I worked in District 15 in Brooklyn for 17+ years. I had to attend "Muslim sensitivity" trainings regarding the hijab and talking to the fathers of our Muslim students. (I personally experienced a couple of those fathers touching me, uninvited, when they thought no one could see--usually after asking me if I was married) At PS 372, my union rep, Steve Quester, posted maps just like the one reported, and Jewish parents learned to request other teachers, which the admin respected. We Jewish teachers were subjected to his indoctrination, which also was infused with CRT, DEI and BLM. Steve Quester continues his nonsense on his eponymous instagram channel. As a math intervention teacher, I witnessed him cheating on math assessments. Why didn't I report him? He taught second grade and the assessments were not standardized tests. I just don't get why this openly HIV positive gay man, who would be assassinated in Gaza, became part of the Hamas Intifada welfare cult.
Ben Kawaller's remark -- "Look, at least when you’re dealing with Republicans, the fascism comes from above, the way God intended" -- was hardly "tongue-in-cheek," Oliver. It exemplifies the clever/casual bigotry he still seems to feel comfortable with when it comes to Christians. Or is he exempt from such criticism because he's gay and Jewish?
Meanwhile the first high school in Michigan passes a cease fire resolution. Once again another example of a school that should be focusing on math, reading and science, instead of political ideologies and activism.
Those were obvious weasel words from NY Schools District 15 Superintendent Rafael Alvarez who condoned a large wall map that deliberately left out Israel and pandered to segments of the community who can never believe in, or behave, according to "The Golden Rule"....
District 15 Superintendent Rafael Alvarez, who oversees PS 261, the elementary school in Brooklyn that displayed the map, wrote to parents yesterday that it “had been removed from the classroom as part of an effort to assess the school’s needs and goals, and to respond to community concerns.”
“Though the intentions of the map were to highlight the Arabic-speaking countries around the world, we understand the concerns that have been raised, and I express my personal apology for the effect the map has had on some members of our community,” his letter read, adding that the district “stand[s] against all forms of hate and bias, including antisemitism or Islamophobia.”
Amazing what actual reporting can accomplish. Just imagine if our major print/online publications actually reported the news instead of curating it to their political views. I say that of the right and left - both are guilty.
What is it about transgenderism that arouses such passionate intensity? Why do so many heterosexual people, with no skin in the game, loudly denounce and cancel perfect strangers who speak a simple truth? Is all this orchestrated? ALL of the vituperation, the hatred, the pressure comes from or on behalf of biological males who are either claiming to be female or who sympathise with them; no biological females transgender types appear to be involved in this, although plenty of other females have joined the pile-on - see the hatred directed towards J.K. Rowling.
I simply do not know. I SUSPECT that all this is performative virtue-signalling, showing just how wonderfully tolerant they are are towards "oppressed minorities" etc., while blind to their own cruelty and intolerance. Talk about selective freedom of expression! "my freedom, my truth, is unlimited, while I deny yours!"
While The Free Press deserves HUGE credit for these stories, I suspect your readers - who, if they're like me - not only read the stories but forwarded the articles to their friends who may not know, or read, The Free Press, may deserve some credit as well. I imagine the "pass along" rate for these articles was enormous, a "force multiplier" for the increasingly influential position the The Free Press holds in the media universe. Well done! Carry on.
Love to see the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and her flagship university getting so much print in The Free Press. In a landscape of backsliding institutions the Church has been a consistent force for good in family. Reading The Book of Mormon points me toward Christ in a way I have never experienced in any other literature.
DEI is indeed in retreat in some places, and for that everyone should be grateful. That phenomenon, like its fellow traveler CRT, is hideously toxic to our society. But we’re going to find that DEI is a Whac-a-mole (apologies to Mattel): It will pop up in one form or another where it was ostensibly extinguished. Those people will not give up. Their mindset is too deeply entrenched.
So now, since the Gaza cleric has been released, and his son's mission accomplished, will he still stand by his account of hamas actions? I am very curious.
I worked in District 15 in Brooklyn for 17+ years. I had to attend "Muslim sensitivity" trainings regarding the hijab and talking to the fathers of our Muslim students. (I personally experienced a couple of those fathers touching me, uninvited, when they thought no one could see--usually after asking me if I was married) At PS 372, my union rep, Steve Quester, posted maps just like the one reported, and Jewish parents learned to request other teachers, which the admin respected. We Jewish teachers were subjected to his indoctrination, which also was infused with CRT, DEI and BLM. Steve Quester continues his nonsense on his eponymous instagram channel. As a math intervention teacher, I witnessed him cheating on math assessments. Why didn't I report him? He taught second grade and the assessments were not standardized tests. I just don't get why this openly HIV positive gay man, who would be assassinated in Gaza, became part of the Hamas Intifada welfare cult.
Ben Kawaller's remark -- "Look, at least when you’re dealing with Republicans, the fascism comes from above, the way God intended" -- was hardly "tongue-in-cheek," Oliver. It exemplifies the clever/casual bigotry he still seems to feel comfortable with when it comes to Christians. Or is he exempt from such criticism because he's gay and Jewish?
I think Rep. Richie Torres is the most decent Democrat out there. Hope he runs for higher office in NY.
Meanwhile the first high school in Michigan passes a cease fire resolution. Once again another example of a school that should be focusing on math, reading and science, instead of political ideologies and activism.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2024/01/18/ann-arbor-school-board-passes-cease-fire-resolution/72258447007/
Those were obvious weasel words from NY Schools District 15 Superintendent Rafael Alvarez who condoned a large wall map that deliberately left out Israel and pandered to segments of the community who can never believe in, or behave, according to "The Golden Rule"....
District 15 Superintendent Rafael Alvarez, who oversees PS 261, the elementary school in Brooklyn that displayed the map, wrote to parents yesterday that it “had been removed from the classroom as part of an effort to assess the school’s needs and goals, and to respond to community concerns.”
“Though the intentions of the map were to highlight the Arabic-speaking countries around the world, we understand the concerns that have been raised, and I express my personal apology for the effect the map has had on some members of our community,” his letter read, adding that the district “stand[s] against all forms of hate and bias, including antisemitism or Islamophobia.”
Takes a lot of work to turn a boat around , good work
Why can anyone “donate” money to a DOE? What kind of backward insanity is this!
Qatar has invaded America
No DA will indict for bribery
No board of Ed will fire
Nys Ed dept will not revoke license to be teacher or administrator
NYC is not the only one
The invasion was simple easy not a life has been lost
So here is the question
What are you going to do about this invasion?
Amazing what actual reporting can accomplish. Just imagine if our major print/online publications actually reported the news instead of curating it to their political views. I say that of the right and left - both are guilty.
What is it about transgenderism that arouses such passionate intensity? Why do so many heterosexual people, with no skin in the game, loudly denounce and cancel perfect strangers who speak a simple truth? Is all this orchestrated? ALL of the vituperation, the hatred, the pressure comes from or on behalf of biological males who are either claiming to be female or who sympathise with them; no biological females transgender types appear to be involved in this, although plenty of other females have joined the pile-on - see the hatred directed towards J.K. Rowling.
I simply do not know. I SUSPECT that all this is performative virtue-signalling, showing just how wonderfully tolerant they are are towards "oppressed minorities" etc., while blind to their own cruelty and intolerance. Talk about selective freedom of expression! "my freedom, my truth, is unlimited, while I deny yours!"
Part of it as you say, the left believes humans can be molded and what can be a better example than transgender?
While The Free Press deserves HUGE credit for these stories, I suspect your readers - who, if they're like me - not only read the stories but forwarded the articles to their friends who may not know, or read, The Free Press, may deserve some credit as well. I imagine the "pass along" rate for these articles was enormous, a "force multiplier" for the increasingly influential position the The Free Press holds in the media universe. Well done! Carry on.
Love to see the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and her flagship university getting so much print in The Free Press. In a landscape of backsliding institutions the Church has been a consistent force for good in family. Reading The Book of Mormon points me toward Christ in a way I have never experienced in any other literature.
The Free Press is essential journalism.
DEI is indeed in retreat in some places, and for that everyone should be grateful. That phenomenon, like its fellow traveler CRT, is hideously toxic to our society. But we’re going to find that DEI is a Whac-a-mole (apologies to Mattel): It will pop up in one form or another where it was ostensibly extinguished. Those people will not give up. Their mindset is too deeply entrenched.
So now, since the Gaza cleric has been released, and his son's mission accomplished, will he still stand by his account of hamas actions? I am very curious.
God Bless You TFP for publishing these stories.