My son would have yelled BINGO several times. He only missed two squares. Is there any surprise that these kids are the most depressed generation? Before he has even had the opportunity to make any decisions in his life he is dubbed as an oppressor. This is why so many kids are saying that they are non-binary or trans - because they cannot change their immutable characters or divorce their parents. Should I feel bad that my husband and I have a stable marriage, that my son has his own room and does not share the marital bedroom with us, that his grandparents have not yet died, that he lives in a safe neighborhood? Shielding kids from the reality of the divide in wealth or comfort is not healthy either but (1) it is not the school's place to teach my child empathy, generosity, and philanthropy; or (2) to tell him he is privileged so he should feel both guilt and have no excuse for ever feeling sad. Let parent's parent. To even the playing field - concentrate on educating the "under privileged" kids with the math, science and English instead of teaching this nonsense. Instead, the US is lowering standards to include my kids as "passing". Raise them up.
Jan 20, 2022·edited Jan 20, 2022Liked by Erika Sanzi
One thing my circle discusses a lot is how, with so much focus on various forms of 'under-privilege', where the grain has been raised and a taxonomy built and codified - there is a whole new class of average, mild students who get no attention, merit no support and are left largely to their own devices. I work in schools and can tell you there is a large swath of disaffected, unattached youth who lack a connection to the adults in their daily (school) life and often with peers as well. The issue has become somewhat visible, but is only blamed on the pandemic. Personally, I think the roots are much deeper and broader.
I come from a Communist country and immigrated to the United States at age 10. When I first heard of the various equity strategies, etc, it rang a very familiar bell.
The way "equality" is created in a Communist country is ultimately by bringing everybody down since you can't manage to bring everybody up. (Except for members of the Communist party who have all sorts of priviledges stripped from others.) Crude way to put it, but it's a good description.
There is a similar dogma that echoes Communist countries at work in these schools. At its most succinct, it's incitement to mass resentments. But ultimately it instantiates by attempting to shame higher performing students into lower performance, whether in academics, self-esteem, etc.
And its at that lower performance that equality....or better yet, equity, is then created. A race to the bottom Harrison Bergeron style.
Honest question: What on earth is wrong with Cisheteropatriarchy? If we don’t have it, we don’t have families and there will be no next generation and therefore no need for an educational system. Are school systems bent on their own destruction?
That game is racist and poison like that doesn't belong in our schools. Stop indoctrinating and go back to educating our children. What they need is more reading, writing and arithmetic. I'm glad parents are outraged and I hope they continue to monitor the cancer running that school board.
The moment I read “..to build critical thinking skills…” I knew Fairfax was lost educationally.
As a native born and raised DMV’er (DC) this is sadly ironic as for decades Fairfax County was the epitome of suburban “privilege.” I suspect these politicians who’ve lived off of the property taxes for decades thought they could slip this past parents; all they’ve done is poke the hornet’s nest.
My son would have yelled BINGO several times. He only missed two squares. Is there any surprise that these kids are the most depressed generation? Before he has even had the opportunity to make any decisions in his life he is dubbed as an oppressor. This is why so many kids are saying that they are non-binary or trans - because they cannot change their immutable characters or divorce their parents. Should I feel bad that my husband and I have a stable marriage, that my son has his own room and does not share the marital bedroom with us, that his grandparents have not yet died, that he lives in a safe neighborhood? Shielding kids from the reality of the divide in wealth or comfort is not healthy either but (1) it is not the school's place to teach my child empathy, generosity, and philanthropy; or (2) to tell him he is privileged so he should feel both guilt and have no excuse for ever feeling sad. Let parent's parent. To even the playing field - concentrate on educating the "under privileged" kids with the math, science and English instead of teaching this nonsense. Instead, the US is lowering standards to include my kids as "passing". Raise them up.
One thing my circle discusses a lot is how, with so much focus on various forms of 'under-privilege', where the grain has been raised and a taxonomy built and codified - there is a whole new class of average, mild students who get no attention, merit no support and are left largely to their own devices. I work in schools and can tell you there is a large swath of disaffected, unattached youth who lack a connection to the adults in their daily (school) life and often with peers as well. The issue has become somewhat visible, but is only blamed on the pandemic. Personally, I think the roots are much deeper and broader.
I come from a Communist country and immigrated to the United States at age 10. When I first heard of the various equity strategies, etc, it rang a very familiar bell.
The way "equality" is created in a Communist country is ultimately by bringing everybody down since you can't manage to bring everybody up. (Except for members of the Communist party who have all sorts of priviledges stripped from others.) Crude way to put it, but it's a good description.
There is a similar dogma that echoes Communist countries at work in these schools. At its most succinct, it's incitement to mass resentments. But ultimately it instantiates by attempting to shame higher performing students into lower performance, whether in academics, self-esteem, etc.
And its at that lower performance that equality....or better yet, equity, is then created. A race to the bottom Harrison Bergeron style.
Honest question: What on earth is wrong with Cisheteropatriarchy? If we don’t have it, we don’t have families and there will be no next generation and therefore no need for an educational system. Are school systems bent on their own destruction?
That game is racist and poison like that doesn't belong in our schools. Stop indoctrinating and go back to educating our children. What they need is more reading, writing and arithmetic. I'm glad parents are outraged and I hope they continue to monitor the cancer running that school board.
If only the military kids I knew growing up (my father worked for the Navy) had known how privileged they were. They might have done better in school.
The moment I read “..to build critical thinking skills…” I knew Fairfax was lost educationally.
As a native born and raised DMV’er (DC) this is sadly ironic as for decades Fairfax County was the epitome of suburban “privilege.” I suspect these politicians who’ve lived off of the property taxes for decades thought they could slip this past parents; all they’ve done is poke the hornet’s nest.
Good.