soon.

Virginia’s Board of Education and Department of
Education supervise Virginia’s K–12 system

The Virginia Board of Education is tasked with promulgating the state’s K–12 policy
through regulations within the parameters of the Code of Virginia. The board consists
of nine appointed members, and the superintendent of public instruction serves as
the secretary of the board. Board members are appointed by the governor, subject to
confirmation by the General Assembly, and serve four-year terms. Board members do
not need specific qualifications (with the exception that at least two of the nine members “shall represent business and industry in the private sector”). VDOE provides
staff support to the board and implements regulations and policies on its behalf.

VDOE, through the Virginia Board of Education, has the broad statutory direction to
provide “general supervision of the public school system” and to conduct “proper and
uniform enforcement of the provisions of the school laws in cooperation with the
local school authorities.” In Virginia’s locally administered K–12 system, local school
boards have supervisory authority over the operations and management of schools in
their division (sidebar).

http://jlarc.virginia.gov/pdfs/reports/Rpt538.pdf