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It’s sad when large groups of kids are placed in the charge of power-tripping authoritarian racists. Calling the sheriff’s department to physically go to the k
by jacobolus 6y ago
It’s sad when large groups of kids are placed in the charge of power-tripping authoritarian racists.
Calling the sheriff’s department to physically go to the kid’s house to deal with a toy (unintentionally) shown to a bunch of 12 year olds in an online art class is a ludicrous abuse of trust.
Law enforcement house calls like this have literally gotten people shot over trivial misunderstandings. If I sent my kids to that school I’d be demanding the principal’s resignation.
- peterpeppers 6y agoInterestingly enough.... Black conservatives like Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell have often decried that "affirmative action" is used by whites namely liberals to avoid fixing the issues with public education school systems that are in charge of so many black and brown kids. THE ISSUES: - Underfunding - Disproportionate discipline WHO IS TO BLAME? - Conservative legislatures who push funding to rural areas over heavily populated liberal cities - Democratic big city administrators beholden to teachers unions - Liberal colleges who "focus on diversity at expense of all else" WRITINGS: - https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/columns/vp-ed-column-williams-0104-20200104-pu7o6zob2vesvhsjjfzzujg5h4-story.html https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/columns/vp-ed-column-wil... - https://www.creators.com/read/walter-williams/07/18/college-destruction-of-black-students https://www.creators.com/read/walter-williams/07/18/college-...
- mc32 6y agoThe issue on the US is probably somewhere in the middle of complexity. We have money and even poor districts have way more money than kids in developing economies, but our culture gets in the way, politics gets in the way, politization gets in the way, unions get in the way, the federal dept of education gets in the way. None of these actors are all bad. They all do some good but together they are destroying things. First of all, not all kids are meant to go to college or university. Second, we’re teaching fewer useful skills that are needed to function in industry and society. We’re also teaching them dependence and less independence.
- lsiebert 6y agoFunny you say that not all kids are meant to go to college or university, talk about useful skills, and then talk about people being taught dependence. One of the main benefits of a liberal arts education is honing critical thinking. In a world awash in misinformation and conspiracy theories, I wish more people were taught to think independently, instead of just function.
- mc32 6y agoLiberal arts are useful, but they’re not an end onto themselves. Too many kids study liberal arts as an end in itself where they expect a professional job out of it. It’s not their fault. The education system sets them up for that.
- jacobolus 6y ago> kids study liberal arts as an end in itself where they expect a professional job out of it. Your statement here is self-contradictory, or perhaps you intended to write “means to an end” instead of “end in itself”? (The two are opposites.)
- jagannathtech 6y agoLiberal arts honing critical thinking has got to be one of the biggest scams. As for that matter most education..
- lsiebert 6y agoCan you point to any empirical basis like a study for that statement? Here's a paper called "The Effects of Liberal Arts Experiences on Liberal Arts Outcomes" that seems to suggest otherwise. https://www.wabash.edu/news/docs/ASHE_LAE_proposal_2006.pdf https://www.wabash.edu/news/docs/ASHE_LAE_proposal_2006.pdf