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Middle School Students in Spanish Class Asked to Fill Out Form on ‘Privilege’
Hat tip Francis Marion
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Stories like this are a big reason that a booming number of American parents are abandoning our hopelessly broken school system, controlled for decades by the progressive left, and opting for homeschooling instead.
In a Spanish language class at Monroe Middle School in Tampa Bay Sarasota, the teacher passed out a form to seventh- and eighth-graders asking them to calculate “How privileged are you?”
The form had columns for Race, Skin Color, Religion, Sex, Gender, Sexual Orientation (which included boxes to check off marked Cisgender, Transgender or GenderQueer), and Disability.
Some parents were outraged at the invasion of privacy, according to local 10 News. One mom’s daughter Regina had to reveal that she had ADHD, which the teacher incorrectly described as “a mental illness,” so Regina had to check the Disability column.
As for the gender and sexuality questions, Regina’s mother pointed out to the 10 News reporter, “She’s 12. Some of these things should be taught at home.” Actually, all of those things should be taught at home, and none of them IN A SPANISH CLASS.
The County School spokesperson told 10 News that the form was “teacher-generated” and not approved by the school principal. “At the district level we do not collect that information,” she said.
The teacher, whose name was not reported by 10 News, explained that the goal was to teach the kids about diversity and inequality. “To me, that has nothing to do with Spanish,” said Regina’s mom. Correct. But it has everything to do with the radical left’s urgent agenda to indoctrinate children, the younger the better, in leftist identity politics.
The teacher has been pulled from the classroom while the principal launched an investigation. This is her first year in the school district.
The Political Nagging Of “Check Yo Privilege”
I was recently scrolling down my Facebook feed when I saw this gem of a “motivational” and “inspirational” style poster of political correctness. I initially shook my head and continued scrolling down my feed. But something triggered a rant in my head and I couldn’t let it go.
When I ignore something because “it’s not a problem to me personally” it’s not because I was raised with privilege. On the contrary, I was raised to mind my own business in regards to problems that didn’t affect me personally.
As a child I was constantly reprimanded for butting into other people’s business. I was constantly told “adults are talking” or “go to your room” when serious issues were being discussed. I was taught not to interject my opinion into conversations that were none of my business.
This is how the world used to work until my generation of special snowflakes came along and we became a child-centered culture. Past generations of children would get into trouble by their parents for ease dropping, back talking, or tattling on others. But we’ve culturally turned our backs on the virtues of “minding your own business” and “holding your tongue”.
The Decade Of Awareness Campaigns
Growing up in the 90’s I was constantly bombarded with “awareness” campaigns. From Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” to “The More You Know” commercials. I was aware “this is your brain on drugs…” cue to actress frying an egg in a pan and then smashing up her kitchen with the same pan after saying “… and this is what drugs does to your family”.
After school programs always had the moral lessons of drugs or gun violence. There was always a scene of the targeted friend of the group with the “I’m unsure” facial expression as the bad kids peer pressured them into doing the bad thing feature in the episode.
MTV was also full blown “awareness” in their music videos often depicted as “art”. We got to see TLC warn against unsafe sex and AIDS/HIV in their “Waterfalls” video and pin condoms onto their clothes as a statement. In Pearl Jam’s video “Jeremy” highlighted teenage bullying, gun violence, and suicide. Some would conclude from my sample selection that living in the 1990’s was a bummer with an over abundance of moral lessons.
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