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Post by duke on Feb 23, 2019 9:05:37 GMT -8
These children visited the office of Diane Feinstein to tell her to vote and support the New Green Deal. Part of a group of young people representing Sunrise Movement. You have to see it to believe the brain washing these kids have had for them to actually confront a Senator, and rudely tell her that they know best. Of course, pushed on by a parent of teacher. I actually thought Senator Feinstein handled the situation rather well. It's always interesting to read the comments. This is scary that we have a new generation who have been beat up and had it pounded into their heads so bad that something like the New Green Deal could actually be viable? www.foxnews.com/politics/dianne-feinstein-scolds-kids-who-pushed-her-to-back-green-new-deal-i-know-what-im-doing
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Post by davidsf on Feb 23, 2019 9:46:27 GMT -8
in my never-to-be-considered “humble” opinion, those children should first learn respect.
I don’t like much about Diane Feinstein, and I note she is against the Green New Deal only because she has written her own “responsible” resolution...
But she does handle these children well, and gives them respect they do not return.
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Post by Bick on Feb 23, 2019 10:39:42 GMT -8
Now we're touching on the home-schooling argument that I've become a proponent of more recently.
The pretty clear lack of respect of the president / other leaders by my grand-kids' teachers, and from what I've read and heard from other teachers, is leading to some unintended consequences those teachers at the higher levels are probably facing today.
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Post by davidsf on Feb 23, 2019 12:05:41 GMT -8
The Midwest, and fortunately or unfortunately, Central Illinois specifically is a hot bed of home schooling.
When we pulled both of our kids (now, 16 and 18) out of unlicensed school, I sent an email to each school (one middle school, one High School) telling them of our decision to homeschool our kids. I suppose I should feel lucky I got a response at all, but basically, the response was “yeah, so?”
We also have a lot of home school “co-ops” that spring up, probably the best of which is a National neide co op called “Classical Conversations.”
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Post by davidsf on Feb 23, 2019 12:21:19 GMT -8
So, now, Feinstein has realized how she came off to these children and has tried to walk it back with: And, of course, AOC had to steal the spotlight back with: Attachments:
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Post by coach on Feb 23, 2019 12:22:27 GMT -8
These children visited the office of Diane Feinstein to tell her to vote and support the New Green Deal. Part of a group of young people representing Sunrise Movement. You have to see it to believe the brain washing these kids have had for them to actually confront a Senator, and rudely tell her that they know best. Of course, pushed on by a parent of teacher. I actually thought Senator Feinstein handled the situation rather well. It's always interesting to read the comments. This is scary that we have a new generation who have been beat up and had it pounded into their heads so bad that something like the New Green Deal could actually be viable? www.foxnews.com/politics/dianne-feinstein-scolds-kids-who-pushed-her-to-back-green-new-deal-i-know-what-im-doingI watched it! Disgusting. It was interesting how the one girl that seemed to be 15 years old say she voted for her.
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Post by Bick on Feb 23, 2019 14:45:48 GMT -8
The Midwest, and fortunately or unfortunately, Central Illinois specifically is a hot bed of home schooling. When we pulled both of our kids (now, 16 and 18) out of unlicensed school, I sent an email to each school (one middle school, one High School) telling them of our decision to homeschool our kids. I suppose I should feel lucky I got a response at all, but basically, the response was “yeah, so?” We also have a lot of home school “co-ops” that spring up, probably the best of which is a National neide co op called “Classical Conversations.” I'm not sure what a home school co-op is, but I recently had a "what-if" conversation with my daughters along the concept of home-schooling with similarly minded moms / parents. My home school co-op vision would be along the lines of say 5 parents acting as a teacher each day or alternate days, each picking an area of interest that coincides with the curriculum (assume it's somewhat prescribed along the lines of math/science, language skills, humanities, art, phys ed?) With each "teacher" acting in a part-time role, my guess is they would be more energetic about their subject matter, and would have a better shot at reaching the kids. Would also go along the lines of more concentrated dives on the subject matter with off-site field trips, or perhaps periodic "guest" experts. 4-5 hours total focused academic work, with some form of phys ed mixed in each day. No mandatory homework unless it's project based. Would include a non-academic discussion each day based on developing social skills that seem lost with the increase in electronic devices. My kids are grown, but maybe something like this happens for the grandkids?
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Post by Bick on Feb 23, 2019 15:30:26 GMT -8
And, of course, AOC had to steal the spotlight back with: I had a hard time reading her tweet you copied. But together with her threat of Don Trump Jr with a subpoena, this little gal is showing some unbridled arrogance to go along with her agenda. The good news is there isn't much of the way of support on her Twitter feed.
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Post by MDDad on Feb 23, 2019 15:47:04 GMT -8
Now we're touching on the home-schooling argument that I've become a proponent of more recently. The pretty clear lack of respect of the president / other leaders by my grand-kids' teachers, and from what I've read and heard from other teachers, is leading to some unintended consequences those teachers at the higher levels are probably facing today. I've thought for a long time that two of the greatest tragedies of the current generation are (1) the fact that roughly 80% of African-American children grow up in a home without a father, and (2) the extent to which our publicly schooled children are systematically indoctrinated into the leftist ideology. It's gonna be a long road back from those two things.
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Post by davidsf on Feb 23, 2019 17:05:46 GMT -8
The Midwest, and fortunately or unfortunately, Central Illinois specifically is a hot bed of home schooling. When we pulled both of our kids (now, 16 and 18) out of unlicensed school, I sent an email to each school (one middle school, one High School) telling them of our decision to homeschool our kids. I suppose I should feel lucky I got a response at all, but basically, the response was “yeah, so?” We also have a lot of home school “co-ops” that spring up, probably the best of which is a National neide co op called “Classical Conversations.” I'm not sure what a home school co-op is, but I recently had a "what-if" conversation with my daughters along the concept of home-schooling with similarly minded moms / parents. My home school co-op vision would be along the lines of say 5 parents acting as a teacher each day or alternate days, each picking an area of interest that coincides with the curriculum (assume it's somewhat prescribed along the lines of math/science, language skills, humanities, art, phys ed?) With each "teacher" acting in a part-time role, my guess is they would be more energetic about their subject matter, and would have a better shot at reaching the kids. Would also go along the lines of more concentrated dives on the subject matter with off-site field trips, or perhaps periodic "guest" experts. 4-5 hours total focused academic work, with some form of phys ed mixed in each day. No mandatory homework unless it's project based. Would include a non-academic discussion each day based on developing social skills that seem lost with the increase in electronic devices. My kids are grown, but maybe something like this happens for the grandkids? Yes, that is one way to do a home school co-op. The way most around here do it, is each parent (1 or both) functions as the de facto “teacher” making sure time is spent, overseeing the curriculum, ensuring benchmarks are met, etc. Then, once a week, all ages meet together at a single location, divided up by age group and subject matter to resolve unmet questions, make presentations, discuss progress, and etc. Obviously, if the student is under, say, 14 or 15, a parent should be home with them, but in our case, a stay-at-home mom, who also home schooled her kids (approximately the same ages as ours) oversees our kids if one of us cannot be home with them. all that said, if you really want to look at a high quality program for your grandkids, go look at www.classicalconversations.com. developed by two scientists (I don’t recall their disciplines) who were fed up with the public and ducation their sons were getting. So developed a rigid curriculum that has now spread nationwide... and, here’s the thing that really drew me: EVERY section around the country is doing the same curriculum on the same day of the week, so if we took my daughter on vacation to, say, CA, we can find where her age section is meeting, get her into that meeting, and she won’t miss a beat. but, it’s not for everyone, so those int rested should definitely check it out on their own.
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Post by duke on Mar 8, 2019 7:43:38 GMT -8
Another example of how the Left has destroyed the ability of our youth to see both sides of an issue. But at least they can use it as an excuse to skip school! LOL You have to read it to believe it. Adults won’t take climate change seriously. So we, the youth, are forced to strike. We, the youth of America, are fed up with decades of inaction on climate change. On Friday, March 15, young people like us across the United States will strike from school. We strike to bring attention to the millions of our generation who will most suffer the consequences of increased global temperatures, rising seas, and extreme weather. But this isn’t a message only to America. It’s a message from the world, to the world, as students in dozens of countries on every continent will be striking together for the first time. For decades, the fossil fuel industry has pumped greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere. Thirty years ago, climate scientist James Hansen warned Congress about climate change. Now, according to the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global temperature rise, we have only 11 years to prevent even worse effects of climate change. And that is why we strike. thebulletin.org/2019/03/adults-wont-take-climate-change-seriously-so-we-the-youth-are-forced-to-strike/
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Post by MDDad on Mar 9, 2019 10:46:21 GMT -8
Wow, students all over the world going on strike for one day. That will certainly cause the world to change. I know it would be impossible to find out, but I wonder how many of them will take the opportunity of that "day off" to get drunk and arrange their beer cups into a swastika.
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Post by Bick on Mar 9, 2019 10:51:43 GMT -8
I'm sure they will be cleaning up the trash and plastic bottles before they get washed into the ocean to join the floating plastic island between here and Hawaii.
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Post by not4u13 on Mar 9, 2019 16:01:28 GMT -8
My kids are now adults and are part of the group that support AOC. All are college educated and are really quite bright. Don't underestimate this new crop of leaders. You may not understand them or agree with them, but don't underestimate them. They are growing in numbers and in power. They are smart and capable and they won't take establishment BS.
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Post by Bick on Mar 9, 2019 22:43:18 GMT -8
My kids are now adults and are part of the group that support AOC. All are college educated and are really quite bright. Don't underestimate this new crop of leaders. You may not understand them or agree with them, but don't underestimate them. They are growing in numbers and in power. They are smart and capable and they won't take establishment BS. What is it about AOC your kids find worthy of following?
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