Posted on 01/20/2022 5:29:29 AM PST by Altura Ct.
Children whose parents are in the military have “privilege,” according to Fairfax County Public Schools curriculum leaked this week.
According to curriculum materials obtained by The Daily Wire and confirmed by a school official on Tuesday, the Virginia county’s curriculum includes a game of “privilege” bingo, where participants are given points by “identifying your privilege.” Among the points of privilege listed are “white,” “Christian,” “cisgender,” “feel safe around police officers,” and “military kid.”
Several parents complained to school officials over the controversial game, noting that military children are frequently moved away from friends, may not see their service-member parents for months, and face the risk of becoming orphans.
Assistant Superintendent Douglas A. Tyson responded to parents’ concerns with the following statement:
The screen shot you reference comes from an approved FCPS English Curriculum lesson that is centered around students selecting a “choice” test and examining in detail the author’s perspective on a wide-range [sic] of issues. Students are asked, in the lesson, to read critically and think critically about the author’s perspective on several fronts including the author’s privilege that may or may not be present in the work. Students are then asked independently and self reflectively to juxtapose their thoughts regarding any perceived privilege they think they may have and how they would potentially rewrite portions of the text. Students are not asked or required to report out their self-reflections. This lesson is an adept vehicle to push student thinking to challenge the author’s thoughts/conclusions and to sharpen their ability to critically lead selected texts.
On Saturday, Glenn Youngkin issued his first executive orders as the new governor of Virginia, including one that bans “inherently divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory.” The order defines “inherently divisive concepts” as “advancing any ideas in violation of Title IV and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
“Political indoctrination has no place in our classrooms. The vast majority of learning in our schools involves imparting critical knowledge and skills in math, science, history, reading and other areas that should be non-controversial. Inherently divisive concepts, like Critical Race Theory and its progeny, instruct students to only view life through the lens of race and presumes that some students are consciously or unconsciously racist, sexist, or oppressive, and that other students are victims,” Youngkin’s order stated. “This denies our students the opportunity to gain important facts, core knowledge, formulate their own opinions, and to think for themselves.”
“Our children deserve far better from their education than to be told what to think,” the order added.
Assistant Superintendent Douglas Tyson is ripping off students and taxpayers promoting the Communist dogma in "Critical Race Theory" and needs to be fired and forced pay back the cost of correcting all that mis-education.
Rank has its privileges. Get used to it.
“Military kids” have the privilege of wondering if their parent will come home in one piece or if they’re going to be handed a folded flag.
Some privilege, that.
L
Military kids have privilege? Because their parents work to keep their homes solvent and functional, serving the country often gone for months even years at a time, sometimes coming back wounded or killed for instance, from Afghanistan? Yes, pick on these impressionable vulnerable minors now. Make sure tgey hate the military as if it the new confederate rebel faction against precious Biden and his posse.
There needs to be a refundable tax credit for every parent who sends their daughters and sons to private schools and it needs to be enough to cover the full cost of private schools.
The goal is to destroy. Get used to it. Orr fix it. I hope you Kim gets on this
I think the other half of that is: Rank has its obligations.
As important as the other part.
“This lesson is an adept vehicle to push student thinking to challenge the author’s thoughts/conclusions and to sharpen their ability to critically lead selected texts.”
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“Lead”? He meant “read”.
CRT bigot gets caught. Attempts weasel word excuse the exercise improves critical thinking. Self destructs.
moving every three years is no ‘privilege’, but it did build my character ..
Fine. Start with Samuel Johnson. He grew up poor and had no privilege whatsoever except what little he earned by virtue of his vastly superior skills with the English language.
You and your family got to see the world and taxpayer expense.
Instead of sending out his flakcatcher, how about the actual Superintendent explaining this.
““Military kids” have the privilege of wondering if their parent will come home in one piece or if they’re going to be handed a folded flag.”
I grew up with the privilege of watching Walter Cronkite give the daily U.S. body count every night when my father did his two tours in Vietnam. I also had the privilege of leaving everything I was comfortable with and all of my friends every few years. These people are absolutely psychotic.
I have no privilege. I do enjoy so many blessings and am eager for more.
“These people are absolutely psychotic.”
See my tag line.
L
My family moved stateside only.
I did get to see the world and get shot at constantly for over four years at tax payer expense, though.
My first reaction was to remember a former co-worker. When she was a student, her father was in Vietnam. She attended
Sidwell Friends school, the private school of the Clinton and Obama children. My co-worker had to lie about where her father was because the tolerant students at Sidwell Friends were against the Vietnam War. What privilege?
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