on a journey to the department of education, starting with american u 2025 | ecg 2021 | she/her
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Highly recommend this read, especially for those in the Virginia area, or anyone who knows a Mom for Liberty.
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Paige Abbott retweeted
I have a student with a severe peanut/cashew allergy. As an educator, I'm required by law to protect that student. No matter I love peanut butter, that it's my religion to eat it daily, I can't have nuts in my classroom. Period.Same with masks--if it protects one child, we do it.
The Catholic Church has always had problems setting their priorities straight, and this might be the last straw for me. They wonder why young people are leaving in masses. Do better.
With all the talk about sanctity of life, the LEAST you could do was advise that those yet to be vaccinated continue to wear a mask, but no. It’s a free for all and I have already heard ignorant people making jokes about masks within minutes of the announcement at church.
Absolutely FUMING at the Diocese of Charlotte right now. Too afraid to mention vaccines so you just LET all these unvaccinated people sit around with the old people and children who are unable/unwilling to get vaccinated but still want to attend church?
Interesting thought! Personally I like seeing what academics are reading, but if it’s an entire bookshelf of unread or unloved books, I can see what you mean.
In case it needed to be said: we fight against the education system BECAUSE we believe it’s the cornerstone of democracy. This continuous and evolving fight for a better education system is for the betterment of an essential part of our country that we couldn’t be gladder to have
Paige Abbott retweeted
America doesn't de-escalate. It normalizes. School shootings were something unthinkable. Now, children prepare for them as part of their curriculum.
What happened yesterday was unthinkable, and now it will be a concern every election. This doesn't go away when Trump does.
Class discussions about politics lead to questioning the concrete beliefs of parents. Administrations that block such discussions, ESPECIALLY important ones surrounding race and discrimination, only further a cycle of ignorance and damaging traditionalism.
Perhaps the events yesterday in the Senate chamber will be enough for lawmakers to realize how truly insane it is for teenagers to face such real dangers like this.
Last year at school, I had to do both lockdown and active shooter drills. Once, my teachers were told to look around for a heavy object to be used in self-defense. While my gym teacher had a baseball bat, my English teacher was standing by the door, holding a metal stapler.
"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." -Teddy Roosevelt
If every teacher in the US scrapped their curricula & instead spent the remainder of this yr unpacking today, we’d actually get somewhere. F$@k “learning loss”; the current standards won’t develop the critical thinkers we need to fight the ugliness that is our country.
