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If she really cared about what was being taught to her kid she'd of called the teacher, set up a meeting, called the principal etc...
Sprawling call my lawyer on the paper and sending that in with her son is not how mature adults handle things. Posting it to fb is only to feed her ego.
As for the publics right to know what's being taught, no one is denying you that. You can request to review the curriculum for any school district.
Maybe she correctly figured calling the teacher, meeting with the principal, ETC., would be a big waste of time. She took the route so many others take these days to bring attention to an issue --- social media.
[snip] in a scholarly setting there is no promotion of beliefs, just information as to what they are and discussions as to how they impacted the periods under review.
If "what [religions] are and discussions as to how they impacted the periods [in history] under review" was taught that would be fine. There are profound religious biases in history lessons in our progressive public school system k-12.
College classes are off the chart biased, too, but the students are adults and could decide for themselves what is truth, unlike a 5th grader.
Maybe she correctly figured calling the teacher, meeting with the principal, ETC., would be a big waste of time. She took the route so many others take these days to bring attention to an issue --- social media.
Instead of ranting on the social media, she could put on her big girl panties and run for a position on the School Board. Y'know... be a part of the solution if it bothers her that much.
EVERY parent has the right to stand up and refuse to have World History shoved down their kids' throats. What does it matter what happened in the past regardless of how it shaped the world today? That was yesterday. Hell, it was CENTURIES ago All those people are DEAD.
The only reason one would really ever need to know World History from the period 500 A.D. to 1789 A.D. is if they were ever going to be on Jeopardy, and what are the chances your kid is going to pass the tests to get on the show in the first place? And the Final Jeopardy question category might turn out to be Sports anyway, and then their head would be filled with all this useless information for no reason at all.
Nothing that occurred before 1776 is worth learning about since the United States wasn't even in existence before that, so parents across the country should ban together to eliminate World History from all school curricula. Somebody get this ball rolling.
eeehh... I don't know you, so can't tell if this is a joke or not. I'm hoping it is a joke.
Instead of ranting on the social media, she could put on her big girl panties and run for a position on the School Board. Y'know... be a part of the solution if it bothers her that much.
Maybe she will, though it would be a waste of time. What she did is more effective than running for the school board and all your other meddling suggestions on what she should do. You don't like what she had to say, so feel a need to come up with all sorts of other things she could have done.
eeehh... I don't know you, so can't tell if this is a joke or not. I'm hoping it is a joke.
It is a joke/sarcasm at its finest. I tried to give her a kudo for sarcasm but I already increased her reputation on one of her earlier posts and the system wouldn't allow me to do it again on this thread.
Here in Ohio, the introduction of the "major" world religions happens in 6th grade. Here's the content statement:
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Modern cultural practices and products show the influence of tradition and diffusion, including the impact of major world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism).
Regardless of one's own personal beliefs, I think there's a strong argument to be made that knowing about the variety of religious beliefs worldwide is pretty important and worthwhile.
Maybe she will, though it would be a waste of time. What she did is more effective than running for the school board and all your other meddling suggestions on what she should do. You don't like what she had to say, so feel a need to come up with all sorts of other things she could have done.
What makes it a waste of time? As far as I can tell or read in the news her taking to social media hasn't actually done anything. Sure people are talking online, but none of us have the power to change her childs curriculum.
Not to mention if I was the teacher principal or school district I wouldn't want to work with this mom at this point. She had the adult equivalent of a temper tantrum instead of trying to make things better.
'... but I think it has run its course and there's nothing new to add that hasn't already been said, so I'm done here.'
That was yesterday.
Of course, I will never be done. As I said in Post #320:
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
It's OK. I've said/written in one form or another about the need for people to learn about and understand one another for the past 14 years, and I will until the day I die.
Knowledge is powerful. Ignorance is destructive. Choose knowledge. Please.
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