Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
This is what we get by allowing high schoolers to participate. They are eager and vocal and can get carried away.
Allowing? Do you think MCPS should invite community input and then exclude the members of the community who are students?
Surrounding a person for having a different view is not the best way to participate in community input. Man was wrong to talk for a minute because it was not a forum to talk like that, but students were even more wrong to surround him because students didn't like whatever he said.
Some posters indicated that students joined many tables and started arguing. This kind of behavior will simply discourage parent to come and give their input.
Looking at the photo, it doesn't appear that there's an angry mob surrounding him. He's talking to a couple of kids; the rest seem like they're listening or not even paying attention.
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
This is what we get by allowing high schoolers to participate. They are eager and vocal and can get carried away.
Allowing? Do you think MCPS should invite community input and then exclude the members of the community who are students?
Surrounding a person for having a different view is not the best way to participate in community input. Man was wrong to talk for a minute because it was not a forum to talk like that, but students were even more wrong to surround him because students didn't like whatever he said.
Some posters indicated that students joined many tables and started arguing. This kind of behavior will simply discourage parent to come and give their input.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
This is what we get by allowing high schoolers to participate. They are eager and vocal and can get carried away.
Allowing? Do you think MCPS should invite community input and then exclude the members of the community who are students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
Apparently it was the man described here:
"At the beginning of the event, the facilitator instructed the groups to take 30 minutes to write down the answers to these discussion questions on a large poster.
After the facilitator asked the group if anyone had any questions a man stood up talked about how he also attended the first meeting and there was “nothing substantive” that came out of the meeting. Since the meeting was in a cafeteria, a lot of what the man said was inaudible, but he spoke for about a minute as the crowd shouted back at him to “stop lobbying,” “just write it down,” and others wondered why a moderator wasn’t preventing this."
The problem in this day and age is that we've lost the ability to respectfully disagree. We can have different view points but no need to gang up or criticize people who disagree with you or to call them names.
We've also lost the ability to listen and follow directions. It sounds like the facilitator asked everyone to start small group discussions and write their thoughts on the posters, but then this man decided to lobby for his points of view instead.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
This is what we get by allowing high schoolers to participate. They are eager and vocal and can get carried away.
Allowing? Do you think MCPS should invite community input and then exclude the members of the community who are students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
This is what we get by allowing high schoolers to participate. They are eager and vocal and can get carried away.
Allowing? Do you think MCPS should invite community input and then exclude the members of the community who are students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
Apparently it was the man described here:
"At the beginning of the event, the facilitator instructed the groups to take 30 minutes to write down the answers to these discussion questions on a large poster.
After the facilitator asked the group if anyone had any questions a man stood up talked about how he also attended the first meeting and there was “nothing substantive” that came out of the meeting. Since the meeting was in a cafeteria, a lot of what the man said was inaudible, but he spoke for about a minute as the crowd shouted back at him to “stop lobbying,” “just write it down,” and others wondered why a moderator wasn’t preventing this."
The problem in this day and age is that we've lost the ability to respectfully disagree. We can have different view points but no need to gang up or criticize people who disagree with you or to call them names.
Anonymous wrote:This what happens with liberals conflate advocating with explaining. Such a pity that none of those kids could EXPLAIN a logical buildup to what they were advocating/asking for. DOA.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
This is what we get by allowing high schoolers to participate. They are eager and vocal and can get carried away.
Anonymous wrote:This what happens with liberals conflate advocating with explaining. Such a pity that none of those kids could EXPLAIN a logical buildup to what they were advocating/asking for. DOA.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
Apparently it was the man described here:
"At the beginning of the event, the facilitator instructed the groups to take 30 minutes to write down the answers to these discussion questions on a large poster.
After the facilitator asked the group if anyone had any questions a man stood up talked about how he also attended the first meeting and there was “nothing substantive” that came out of the meeting. Since the meeting was in a cafeteria, a lot of what the man said was inaudible, but he spoke for about a minute as the crowd shouted back at him to “stop lobbying,” “just write it down,” and others wondered why a moderator wasn’t preventing this."
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Look at the man surrounded by 20 students just because he had a different view. Sorry for saying this, but if you start surrounding parents for having different opinions , it will come like being hostile. May not be intention of students, but it looks that way.
Not "just because he had a different view," presumably. But rather because he had the specific view that he had.
Also, whom are you addressing in your post?
Why don't you share whatever he said it so we can see why 20 students are surrounding a man? I am simply going by details in link here. I was addressing the PP who said teens can argue. Well, 2 kids arguing over some point is different than 20 students surrounding some one.
Anonymous wrote:Not a good look.....