Posted on 08/04/2020 6:18:06 AM PDT by artichokegrower
A wealthy Silicon Valley investor caused a furor on Twitter Sunday after attempting to hire a teacher to create a "microschool" in his backyard.
Jason Calacanis, an angel investor who reportedly has stock in Bay Area tech companies like Uber and Robinhood, posted the ad looking for "the best 4-6th grade teacher in Bay Area," and offered to pay them a salary "that will beat whatever they are getting paid" to teach a small group of children at his home.
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Clara Jeffrey, the Editor in Chief at Mother Jones, replied, "Rethink everything about your family’s priorities."
Well Clara my family and my children are number one. Sort of like a momma grizzly and her cubs. You and any of your left cohorts try to get between me and them and you are going to end up a turd in the forest.
Vouchers and School Choice were available in Washington DC. Very popular with disadvantaged people who finally had a chance to get a decent education for their children. No longer tied to government schools, they finally had resources to get access to good teachers.
Democrats took that away. Because School Choice is racist. Or something.
I agree. What an odd argument. Essentially they are saying, how dare you educate your children better than the rest of us.
Doesn’t that lead to banning private and charter schools too? Oh. Wait the public school teachers are already going down that road.
“Misery for all, education for none!”
The new AFT slogan.
The German Grundgesetz prohibits private schools that are better than public schools.
It is the responsibility of rational parents to do the best they can to turn their children into rational productive individuals, and not be feel guilty about it.
Privilege education gap? ha ha ha ha ha .... more like showing the education system, its unions, its school boards, its indoctrination programs, that THEY ARE NOT NEEDED.
Last time I checked 2+2=4, whether the kid is in an inner city school or at Sidwell Friends.
I’m not sure if there’s a law or some type of SCOTUS decree, but if a kid is disruptive, boot their ass out of the school so the others can learn. No reason to waste money on them and warehouse them, if all they wanna do is f*ck off.
Misery for most, 60 to 70 years pay for 40 years of part-time leftist indoctrination.
This reminds me of the era of private tutors or governesses for wealthy families. I wonder why that practice ended? It’s completely irrational to be upset that anyone should try to provide the best they can afford for their children.
As a homeschool mom I sometimes dream of having a governess...or a maid...or a cook...
I suppose that those who are opposed to this man’s effort to continue the quality education of his children would also be opposed to toll roads. The unwashed masses can’t afford the tolls so there will be no toll roads regardless of the positive effect toll roads would have on the traffic congestion on the non-toll roads.
One of the goals of the BLM movement is to abolish the nuclear family Responsible parents are target number one
My daughter and I are doing the same thing in Jakarta. After my granddaughter’s school went bankrupt due the wuflu, we hired two of the teachers (for better salary than they were getting) and now we hold the kindergarten class in our house. The house is huge, so there is lots of space and a big yard. There are only seven of the kids coming at the moment, but they enjoy it so much and are learning far better than they would be learning on line. My job is to read them the stories in English.
Goodreads:
"Harrison Bergeron" is a dystopian science-fiction short story by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, first published in October 1961.
In the year 2081, the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the Constitution dictate that all Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else. The Handicapper General's agents enforce the equality laws, forcing citizens to wear "handicaps": masks for those who are too beautiful, loud radios that disrupt thoughts inside the ears of intelligent people, and heavy weights for the strong or athletic.
One April, 14-year-old Harrison Bergeron, an intelligent, athletic, and good-looking teenager, is taken away from his parents, George and Hazel Bergeron, by the government. They are barely aware of the tragedy, as Hazel has "average" intelligence (a euphemism for stupidity), and George has a handicap radio installed by the government to regulate his above-average intelligence.
Ah, the progressive cry, “Awful eddikashun for all”.
Provided at great cost with no positive results by your local NEA.
Monopolists in defense of their monopolies. How many of California's past referendums have been passed on the benefits to the schools (note please, the schools, not the school children)?
Socialism/Communism always wrecks on the shoals of the individual and family, to succeed, they must be made powerless and hopeless. Thus any disturbance in the river of submission to commutopia must be shamed, then punished, then outlawed. BLM's publicized leaders and manifestos demonstrate this quite clearly.
Private schools be like, we cannot replace parents but we are the best alternative
Public schools: you parents are idiots, do not even dare question how we treat your kids
“Mendelbaum. Mendelbaum!”
So the next thing the crazies will want is to block all private schools too, right? What’s the difference?
What an odd argument
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When you ban something important and essential, it becomes precious. People will re-prioritize and they will keep it quiet.
Abolish the teaching of history and suddenly, people are curious as to what someone wants to hide.
Remember: it was illegal to teach slaves to read.
Irony is I bet this dude is a lefty techy
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