Anonymous
01/17/2025 14:26
Subject: Smug Catholic school
Anonymous wrote:
Brace yourself, because this is going to come as quite a shock.
In 2024 it is bi-partisan and forward thinking to embrace phonics. People on the far left push it as, yes, a method of improving equity - in Fairfax County the NAACP was at the forefront of the push to include phonics in the curriculum that started in 2022. People on the right of course never stopped appreciating it, especially as it was erroneously right-coded in the 1990s.
It's a pretty effective way to get many people to turn off their brains, open wide and swallow all kinds of ish.
Look at the attempt, particular 4 years or so ago, to paint the pursuit of health and fitness as "far right."
It would have been just terrible if fear of a new virus caused a mass movement of people away from soda, ultra-processed food and daily dessert and toward daily walks, whole foods and limiting sugar.
Imagine the losses that would have been incurred by Nestle, Cocoa-Cola and McDonald's if even 15% of the public who had previously patronized them abandoned their products to shop farmers markets, the outer perimeter of the supermarket and started walking a few times a week and doing exercise videos at home with dumbbells.
Not to mention the harm that the pharma companies could have suffered from patients coming off some of their medications.
You lost me, how is this related to teaching phonics?
Anonymous
01/17/2025 14:17
Subject: Smug Catholic school
Brace yourself, because this is going to come as quite a shock.
In 2024 it is bi-partisan and forward thinking to embrace phonics. People on the far left push it as, yes, a method of improving equity - in Fairfax County the NAACP was at the forefront of the push to include phonics in the curriculum that started in 2022. People on the right of course never stopped appreciating it, especially as it was erroneously right-coded in the 1990s.
It's a pretty effective way to get many people to turn off their brains, open wide and swallow all kinds of ish.
Look at the attempt, particular 4 years or so ago, to paint the pursuit of health and fitness as "far right."
It would have been just terrible if fear of a new virus caused a mass movement of people away from soda, ultra-processed food and daily dessert and toward daily walks, whole foods and limiting sugar.
Imagine the losses that would have been incurred by Nestle, Cocoa-Cola and McDonald's if even 15% of the public who had previously patronized them abandoned their products to shop farmers markets, the outer perimeter of the supermarket and started walking a few times a week and doing exercise videos at home with dumbbells.
Not to mention the harm that the pharma companies could have suffered from patients coming off some of their medications.
Anonymous
10/02/2024 20:22
Subject: Smug Catholic school
Anonymous wrote:Some schools foster this behavior. It comes from the top down.
It’s mere pride and a tight knit community. And there are two sides to every story. Maybe OP is twisting words for DCUM and/or taking offense to fairly innocuous comments about how the new school is. Should the parents walk on eggshells and downplay how much they love it for fear of triggering insecure people like OP?
Anonymous
09/27/2024 18:31
Subject: Smug Catholic school
Anonymous wrote:Here is what I would say. “Yeah my family can’t do Catholic. My Dad grew up going to catholic schools and the priests…… you know he was a victim and we couldn’t have birthday candles on our cakes because the smell of candles bothered him so much after his alter boys days”
And I wouldn’t be lying.
Both of my parents were abused at Catholic school, not s*xually though. You have to research how involved the priests are in the day to day administration of the school. At a larger Catholic school you might not have much interaction with the priests and many of the subject matter specialist teachers won't even be Catholic. Nuns can be hit or miss. For me, the local publics would have to be really really bad for me to consider it. FWIW both of my parents have always discouraged me from looking at Catholic schools.
Anonymous
09/26/2024 21:55
Subject: Smug Catholic school
.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They are glad their kids are finally getting educated too, not just the outliers. If you’re not happy for them cut them off.
Op here. I am happy for them that they are happy and if public wasn't a fit for their kids, good for them for finding something that is.
But I think it borders on chumpish for me to let someone basically say that I am satisfied with my kids getting an inferior education. My one child would likely not be welcome at a parochial school because he has SN.
Wait a minute…in this post it sounds like you are feeling a bit insecure about your kids staying there. Otherwise, why would you care so much?