Seventh grade math assignment. Follow the thread for the homework related to this. BTW, homework is 50% of the grade. @pauldrossi@ConceptualJames@BarryGarelick care to weigh in? 1/
The actual math homework...2/
Math homework cont'd See tweets above for full context
We don't "school" at home, we RAISE OUR OWN CHILDREN, and we do it because we love them, and believe we know what's best for them well enough to do our own research, and find our own "experts" to help us, when WE decide they need them. 1/
When we see to the education and daily lives of our own children, we aren't "escaping," nor are we "refugees," unless you're willing to concede that "school" is a totalitarian political prison. I mean, I'll go there with you if you like, but I doubt you want to...2/
We need to stop accepting the premise that it's "normal" to hand our kids off to total strangers for 9 months of the year; to have no window into what they do all day, unless those strangers ALLOW it. 3/
Dreamed of what? A black-run city that sucks even more because people were elected based on skin color, not merit, like Chicago? Just curious Vi, what would "equity" look like? MORE than 50% non-white? Cuz we have that 1/: charlottenc.gov/CityCouncil/Pa…
Dear New Jersey: you're in trouble (and so are we all, because this is spreading). @DrKarlynB remember the commenter yesterday who said this wasn't in NJ yet? Oh but it is, with a vengeance. Welcome to Math Appreciation, as written by the Handicapper General (I presume) 1/
Notice they're only going with "lived experiences" of people on the bottom of the achievement scale (teachers too). It's one-sided. 2/
Once again, they're anti-tracking, but love love love sorting kids by race and achievement to justify denying the achievers access to pathways to succeed. 3/
Why did you have kids? Serious question, not being snide/coy or antagonistic. I want honest answers. To be fair, here are mine, raw and real:
* Had a crap childhood, wanted to be the parent I didn't have
* Felt ripped off by my "education," wanted to provide what I didn't have 1/
* Did the math, saw decent, smart, thoughtful people with sound, rational principles and values, were not reproducing, worried a bit about my own old age
* Believed in the value of the nuclear family
* Was curious/wanted to meet and get to know them 2/
* Wanted to see the world through their innocent eyes, and learn about life all over again.
I were a white supremacist/elitist/classist, I can't imagine a better way to hold onto and increase my power and privilege than to pretend I hate them, don't want them, and want better for everyone who doesn't have them. In other words, 1/
...what better way to keep and increase power than to become a malignant narcissist! Let's look at the steps: 2. When they're hooked, find a fault they can't fix easily or at all 2/ their best qualities 2. When they're hooked, find a fault they can't fix easily or at all 2/
3. Create doubt in their minds that they are the people they thought you thought they were 4. Keep moving the goalposts so they keep chasing the dragon of the virtue I initially assured them they had, while 5. gaslighting them; saying I never said/did what they claim 3/