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Trump won our school election too. He just barely beat out Harambe and Ballsack.
Harambe. May he rest in peace.
Trump won our school election too. He just barely beat out Harambe and Ballsack.
There is no mention of negative chants, only negative words, which of course are not allowed in Utopia....
I remember at my middle school they had a mock election for the 2012 season. At my school Romney won, but in the school district overall Obama won.
But more to the point, they should have seen that coming a mile away. When it comes to pretty much anything in the realm of politics, aguments are bound to happen.
No, we should definitely encourage 5th graders to use negative rhetoric about minorities. Now THAT would be Utopia. Right?
School officials decided to cancel the mock election to prevent minority students “from feeling uncomfortable,” according to Glen Rogers, the school’s principal.
“Teachers have said they’ve heard some kids in the cafeteria chanting ‘Trump! Trump! Trump!’ or saying they don’t want Muslims here,” Mr. Rogers told ABC News.
“I mean, kids often repeat what they hear on the TV or the news, but it doesn’t mean it’s OK,” he said. “We have a diverse community here. We want all our students to feel valued.”
No, we should definitely encourage 5th graders to use negative rhetoric about minorities. Now THAT would be Utopia. Right?
Who's advocating that?
We should encourage them to attempt to grasp and speak truth. Dont forget that I am Zen, to me all this negative/positive stuff in this dying civilization has for the most part devolved into being nothing but the emotion driven weak ignorant mind allowed fad of the day....it is not important enough to make decisions based upon.
Nobody. Because in Utopia, nobody is allowed to use rhetoric against minorities. It's terrible in Utopia.
Negative rhetoric against minorities is the truth?
Good move by the school in this really no win situation.
That would be no place I would want to live.
Ah, so you want to live someplace where negative rhetoric against minorities is okay. Got it.
Yeah, Hillary was going down in flames. Better to pull the plug. :lol:
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Ah, so you want to live someplace where negative rhetoric against minorities is okay. Got it.
I'm not surprised. I can't even mention the election in my classroom without someone telling another student that Trump is going to kick them out of America. These aren't things that need to be talked about at school - especially with young children who really don't understand politics. It is causing a lot of questions, anxiety and hurt feelings. I won't have it in my classroom.
???What LMAO
it has nothing to do with either crappy candidate, it has to deal with the no win situation of dealing with elementary school kids and dealing with the mix of civility, trying to stay impartial and trying to use it as a teaching moment that would have probably never worked out well. Shutting it down was a good move to have the least conflict with kids, parents etc
Negative rhetoric against minorities is the truth?
A teachable moment, squandered by the queasy none too bright elders, that is what this was.
I'm not surprised. I can't even mention the election in my classroom without someone telling another student that Trump is going to kick them out of America. These aren't things that need to be talked about at school - especially with young children who really don't understand politics. It is causing a lot of questions, anxiety and hurt feelings. I won't have it in my classroom.
A teachable moment, squandered by the queasy none too bright elders, that is what this was.
Common sense at its finest, you can tell, like myself you have actually dealt with youths, the school system and parents . . . . this was not going to end well and there was no real teaching moment here