Posted on 04/06/2020 6:44:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
From what I saw of parental involvement, that might be a pipe dream. Of course, with people being housebound in quarantine, they might actually look over what pap is being foisted onto their kids as "education". I didn't see tremendous amounts of parental involvement before I retired from teaching. Of 150 students in my grade book, in a very good year, I might see 35-40 parents on Parent-Teacher Night. In a bad year, I might see 15 parents--and many times, it was a grandmother or sibling of the student who showed up, not a parent. Either the parent(s) had to work or they didn't care enough to show up. Many didn't even know that report cards had just been issued or that their student had poor grades and an even poorer attendance record. Some didn't even know whether their kid was attending school or not.
Perhaps, in a bizarre way, being quarantined is a wake-up call for parents to pay more attention to the libtards' stranglehold on curriculum and teaching methods. When you consider that the libtards have insinuated themselves into public education like an invading cancer, getting into positions of power as well as the classroom for several generations now, warping young minds with the kind of utter nonsense discussed in the article, then the election of utter idiots like AOC, "Boinie", Odungo, etc. can't be a surprise. Propaganda is what makes up much of public education now, certainly not critical thinking. Might be time to examine other options, now that you know.
The Left has taken over pretty much everything.
“K-12 education is a deep swamp of political correctness.”
It has been progressive indoctrination by government since the 1910’s with John Dewey (of Dewey Decinmal System fame) and Pres. Wilson.
In the 1950’s, minions of The Frankfurt School began infesting education deeply with cultural Marxist dogma. Them they moved on to unions, Hollywood, the D’rat party, MSM, churches and most lately the web and SJW groups.
CPUSA embraced college students in the 1960’s.
Bump
Public schools are full on left wing indoctrination factories... anyone who believes otherwise hasn’t looked their kids school work in over a decade.
I have two teens in CA public high school—supposedly a “good” district by CA standards. Other than math, they are basically taught racism (English and History) ad nauseum and global warming (Science).
The funny thing is that they are taught it so often and so relentlessly, year after year, that it becomes a joke to them.
They end up “secretly” conservative (so far they seem so) because kids know when they are being indoctrinated.
And watching movies all the time. One assignment last week was to watch “Invictus.” A good movie no doubt, but we are watching enough movies during our quarantine. Instead, I taught her about Winnie Mandela and “necklacing.”
My grandchildren--so far--have resisted the nonsense. So have my children.
They also know that I demand that they reject all the Decadence of Western Civilisation with which we are all constantly barraged.
They know that I abhor all the vulgarity--but that I will discuss anything with them honestly and forthrightly, never dodging a question--and that I expect the best of them.
I have told them that I do not want them to think what I think but that I expect them to think and find and accept truth for themselves, wherever it presents itself.
I have told them that one of the few things that will make me furious with them is if they do something self-destructive! "Like drugs?" they said. "Yes. Like drugs," I replied.
They think I'm some sort of paragon or superman, but I make sure that they understand that they can do everything I have done and insist on from them, that I am human just like they are, and they believe me.
I have pointed out for them that there is no limit to the depth of depravity to which humans can allow themselves to sink but that there is no limit to the heights of goodness and saintliness to which humans can soar, that millions soar to such heights every day, and that the choice is that of each of us. That's our free will.
I have also told them to trust God and trust themselves and be the best that they can be.
I have taught them that the greatest truth I know is this: God.
I have taught them that doubt of God is the voice of the blind King Dhritarashtra and that all that is good is the teaching of Jesus Christ.
Excellent points. Shame on the parents of these kids for not knowing until now what they’ve been “learning” in school. Whether one sends their kids to public school, private school, or homeschools, every parent has a responsibility to be informed and involved in their children’s educations.
Later
Disband the d o e immediately
My son went through the California public school system in a good district also. He is somewhat Conservative (from his home upbringing) and somewhat Libertarian.
A few years, he happened to mention to me that during his Jr Hi years, they were required to be Muslim for a day. I could have picked my jaw up from the flow. I was a working Mom so I guess I wasnt paying good enough attention. This was also during the Clinton it depends on what the definition of is is.
At this point, I am sure that Common Core and Arne Duncan have destroyed good education for a generation. The repercussions of the politics of the Obama Years will be felt for a long time to come.
One silver lining in all this dire communist virus BS, is that a lot of things that the communists have been up to are now brought out into the open for all to see.
This is a very serious eye-opening example for millions of parents.
“Equal opportunity is a good thing. But that’s not what the Left wants.”
Striving for enforced equal opportunity inevitably devolves into a demand for equal outcomes.
How can a poor person have the same opportunity as a rich one? How can a low IQ person have the same opportunity as a smart one?
Equal opportunity can be as problematic as equal outcome.
The genesis of the equal opportunity laws was the egalitarian notion that we’re all equal, races are equal, genders are equal, etc. Therefore, the logic goes, if there were different outcomes for different people, it must be because they did not have the same opportunities.
So let’s give everybody the same opportunities. After decades of that the outcomes are still not the same, they’re probably worse as a result, hence the egalitarian mongers have to find new villains to blame - institutionalized racism, sexism, homophobes etc and a shriller demand for equal outcomes.
Buttom line, forcing “equality” in any field is asking for trouble, because underlying that notion is the lie (delusion) that we’re all equal.
This crap is everywhere. I recently bought a new financial accounting book - college level. I wanted to update/recall my knowledge about handling depreciation and owner’s equity among other topics. My education goes back to pre-computer, double-entry accounting systems done on paper. Anyways, the concepts are they same today as they were back then, but the book was loaded with crap that had nothing to do with accounting. It had sidebar articles and then assignments associated with the crap. There was HR bullshit, what an F’n joke of a profession, littered through out the text. Then there was a heavy dose of ‘business ethics.’ I had a course in college on business ethics, but it didn’t water down any other subject. I seriously have to wonder how focused children/young adults can be in learning any topic when everything, including progressive tripe, is part of every topic.
The picture shows modern Poland on the screen. Ill bet the question they are being asked is, Identify all the provinces that had Polish death camps in them.
LOL. I noticed same.
Also if you look at the text on the screen, it’s definitely in Polish.
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