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This is a toolkit based on what is happening in the American public school system. As the saying goes, if the US sneezes, Canada catches a cold. Stay ahead of the curve and get involved with your child’s learning environment sooner rather than later.
“This new toolkit caters to a wide range of families. Whether you’re a parent who is new to understanding K-12 indoctrination or someone who has been fighting on the front lines, this toolkit offers a collection of valuable resources with fresh tactics. We know that some schools have already started, while others will begin soon.”
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Let’s file this under common sense facts we should all know.
- Cellphones are connected to social media one of the greatest detractors from long term attention span and focus.
- Children are not particularly good at self regulation and control
- Thus, we should enforce standards of conduct around the use of cell phones at school to encourage responsible use of said technology.
“When British Columbia school counsellor Tulani Pierce started noticing mental health trouble in some of her students last year, she said it gave her an idea: ban cellphones in the classroom.
They were distracted and they had a hard time putting their phones away, she said.
It’s been five months since students at Chatelech Secondary School on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast have been banned from using their cellphones without permission, and Pierce said they’ve seen promising results.
“We are seeing improved mental health, we’re seeing decreased bullying, we’re seeing more engagement in class, we’re seeing more social interaction, kids are playing again instead of being on their phones and we’re seeing increased academic success.”
Duh? Does it take a degree in counseling to connect the notions that distraction devices, erm… cause distraction?
“She said when the students were first told about the ban, some were angry and upset, while others “were extremely relieved.”
“We care about our kids that much and the reason why we did this was because of the mental health, academic achievement and equity issues,” she said, adding that not all families can afford cellphones for their children.
Robert Schumann, a physical education teacher at the school, said he has watched the gradual rise of cellphone use in schools for over two decades, and the ban is a turnaround for students.
They are joking around and actually engaging in classes, Schumann said, and he attributes the transformation to the school’s no-cellphone policy.”
Not being hyper-focused on the online world results in more real world interaction. This is ground breaking.
“However, former Vancouver School Board chair Patti Bacchus disagrees with a ban, saying it’s a “1960s solution to a 2023 problem.”
The education commentator said she has no doubt that cellphones could be a distraction in class, but over her last 10 years working in many schools, she doesn’t see phones as a big problem.
“I would not want to be a teacher tasked with enforcing this and constantly having to police somebody who brought their phone to school,” Bacchus said.
Students have lives going on outside of the class, such as taking care of siblings or doing part-time jobs and they may need phones to manage these tasks, she said.”
Students need to focus on learning while in the classroom. Teachers of even middling ability should be able to set up an environment that facilitates this basic requirement.
Students since 1960 and before have been able to function without being tethered to the digital world. Students will be fine.
“Bacchus said people also need to accept the fact that phones are ubiquitous components of modern life, and the technology is not going away.
Instead, she said teachers should perhaps take the opportunity to talk about addiction, list the pros and cons of using phones and leave it up to students to decide.”
Ubiquitous does not mean necessary. And again students are stupid and ignorant and will make self serving decisions not in their best interests. That’s why we have adults and not other students teaching them.
“Learn about it from that perspective, use it as an educational opportunity as opposed to, let’s just make rules and hide from it because that is not education,” Bacchus said.
Pierce said her goal is to see students across Canada taking a break from their phones in school rather than constantly checking social media notifications and responding to texts.”
Having rules, standards, and expectations is how effective education actually works. Making rules addresses problems/situations in the classroom and sets the stage for children to learn in a environment that is conducive to learning.
Pierce’s goals and methods are not coherent. I’m not seeing the path between “leaving it up for the students to decide” to “students [voluntarily] taking a break from their phones”. If you can see the way please let me know in the comments.
Cell phones are great, just not great in all contexts.
Critical Theory exists only in law schools…
Just look at the absolute state of this.
For reference this is what a non-full-of-bullshite curricular document looks like:
You know what the first document is missing with regards to teaching Math? Anything to do with the actual teaching of math concepts to children.
Parents, you have the right to know what is being taught to your children, ask to see the Program of Studies that the teachers should be following in the classroom. Make sure it looks like the second example and not the first.
Find out exactly what SOGI is and how (if) it is being taught to your children. Huge red flag right off the bat when you visit the website. It states – “Everyone has a sexual orientation and gender identity.” Gender identity is the risible bullshit that the activist Left is attempting to enforce and codify into our society. Gender, simply, are the stereotypes associated with the sexes. Most sex stereotypes (gender) are inaccurate and harmful for those forced to live within their bounds. Get rid of gender and the toxic stereotypes that hurt people. SOGI embraces the exact opposite of this.
From the Substack Woke Watch – Parents Push Back Hard in Western Canada:
“According to Executive Director Reg Krake, SOGI 123 is “a set of tools and resources to help create safer and more inclusive schools for students of all sexual orientations and gender identities. They include policies and procedures, inclusive learning environments, and age-appropriate teaching resources that are aligned to BC’s K-12 curriculum to help educators create a school environment where students feel safe, accepted, respected and welcome.”
From the SOGI resource website the “three essentials for SOGI-Inclusive schools” are laid out:
- Policies & Procedures that explicitly reference SOGI have been proven to reduce discrimination, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts for all students.
- Inclusive Environments. Inclusive learning environments—including SOGI-inclusive signage, word choices, and extra-curricular opportunities—create a positive and welcoming space for all students.
- Teaching Resources. Lesson plans that teach diversity and respect and include examples of SOGI topics and 2SLGBTQ+ community members reflect the SOGI diversity in students’ lives and society.
The red flags become apparent when you consider that SOGI 123 is designed for K-12 students. The first question I have is why is sexual orientation, sexuality in any form and gender identity something children in grades K-6 are being taught about or exposed to? Why are SOGI 123 approved books which contain age inappropriate sexual content made available to this cohort via school libraries? There are also many questions concerning the appropriateness of material taught or made accessible to students in grades 7-12 as well.”
Find out what is going on in your school with your children. See if the person you have entrusted your children with for 5 hours a day is using age inappropriate materials to adversely affect their cognitive and social development.
How about that? A sane and rational approach to use in the classroom. Thank you genderreport.ca!
“Wording from the UK Education Department guidance document directs schools and educators as follows:
“We are aware that topics involving gender and biological sex can be complex and sensitive matters to navigate. You should not reinforce harmful stereotypes, for instance by suggesting that children might be a different gender based on their personality and interests or the clothes they prefer to wear. Resources used in teaching about this topic must always be age-appropriate and evidence based. Materials which suggest that non-conformity to gender stereotypes should be seen as synonymous with having a different gender identity should not be used and you should not work with external agencies or organisations that produce such material. While teachers should not suggest to a child that their non-compliance with gender stereotypes means that either their personality or their body is wrong and in need of changing, teachers should always seek to treat individual students with sympathy and support.”
The second excellent resource for schools is Genspect’s Guidance for Schools package. You can find it here: https://genspect.org/guidance-for-schools/”
Educators, particularly the activist set, seem to have forgotten that they are part of team when it comes to children. The child-parent-teacher team only works if there is transparency and a set of common values shared.
Activist teachers and the systems that support them often destroy families, as is the case here. The ‘professionals’ involved should all be facing at minimum professional censure for their irresponsible actions that have led the harming of a child.
The loonery that is going on in the United States is really getting out of hand. This article does contain some good news as a Professor of Education has managed to keep her job despite stating the ‘heretical’ fact that human beings are sexually dimorphic species.
Let that one sink in a bit as you contemplate your stance on ‘woke politics’. Especially if you happen to believe that the woke agenda is harmless or an overblown threat to society as you know it.
“University of Southern Maine officials announced Monday they would not replace a professor who allegedly told her class that only two biological sexes exist, despite demands for her removal from the majority of her class, Bangor Daily News reported Monday.
Education professor Christy Hammer and a single student allegedly said “they believed only male and female biological sexes exist” during a September 7 required class in the university’s Portland campus’ Extended Teacher Education Program for public teacher certification, according to the news outlet.”
Yes, this actual occurrence. You can get in trouble with the faux-progressive set for stating the basic facts of the reality we all share.
“A free-for-all discussion erupted over both social gender and biological sex identifications…the rest of the class maintained both biological sexes and social genders are on a spectrum,” according to the paper. The discussion continued to the next class on September 14, during which “nearly two dozen students walked out in protest,” according to a September 29 article in the Bangor Daily News.”
Pretty much par for the course when dealing with gender ideologues because their arguments are mostly fatuous hyperbolic emotive bafflegab and therefore they can’t debate – instead they activate their inner activist and PROTEST. That is one of the best parts of this ideology – actions are much more important that any sort of grounding in the material reality we all share.
“Following that episode, a “majority of the class” sent a letter to the Department of Education and Human Development “asking for a restorative justice meeting with Hammer,” according to the October 3 article.
During the meeting, the student who had maintained the two-sex distinction repeatedly apologized. But Hammer stayed firm, “saying non-binary biological sex designations are merely variations on male and female,” according to the September 29 article.
Students declared Hammer’s remarks “inaccurate and transphobic,” according to the news outlet.”
With no arguments moored in reality, the only option is to silence the heretic, in this case an Education Prof for her crime of stating biological fact. Thought crime is officially a thing, especially in Universities apparently.
Take a second and reflect on this if you are moored to reality and a free thinker you will eventually be in this situation. The faux-progressive mob will call for your excommunication – what will you do? To maintain your integrity, the very minimum you can do is not replicate the lie.
“You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.”
“We don’t want to go back to the classroom with Christy Hammer,” student Michael Lombardi told the paper.
The school responded this week by declaring that it will not replace Hammer, but will make an “alternative, identical class available,” according to the Oct. 3 story.
“We have developed an alternative plan for this class and will be opening a new section of this course for those students who would like to move,” university spokesperson Gina Marie Guadagnino told the Bangor Daily News. “The original section taught by professor Hammer will continue for any student who wishes to remain in that class.”
Can you imagine this? Making a whole new section with a professor that won’t challenge the beliefs of students? What are Universities for if not for challenging ones beliefs? What kind of funhouse reality are we in right now? Student feelings are not more important the facts of the matter, especially when it comes to education. Do we really want ideologues who crumble and cry and then burn the heretic at the first sign of opposition teaching our children?
This is just one example of the faux-progressive movement tearing at the fabric of our society. Actual progressive people and those who care about the next generation have duty to speak out against this pernicious ideology.
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