The Fairfax County Virginia is now teaching young children the fundamentals of critical race theory, in the process they are now accusing the children of military members of being highly privileged.
As The Daily Wire reports:
A Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools curriculum has students play “privilege” bingo, giving them privilege points if they are white, male, employed or “involved in extra curricular [sic] activities,” or “feel represented in the media.”
It also says one has “privilege” if they are a “Military Kid,” drawing shock from parents who pointed out that children of military members must move away from their friends constantly, not see one of their parents for months on end, potentially deal with post-traumatic stress disorder, and risk becoming orphans.
Parents who complained received a note from Assistant Superintendent Douglas A. Tyson that said:
The screen shot you reference comes from an approved FCPS English Curriculum lesson that is centered around students selecting a “choice” test and examining in detail the author’s perspective on a wide-range [sic] of issues. Students are asked, in the lesson, to read critically and think critically about the author’s perspective on several fronts including the author’s privilege that may or may not be present in the work. Students are then asked independently and self reflectively to juxtapose their thoughts regarding any perceived privilege they think they may have and how they would potentially rewrite portions of the text. Students are not asked or required to report out their self-reflections. This lesson is an adept vehicle to push student thinking to challenge the author’s thoughts/conclusions and to sharpen their ability to critically lead selected texts.
The Fairfax school district is near the Pentagon and serves a large number of children that come from military families.
They should be privileged because they paid the ultimate price for these people to be able to speak freely and talk shit.
There shouldn’t be an affluent School district I should play by the same rules as everybody else because they think they’re privileged to run their mouth
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I’d say this is communistic but that would be a lie. Even the communist view their military with much more admiration than these clowns!
If I understood the ridiculous explanation, the student can disagree and challenge the statement. That is asinine! I can hear it now. The student will be called upon to defend their position. I didn’t see any mention of the grade or age of these students but this is ridiculous and does nothing to help any student! Our children in too many schools today are not getting the education they need to be successful adults in society! The schools are more interested in brains-washing the students than preparing them to be succesful adults!
The note from the Asst Super is smoke screen…. saying we are teaching children to think, harhar, but along with that is the teaching them the correct way “we” want them to think. I would bet that if the students themselves, any one of them, rebuked this lesson they would be readily given “lessons” as to why they are wrong. Can’t have too much free thinking, you know.
Privileged how? Is it because dad or mom has a job?
Nah, this superintendent is ridiculous. He knows perfectly well this is school sanctioned indoctrination. It isn’t even subtle. Parents need to stop this arrogance and brainwashing. Teach the Golden Rule only. Quit using kids to promote your weird agendas. You’re actually pushing shame and racism.
As a proud retired military member whose daughter went to three different high schools because of duty changes, tell the Fairfax school system to put it where the sun doesn’t shine! They get a lot of money from the military to educate our kids.
The Superintendent and the Assistant Superintendent Douglas A. Tyson, should be tared and feathered and kicked out of this country, intermediately in my opinion.
Taken at face value, the first question becomes is there any evidence the school has taught critical thinking skills. Because any application of critical thinking would expose CRT as baseless and the authors opinion on race-based privilege as without merit. The other question is if as stated the lesson is about the students applying these critical thinking skills, why are they told not to reveal their conclusions and thought processes. How on earth is a teacher supposed to evaluate whether the critical thinking skills were used at all—much less properly if none of the students conclusions and application of critical thinking are revealed?
What a cover-up. We’re supposed to believe the children are debating this in class after the assignments have been turned in. That’s a crock. If anyone has the guts to go head-to-head with the teacher, he’ll end up being talked over and demeaned. If he actually gets a point in, the teacher will accuse him of being a smart-mouth. Liberal teachers don’t like it when their arguments fail (and they all eventually do), and they certainly don’t like it when the arguments fail against a young person. If your school is teaching this stuff, the student is in a no-win situation.
Problem here according to the letter is you have no chance to debate or explain why the author is wrong to the author. They do not have to defend anything what they wrote.
This isn’t teaching!! It’s brainwashing! WTF!! Are there any public schools left that aren’t Reeducation Camps???
Thanks for making OUR point! They DO have “priveledge” because the Govt’. takes care of them & CONTROLS them
CRT is a perverted form of dastardly racism insulting our Nationally honored Martin Luther King whose birthday is a celebrated National Holiday. CRT creeps insult MRK’s genius solution to racism.
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood; that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King(1963)
They should have privilege, but they don’t
How is being the child of someone who puts his/her life on the line and is separated from a parent for months at a time “privileged?”
CRT needs to be eliminated in the United States. This school in Virginia needs to be closed. Military children have every right to go to a civilian school. Thay also have the right not too be single out. What has become of our schools teaching kids reading, writing, arithmetic, science, history, instead of hate for their fellow students. The teacher Union that is ran by Soros needs to be stop. If teachers don’t want to teach in person thay all need to be fired. No distance leaning. These kids are getting farther behinds. It’s time for parents to take back their children school, and what is being taught. It’s time for the DOJ to stay out of school matters. Government interference needs to stop. The bozo you have in DC thats over Education needs to be fired.
Your points are valid, but they would have more weight if you used proper grammar, and checked your spelling a bit more effectively.
Tyson just wrote alot of shit… I would love to discuss with him and the author “critical Thinking skills” and indoctrination. Both of these idiots don’t have a clue about teaching and they should be hung… I seriously think they should be for promoting racism.
These teachers should be fired for child abuse.They destroying the minds of children with their hate tactics. They are the problem not the children.
Sounds like a cop out by the school!!!
GET YOUR KIDS OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
This is all a direct result of establishing the Department of Education some years ago.
It is a miserable failure and should be abolished, returning all educational authority to the states.
I spent have my life moving between posts in America and Europe. My father died on active duty and we were sent packing by the Air Force less than 30 days after he died. I rarely knew the same people for more than a year at the time. I faced terrorist threats and acts on posts overseas. Friends were injured in terrorist bombings. Yeah, that’s real privilege.
Our new Governor is going to put an end to this crap. Go Gov. Youngkin!
So, what are the parents doing about this? I hope some conservative ones ate planning to run fir the school board to DUMP this fascist Asst Super and the Principal who allowed this propaganda to be used in a classroom. For now the parents should make it clear they will not permit their child to engage in the assignment.
What idiots these teachers, their union and the district!
If that school district were to lose the funds the federal government provides for each military dependent child it would no longer be quite so affluent. For statements like this the funds should be suspended.
heck, a lot of military parents back in my days in school,…. lived in areas where The Navy had religious school contracts,…. I went to several,…. learned reading writing and arithmetic, in a catholic school,…. moved to a new base and learned “Thee and thou” In a Society of Friends school,…. moved back to the states and Public schools, learned about slums and scum, and failing public school systems,…. moved to another base,…. learned about Living on the wrong side of town and that racists tend to be Non-white more often than not,…. And That the worst schools were in “Liberal demonrat” areas,…. I had one of four Children, turn out to be a liberal demoncrap “Karen”,…. She lives 700 miles away on the other side of the state,…. and complains about ,…. Public schools in the Demoncrap town,….and sends her Kids to the next town over where its conservative and Country so her children get a better Education than in The liberal town
SUCH a misleading analysis and poorly researched article…. followed with saber-rattling commenters that wholly miss the point. Also, this is not CRT. This is simply critical thinking about something fictitiously-written that, clearly, triggers those who hate having their beliefs questioned. I genuinely wish the masses would stop listening to cable news and do empathetic research on their own. But, sadly, mindlessly parroting what the loudest politicians squawk, won’t stop anytime soon. Empathy is dying in our country while perceived-sympathy “for our own” is burning out of control.
These Leftists Progressives will never stop.
We are in a cold civil war, but it could end up a hot one, soon.
Does anyone know the title and author of this ___?
The sups. response is simply arrogant educated snob double talk in an effort to explain away exactly what is suspected. These educated idiots think parents are stupid.
You are right. he double speaks to just sow confusion. He does not want an argument so he spouits off as a highly educated doofus. He reminds me of the MIT ior Harvard smart ass trying to impress the girl that Matt Damon (the genius custodian at MIT) meets in the bar and gets her number. Don’t remember the movie name but robin Williams was in it as was Matt’s buddy Ben Affleck. the guy is trying to scare the parents off by sounding like he knows more than them. He forgets-those parents pay his salary. Fire him and the principal. The article does not say the age of the students. It says ‘young’. Does that mean elementary school age? If so this is way above a child’s comprehension level. Middle school? maybe a little bit. High school. A littler better. CRT is a educator’s disertation and even PhD.’s in education don’t understand it- except maybe Jill Biden.
The schools teaching such terrible things to our innocent school children should all be arrested -They are scarring our children for life -I call this abuse -Parents speak out and protect your children -The radical far left liberals are terrible to our school children -Get strong parents and go protect your children
The governor of VA has banned CRT. He needs to shut this down ASAP.
Those who never served are the privileged ones – being able to enjoy the freedom they receive without having to sacrifice anything for it.
Parents should ask the child if they want this or not and those who do not want it just need to refuse to participate at all. Watch how it then becomes “required”.
Shut down this school district Chap 7 the whole place
Pimping Children to the DEMs socially constructed perverted CULT is blatant EVIL & is the result of fraudulent funding state ran child abuse
Liberal Bull_ _ _ _!!!!
That bunk ”approved FCPS English Curriculum lesson” is not approved by the general public and the sick minds behind FCPS should be locked up as lunatics.
I would also add: FIRE Assistant Superintendent Douglas A. Tyson, BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THE CRT PUSHERS. He is a problem that can, and should be weeded out.
This is just another way this “school” has of making children feel bad about themselves so they can instill their “correct” teachings into the young minds of our military heroes. Shame on them and their stupid wokeness. I’m glad to see the majority of Americans are on to this as are many US companies who previously tried wokeness and found the American people are showing their disapproval by not buying their products. Bottom line wins again!
Exhibit A in support of School Choice
There’s only one race. And that’s the human race.