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Public School Demands Patriotic Global Citizen Alliance From Kids
Two days into the start of my daughter’s 7th grade school year, she brought home a document that triggered a bit of an apoplectic, expletive-laden meltdown for me, and it was all centered around one word – Patriotism. The document was a form the school wanted me to sign acknowledging my receipt of something called…
Read MoreSchool Board Under Fire After ‘Transgender Reveal’ Leaves Students Confused About Who They Are
Angry parents gathered Monday night to protest a California teacher that read transgender books to her kindergarteners and encouraged a clothes-changing demonstration, saying it was inappropriate to vividly portray transgenderism to such young children. In an alleged attempt to introduce a diversity of opinion, the Rocklin Academy teacher read the kindergarteners two books on transgenderism…
Read MoreIs Choosing to Be a Victim a Taboo Subject?
Some people apparently think there are no fake victims, only real ones. They believe that if all the oppression in the world were magically lifted tomorrow, people would suddenly become independent. This is not my conclusion. When I went to junior high school (it wasn’t “middle school” then and “junior” wasn’t considered a dangerous pejorative…
Read MoreBravo: Cop Non-Violently Stops Potential Mass Murder at School By Talking To Student
Union County, NC — Arthur J. Wallace Junior, known as “June” by his friends, is the school resource officer for Forest Hills High School. As such, Wallace sees his role as more of a father figure than an officer. Many of the students he serves have at least one parent in jail, or prison, or…
Read More“Modern Educayshun”: Video Powerfully Demonstrates the Dangers of Political Correctness in Schools
Schools – not only in the US, but across the world, and at all education levels – have truly become Orwellian indoctrination centers. This powerful video from Neel Kolhatkar, an Australian comedian and actor, delves into the potential dangers of a hypersensitive culture bred by social media and political correctness. If you believe this video might…
Read MoreStudent Issued 10-Day Suspension for “Liking” Instagram Photo of an Airsoft Gun
Gun paranoia remains at ridiculous levels in US schools. This case is disturbing not only for the gun hysteria, but for the social media spying aspect. A middle school student in Trenton, Ohio, narrowly dodged a lengthy suspension and possible expulsion from school because he did something people do every day: he “liked” a photo on…
Read More‘Stormtrooper’ Sparks Evacuation of US High School on Star Wars Day
A student dressed as a Stormtrooper on ‘Star Wars Day’ sparked the evacuation of a Wisconsin High School as well as the lockdown of a nearby Middle School and Community Center. The incident happened at Ashwaubenon High School, Green Bay, Thursday morning when a parent, apparently oblivious to the ‘Star Wars’ fan day, raised the…
Read MoreHey, Teacher – Leave Them Kids Alone! Spate of Educator Arrests for Sex, Drugs & Bullying
It’s as if Pink Floyd wrote a song about this week, but instead of another brick in the wall, it’s another teacher arrested. At least seven educators have been taken into custody ‒ and one is still on the lam ‒ for a variety of crimes involving students. Teachers across the country have been charged…
Read More‘Discipline Box’: Florida School Put Special-Needs Preschoolers in Drywall Jail – Lawsuit
A lawsuit accuses Duval County Public Schools in Florida of punishing kids as young as 3 with a “discipline box” made of drywall. The filing alleges inadequate policies and training for special-needs teachers. The lawsuit, first reported by WJAX, alleges that Love Grove Elementary School in Jacksonville had the box outside of a classroom for…
Read MoreLogic and Non-Logic in Education
In two of my collections, The Matrix Revealed and Power Outside The Matrix, I include basic training in the art of logic and more advanced critical analysis. The basic fact is: students in schools are rarely taught how to follow a line of reasoning from beginning to end. Nor do they practice analyzing half-formed, faulty…
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