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Do you have kids in school? The curriculum is 70% studying for standardized tests and anything else they're lucky enough to get is 20 year old pretty shitty stu
by progressive_dad 11y ago
Do you have kids in school? The curriculum is 70% studying for standardized tests and anything else they're lucky enough to get is 20 year old pretty shitty stuff. Go read little house on the prairie again. I bet its in your second or third grade class library. Go read about the "stinky natives" and how they were justified in taking land from the native's reservation. You think they have time to talk about racism in the great plains in their "pioneer" curriculum?
Now ask yourself is Mrs. Clarkson is gonna bother talking about anything relevant in math.
My colloquial use of "little johnny and suzie creamcheese" was meant to evoke the 1950's and dated ideas about education. But in the 30% time teachers actually get to use to educate they do still try to bring in outside materials. Emphatically! NOT controversial materials.
- pc2g4d 11y agoTo me "playground" above implied elementary school. Is that really the time/place to be rocking kids' worlds with divisive controversies?
- progressive_dad 11y agoNo? Which was my original point. If interesting math and logic problems having to do with secrecy becomes controversial it will be expunged from the curriculum.