Welcome to the grand illusion

[David64]

Children's birthday party to attend too.

Just saw this.

Happy Birthday to { insert name } ! !

[WallFlowerActive]

There to help our kids, not hurt them.

And yet case after case of covering up misconduct..

A.B. v. Rhinebeck Central School District & Thomas Mawhinney
SexOn March 18, 2004, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Section moved to intervene in A.B. v. Rhinebeck Central School District and Thomas Mawhinney, a sexual harassment case brought against the Rhinebeck Central School District and the former high school principal Thomas Mawhinney. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on May 9, 2003, by four current and former high school students and a school employee. The plaintiffs alleged that the school district and Mawhinney violated state and federal laws, including Title IX. The United States filed an intervention brief and complaint-in-intervention alleging that Mawhinney sexually harassed the four plaintiff students as well as other female high school students during his ten-year tenure as principal and that the school district violated Title IX by acting with deliberate indifference to known sexual harassment of these students. The district opposed the United States' intervention, and the United States filed a reply. On August 25, 2004, the court granted the United States' intervention motion.

https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-summaries

When the Catholic Church acted the same way, people were rightly outraged.

Now the same institutionalised problems are being brought to light in school district after school district in the USA, people try to whitewash the whole thing.

[Ray1990]

Funny.  The kids I work with where I volunteer don’t have these problems.  In fact, the poor kids in the area often have better hygiene than the rich kids.  Most poor people I know have the attitude we may be poor, but we don’t have to be dirty butts.

But there are serious drug problems in the USA where the kids of users have those problems.  Where open air drug markets and liberal drug policies don’t help anyone.

It's why I said socio-economic instead of strictly economic. I grew up piss poor and I didn't finish school but I always had manners. Parents should be teaching the basics of hygiene or their nannies if they're rich.  

My post was more about the lack of quality upbringing which shouldn't be something government departments have to get heavily involved with. But, many parents aren't educated, they're mentally ill, they're on drugs, some are criminals, social media influencers, the list is long when it comes to general wastes of space.  Some of that is obviously my opinion and I'm sure many people who fall into those descriptors are actually really good parents and are not known to be vacant parents.

Many are though.

[WallFlowerActive]

It's why I said socio-economic instead of strictly economic.

Strange.  I see meme after meme how work is torture.  Especially low level white collar jobs requiring an education.  

What do you think school is like for a third grader who’s dream is to be a big game hunter that gets loads of BS homework each night.

If a grownup at work maliciously complies or is rebellious, the online community treats them as some sort of antihero.

If a child acts the same way, people call them a Ned?  

How hypocritical.  

If “educated” means using violence to occupy buildings on US college campus.  I’ll pass.

[David64]

Forgot to hit the quote button so this is for Andy - 

Oh, I know. But you're in Scotland and I'm here in the U.S. and we have some serious problems with our system...and it's mostly not the teachers, it's the system.
I had some great teachers and so did my kids and the good ones make up about 92% but it's that other 8% that makes it a cluster.

[WallFlowerActive]

Teachers are decent people,

I know a teacher that left the area teacher’s union.  The individual found out how nice some teachers are with threats and nails left in their driveway.

There are good teachers.  Unfortunately there are also many teachers that are indoctrinated and institutionalised with all dedication to the unions.

 

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A teacher is headed to court demanding the Michigan Education Association stop harassing him and allow him to opt out of the union.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2016...embership/

You can whitewash all you want. But there is a dark institutionalised side to the US education system where case after case the unions act like thugs. No amount of whitewashing can hide that fact.

[andy06shake]

I know a teacher that left the area teacher’s union.  The individual found out how nice some teachers are with threats and nails left in their drive way.

There are good teachers.  Unfortunately there are also many teachers that are indoctrinated and institutionalised with all dedication to the unions.

 
You can whitewash all you want. But there is a dark institutionalised side to the US education system where case after case the unions act like thugs. No amount of whitewashing can hide that fact.

Still going?


If you could simply show us all on the doll where the bad teacher touched you.... 

Again, they are good people and if you can't see that, you're not bloody looking.

Stuff to do in the real world today, Wallflower.

Can't be bothered feeding you anymore.

But feel free to keep replying. 

[andy06shake]

Just saw this.

Happy Birthday to { insert name } ! !

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...iU7NxL.jpg]

Her name is Sarah, and thanks for the birthday wishes.

19 today, so not a baby anymore.

Not a cake, but i do seem to recall her doing something similar with "Sudocrem" when she was a toddler. 

A few times, actually, what a mess that was head to toe.  

[WallFlowerActive]

Still going?

In citing actual cases the Teachers Union and School districts acting to coverup crimes.  And strong arm members.

Isn’t that a threat to democracy through corruption and institutionalisation.  Forcing and harassing members to join a union so union dues can got to electing democrats into office and receiving preferred status and benefits from those people you invested into in the form of crony capitalism.  Where schools districts cover up crimes and civil rights violations to avoid dealing with lawsuits and policing the teachers union.

[WallFlowerActive]

If you could simply show us all on the doll where the bad teacher touched you.... 

You think this is a game?  In a thread literally titled the grand illusion.

A growing number of school districts paid out legal damages or settlements of $1 million or more last year—many stemming from lawsuits related to sexual misconduct, crimes, and discrimination, and some of it dating back decades, according to a new report.

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/more-d...ms/2023/02

There are good teachers.  There is also widespread corruption in school districts and the teachers unions.