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Woke teachers are ruining education.
This elementary teacher, who doesn't know when America was founded, says she teaches her students about leftist protesting and activism but refuses to teach the actual curriculum.
a thread about how we got here:
Woke teachers are ruining education.
This elementary teacher, who doesn't know when America was founded, says she teaches her students about leftist protesting and activism but refuses to teach the actual curriculum.
a thread about how we got here:
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Here's another elementary school teacher saying she sees teaching as a political act and that social justice (AKA: wokeness) is the foundation of ALL learning
(h/t @MikeNayna)
Here's another elementary school teacher saying she sees teaching as a political act and that social justice (AKA: wokeness) is the foundation of ALL learning
(h/t @MikeNayna)
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Why do teachers like her think this?
It's because professors of education in the universities and colleges of education (where teachers are trained) think what goes on in the classroom is all about politics, and have been claiming that teaching is a political act:
Why do teachers like her think this?
It's because professors of education in the universities and colleges of education (where teachers are trained) think what goes on in the classroom is all about politics, and have been claiming that teaching is a political act:
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In "The Critical Turn in Education" Isaac gottesman, explains how leftist brought marxism into universities and radicalized the field of education in the 70's (pic 1) and then brought in Postmodern feminist ideas and critical race theory in the 80's and 90's. (pic 2)
In "The Critical Turn in Education" Isaac gottesman, explains how leftist brought marxism into universities and radicalized the field of education in the 70's (pic 1) and then brought in Postmodern feminist ideas and critical race theory in the 80's and 90's. (pic 2)
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Teachers who should be teaching kids to read, write, and count, are being told to teach children Marxism, Postmodern feminism, and Critical Race Theory.
which is why teaching resources constantly talk about diversity, race, and whiteness...even for teaching MATH
Teachers who should be teaching kids to read, write, and count, are being told to teach children Marxism, Postmodern feminism, and Critical Race Theory.
which is why teaching resources constantly talk about diversity, race, and whiteness...even for teaching MATH
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This all started with Paulo Freire, a Brazilian Marxist who said the purpose of education is to teach people how they are being oppressed using Marxist political theory. Having politically awareness inline with Marxist theory was what he called "critical consciousness."
This all started with Paulo Freire, a Brazilian Marxist who said the purpose of education is to teach people how they are being oppressed using Marxist political theory. Having politically awareness inline with Marxist theory was what he called "critical consciousness."
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When Freire first wrote in the 60's and 70's his work was ignored, but in the early 80's radical scholars began to use it and Henry Giroux brought Freire's work into mainstream education colleges, particularly Freire's theory of pedagogy (method and practice of teaching)...
When Freire first wrote in the 60's and 70's his work was ignored, but in the early 80's radical scholars began to use it and Henry Giroux brought Freire's work into mainstream education colleges, particularly Freire's theory of pedagogy (method and practice of teaching)...
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Giroux Took Freire's ideas and in his 1985 wrote a book which he dedicated to Freire and in which he said that the central theme underlying his book was that pedagogy (teaching methods) ought to become more political. Giroux was set to politicize the classroom...
Giroux Took Freire's ideas and in his 1985 wrote a book which he dedicated to Freire and in which he said that the central theme underlying his book was that pedagogy (teaching methods) ought to become more political. Giroux was set to politicize the classroom...
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But in doing so Giroux added something to the mix. When Giroux started out he was a neo-Marxist who thought the Marxist theory of teaching (that all teachers should teach according to Marxist ideology) was correct. So he says in his book "teachers as Intellectuals:
But in doing so Giroux added something to the mix. When Giroux started out he was a neo-Marxist who thought the Marxist theory of teaching (that all teachers should teach according to Marxist ideology) was correct. So he says in his book "teachers as Intellectuals:
10/ Eventually Giroux makes his big move and brings postmodernism into the mix. Postmodernism said science and reason weren't objectively true, and the idea that science gives us knowledge is a thinly veiled power move meant to give power to white, western ways of thinking.
11/ Now, just in case you think that these guys are just a coupe of fringe lunatics, let me show you this:
One way to measure academic influence is with citations (the number of times your work gets mentioned by other academics). The more citations, the greater the influence.
One way to measure academic influence is with citations (the number of times your work gets mentioned by other academics). The more citations, the greater the influence.
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So, lets compare Giroux and Freire to other famous Scholars for context
Jordan Peterson has 13,381
Isaac Newton has 27,143
Albert Einstein has 131,459
Richard Dawkins has 88,079
Charles Darwin Has 184,507
Meanwhile Paulo Freire has....𝟜𝟙𝟙,𝟡𝟠𝟘
So, lets compare Giroux and Freire to other famous Scholars for context
Jordan Peterson has 13,381
Isaac Newton has 27,143
Albert Einstein has 131,459
Richard Dawkins has 88,079
Charles Darwin Has 184,507
Meanwhile Paulo Freire has....𝟜𝟙𝟙,𝟡𝟠𝟘
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You are reading that correctly: The Marxist who said the primary goal of teaching is to bring radical left wing politics into elementary school classrooms has more citations then Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin COMBINED.
Don't worry it gets worse.
You are reading that correctly: The Marxist who said the primary goal of teaching is to bring radical left wing politics into elementary school classrooms has more citations then Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin COMBINED.
Don't worry it gets worse.
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Once it became acceptable to bring radical politics into the classroom professors who brought wanted to bring radical politics into classrooms began to get hired all over the place.
Rochelle Gutierrez' entire career is built on bringing radical identity politics into...MATH:
Once it became acceptable to bring radical politics into the classroom professors who brought wanted to bring radical politics into classrooms began to get hired all over the place.
Rochelle Gutierrez' entire career is built on bringing radical identity politics into...MATH:
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Not only is Rochelle Gutierrez bringing radical politics into math class, she (like Henry Giroux) doesn't think Math is objective. That means she isn't even trying to get to absolute truth and she thinks the idea that math can solve problems is a fallacy.
See for yourself:
Not only is Rochelle Gutierrez bringing radical politics into math class, she (like Henry Giroux) doesn't think Math is objective. That means she isn't even trying to get to absolute truth and she thinks the idea that math can solve problems is a fallacy.
See for yourself:
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And that is how you get the creation of a college textbook that has as it's goal teaching Social justice (AKA, wokeness) during Math class.
Don't worry, it gets even worse then that 😂
And that is how you get the creation of a college textbook that has as it's goal teaching Social justice (AKA, wokeness) during Math class.
Don't worry, it gets even worse then that 😂
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Christopher Dubbs wrote a paper where he suggests, and I'm not kidding, teaching grade 5 kids to challenge the structure of marriage by appealing to race, gender, and sexuality. He also thinks "queering" math (making math queer) can provide kids with an alternative reality.
Christopher Dubbs wrote a paper where he suggests, and I'm not kidding, teaching grade 5 kids to challenge the structure of marriage by appealing to race, gender, and sexuality. He also thinks "queering" math (making math queer) can provide kids with an alternative reality.
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That's the environment our elementary school teachers are being trained in. This is why we have teachers who won't teach the proper curriculum, instead substituting their own curriculum and teach children to be left wing activists rather then the date of America's founding
That's the environment our elementary school teachers are being trained in. This is why we have teachers who won't teach the proper curriculum, instead substituting their own curriculum and teach children to be left wing activists rather then the date of America's founding
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Want to fight back?
Go to school board meetings, that's where policy and curriculum choices get made.
Vote/run in school board elections so you can make those choices.
ORGANIZE the other parents to help you, so there's strength in numbers
it's hard work, and it takes time
Want to fight back?
Go to school board meetings, that's where policy and curriculum choices get made.
Vote/run in school board elections so you can make those choices.
ORGANIZE the other parents to help you, so there's strength in numbers
it's hard work, and it takes time
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Politics in the classroom is nonsense. Time to put a stop to it.
/fin
Politics in the classroom is nonsense. Time to put a stop to it.
/fin
