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It's almost as if there were a perverse game of political brinkmanship being played among officials to see who can dole out the harsher punishments. What would
by tjpnz 4y ago
It's almost as if there were a perverse game of political brinkmanship being played among officials to see who can dole out the harsher punishments. What would motivate someone to become a teacher in this climate?
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- Sakos 4y agoAt this point it feels intentional. They don't want a well-educated populace. They want people who aren't capable of reasoning themselves out of a wet paper bag who'll believe anything they say.
- 8note 4y agoGiven that it's Republicans, they'd prefer people don't become teachers, and shut down the public system, and then the only teachers would be either as part of churches, or for the ultra wealthy. The motivation is then ridiculous pay or faith. That leaves out how Floridans will fare in the American service and knowledge based economy without education, but that's a problem for a different generation
- Waterluvian 4y agoThe uneducated make great voters and even better workers.
- pfannkuchen 4y agoModern education seems pretty geared towards training for: following a strict schedule, having a boss, doing work that appears useless, etc.
- Waterluvian 4y agoCan’t speak for all regions. My Canadian public school experience was quite different.
- mcny 4y agoDoes Canada have independent school district funding concept?
- Waterluvian 4y agoNot sure about every province. In Ontario property taxes cover an amount and then the province covers the rest to bring it up to the mandated funding level for all schools. So even schools in low income areas get the same funding. It also means regions with plenty of local wealth cover their own costs.
- pfannkuchen 4y agoAre you sure? Most people spend their childhood in a concrete box without realizing there is anything strange about that.
- Waterluvian 4y agoYep. I imagine for the less fortunate it’s shocking and sometimes hard to believe. I’ve had American friends describe their high school as a “holding pen,” which was equally shocking.
- throwawayacc3 4y agoWhich is exactly why there's a gigantic push for gender ideology, whiteness studies, and other grievance studies. Those steeped in the ideology are truly uneducated and will vote for those pushing these beliefs. They're pro-open immigration so the better workers will flood in, and the more diverse the workplace, the less likely they are to unionize.(https://www.jstor.org/stable/24810295 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24810295). It's a win/won for the capitalist owner class.
- ThousndBeerMike 4y ago[dead]
- throwawayacc3 4y agoFlorida outranks California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, etc. in public school education rankings. They'll fare better than those states for sure. [0] https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-school-rankings-by-state https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-scho...
- woodruffw 4y agoOn top of what others have said: one of the goals of these kinds of political pushes is to undermine the autonomy of educators in their own classrooms. The object is to force out experienced teachers in favor of younger (and less qualified, due to relaxed requirements) ones, who in turn are easier to influence and control (in part due to the reasonable fear of being fired.)
- za3faran 4y agoHonest question, in which way is the autnomy of educators being undermined? The article mentions several topics that are prohibited to discuss for children.
- woodruffw 4y agoI think you answered your own question: the prohibitions here are (1) overly broad, and designed to stifle otherwise legitimate educational materials, and (2) represent an implied political risk to teachers ("avoid the things that make us squeamish, or we'll make you a political target").
- za3faran 4y agoWhat legitimate education materials for young children (or anyone really) contain pornography or attribute racism purely based on someone's race or color? Again I'm honestly asking.