Once it sinks in that, legally, the state owns your child the minute he or she crosses the public schoolhouse threshold, you'll have the strength to do what needs to be done to disengage from the public school house. 1/
Until then, all you can do is try to find a specific evidence of civil rights violations against your child, and that's difficult, bordering on impossible. It's also very time consuming and expensive, not to mention risky for you and your child, socially and professionally. 2/
I realize asking you to commit almost an hour to this is asking a lot, but it could be the hour that makes a difference in your child's life. Please watch and share, or at least read the article I'm reading in the video by @CBradleyThomps1 /3
If you're wondering why I didn't make a talking points version of the article, ask yourself – – and be honest – – would you have believed me? I tried actually, everything came out sounding like a conspiracy theory. I finally gave up, but I haven't ruled out trying again. /4
In the meantime, since I can't imagine what part of the article to cut in my explanation, please consider watching it reading. Thank you! /END

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27 Sep
While we've been distracted by everything else, who's been covering the courts, delays in justice, and direction of the judiciary branch in general? Guys: if we lose the courts too--if they're corrupted, if the older more sane jurists die or retire, it's over. 1/
How much justice has been delayed (denied) because courts are STILL backlogged or shut down? How many govt lawyers are woke and working to corrupt the system? How is this impacting the pursuit of justice in every other area (education, healthcare, family law, etc)?2/
I personally know dozens of people who have legit cases they could bring against their schools and districts, but they can't find willing lawyers, or can't afford the money and time. Waiting times for hearings are months, so kids would be stuck in school facing backlash. 3/
Read 8 tweets
26 Sep
Went to lunch today with some women I've met through my work--they found me and invited me to join them once a month. It's lovely, they're a lot of fun, and we all agree things are messed up. We share stories, trade resources. Well today one mom told me a whopper of a story 1/
Her 14 yo son was in an art class recently, where he was working on a piece with lots of colors, somewhat rainbow like. A classmate who goes by they/them (FTM) starting yelling at him that he had no right to draw and color "their" flag, and demanded he stop. 2/
He was confused and tried to defend his picture, only to be told by the teacher to finish it at home. He had to stop working on it there. This same they/them is one of several who wear dog collars and bark at cis white boys in the hallway, regularly. 3/
Read 6 tweets
26 Sep
If you're tempted to roll your eyes, or accuse me of hyperbole for comparing what's happening in education (and psychology, and media, and science, and law...) to Nazi Germany, it's b/c you think I'm making a 1:1 analogy. 1/
I'm not. What I'm hoping you'll see are *patterns.*
1. Politicization of every institution, in one direction
2. Gradual shunning/shaming/dehumanizing of opponents
3. Changes to the language to control speech
4. Takeover education, push ideas supporting the state 2/
The specifics could be the polar opposite (obviously, duh), in lieu of white aryans, you have "BIPOC" being the superior race, and victims of "oppression." Political opponents were even accused of being Jews, or Jew-loving (sound familiar to "Uncle Tom?") 3/
Read 4 tweets
15 Sep
Since a lot of people are arguing with me and saying the school board IS the place to go, let's play this out using what we know about REALITY (not some fantasy world of what SHOULD happen):
You go to the board, enough of them agree with you they put pressure on the super. 1/
Superintendent disagrees with them, and you, OR says he/she didn't know/but will talk to principals b/c he's afraid to get fired now that he knows.
He goes to principals, they say they didn't know, but same story, he/she will look into it.
This process can take weeks-months.2/
In the meantime, your kid is still in class, you the parents are by name on their radar (as are your kids), and the union mobilizes to pressure admin. and defend teachers. They craft a defense. 3/
Read 10 tweets
15 Sep
I see it's lesson time in the Twitterverse. OK, take some notes:
Bad pedagogy gets its start in think tanks and universities. From there (with funding from NGOs and Foundations), it makes it into teacher training (in and pre-service). They have their own PR depts 1/
Teachers unions are also involved. Sometimes they work hand-in-glove with the think tanks to push the pedagogy via in-service training (often *required*), or they pressure states BoEs to require it for certification/endorsements. 2/
All of these unelected people have deep pockets to fund campaigns (literal, and ad) to get people into commissioner/state super offices, and onto state BoEs who have ties to companies making curricula, or ideologues pushing it. These people hire teams from these groups too 3/
Read 25 tweets
15 Sep
A LOT of you (most) seem to believe the school board chooses specific books and curricula. They DO NOT. They sure as shit don't "assign" it either. You're yelling at the wrong people. Stop it. You are not helping. The TEACHERS and principals are your problem, and the state BOE 1/
Case in point: this book was NOT distributed BY the school board, and as objectionable as it is, I assure you, they had no clue what was in it. Learn how your schools work before losing your shit and making asses of yourselves. The mayor is a clown. cleveland.com/akron/2021/09/… 2/
The mayor of all people ought to know better. It's literally his job to know how these things work. Shameless politicking. He has no power to charge volunteer school board members with "distributing child pornography" in a writing class, and it's ludicrous to say so. 3/
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