When were schools ever an equalizer? Literally there was slavery, then segregation, then after segregation a lot of places were putting in policies to make sure equality wasn't an issue.
All Democratic policies.
But teaching students that they are unable to succeed because of history is a bad policy also.
Both Democrats and Republicans have done things to harm the country, social engineering isn't necessarily a problem, perhaps the way Democrats are doing it is wrong. However a society needs tolerance, it needs to educate people to be adults in the USA.
That's a little vague, though. What specifically do you think we should be teaching them so that they are tolerent adults?
I now teach behavior and social skills. Prior to that I taught math. I have no trouble at all telling parents or anyone else exactly what I am teaching kids, including a day-by-day update of the curriculum if they want to know. From the advocates of woke education, we get vagueries.
The reality is the USA has a problem, slavery to segregation to "it's not slavery or segregation but it ain't right" which exists now. How are you going to change that if you don't change it in schools?
If you're reinforcing prejudice with every generation, you will never have a more inclusive nation.
Democrats have been engineering the schools racially since at least the seventies. The schools are as segregated as they ever have been. Can you name one prominent Democrat in DC who supports integration by sending their own children to DC public schools? Those problems need to be addressed, but it should be plain by now to anyone who is awake instead of "woke" that Democrats do it very badly.
No, money doesn't solve the problem. The problems are so embedded within US society, and neither side of the insane political spectrum is willing to lose power by doing the right thing. Power rules in the US, getting that power, keeping that power, that's the only important thing.
Everything else is secondary. Education is secondary. Literally people are being manipulated, not at school with a curriculum that has been well thought out, but by people the Koch brother (apparently said Coke and not Cock, clearly Cock as it's from German) and Soros who have no responsibilities, there's been no discussion about what should be thrown at people.
Not really sure what you're driving at.
It's why I hate the word "woke", it's a word that's been pushed by the Koch money to allow right wingers to dismiss anything they don't like as "woke" (and yes the left have their words too).
Republicans didn't push the word "woke."
The Democrats co-opted the word "woke" from Africa-Americans who originated it during the times when Democrat lynching was on the rise. It meant at that time to be aware as a black person that there were people who would harm them. Today's Democrats use it to describe themselves in flattering terms, something that they love to do.
How do you teach kids to "succeed"? And succeed in what?
Not everyone can succeed. For you to have an Elon Musk, you need successful people to work under him. For you to have a Walton family, you need low wage workers who will work for peanuts.
The reality is "success" can only be achieved by a percentage of the population. Education needs to cater for all types of people and work with the basis that some people will be at the bottom, but being at the bottom doesn't need to be as bad as it is in the US.
"The bottom?"
This is such typical Democrat elitism. You teach success by teaching the value and dignity of work. You provide them with vocational classes, even if those classes do not help them pass standardized state tests. You emphasize the opportunities for people of all skills and abilities.
What you don't do is teach them that they cannot succeed due to the evilness of the U.S. system (which thousands of people risk their lives every week to get to), and the color of their skin. You also don't teach them that "success" means going to college and nothing else and that college is for everyone.
It isn't. At least it should not be.
Sadly, many colleges have dumbed down, in an attempt to make college for everyone. People who could indeed be successful as welders, cosmetologists, plumbers, CNA's, truck drivers, lumberjacks, oilfield workers, carpenters, and many other well-paid trades are being shamed into attending college. Then they major in some version of Woke Studies, instead of a major with the job title in its name. They can't find work in the field of "being woke" or whatever it would be, so they grow bitter and demand that those welders, truck drivers and lumberjacks pay off their student loans.
So, if I attack Republicans, all you hear is "Democrat"?
A lot of what I write will attack Republicans simply because I'm more likely to converse with Republicans than Democrats. That's because I'm center left and I find intellectually stimulating discussions better than agreeing with people. Democrats are more likely to keep away from and what I say. That's the way it is.
However I will attack Democrats and Republicans alike if what I see is wrong.
Alright.
Lets see some of your attacks on Democrats. Let's see how you respond to the name calling that you will inevitibly be subjected to and how long you stick to whatever attack you make. Start a thread where you attack Democrats, if you are sincere.
