I wish it was just the colleges. I’m withdrawing my son from the once-great private high school that we’d devoted so much time and energy to get him into. They have completely prostrated themselves to this illiberal, intolerant, neoracist orthodoxy and created a hostile learning environment.
I wish it was just the colleges. I’m withdrawing my son from the once-great private high school that we’d devoted so much time and energy to get him into. They have completely prostrated themselves to this illiberal, intolerant, neoracist orthodoxy and created a hostile learning environment.
This is a heart breaker. We were fortunate to have our kid in private schools before this insanity hit but a private alternative to public education appears to be in trouble. If CA passes it's racist Marxist indoctrination Ethnic Studies Curriculum they will most likely add a clause that for students to attend a CA University they will have to comply and take the curriculum. That means that all alternatives nationwide including home schooling will be forced to role this out if they want to attend a University of CA. Some of us are pushing back locally supporting orgs, attending school boards etc. but the overall lack of involvement by fellow citizens is disturbing. The China model appears to be fine with many.
Our kids are one and two years out of their Jesuit HS, but spouse still works there. It got very woke last year but a large group of parents organized and are pushing back....big time....and that includes a billionaire (no joke) donor and former board member. Just last week two of the prominent admin removed their pronouns from their communications. The BLM posters have come down (albeit they used a lame excuse--but who cares--they're gone)! Push back is the only way and sometimes that means taking your tuition dollars elsewhere.
That's good to hear. It might be encouraging for people to realize that a lot, a LOT of the admins and presidents are totally amoral, self-serving status seekers who aren't especially committed to anything other than their own advancement.
Kind of amusing to realize we're in a situation where it's a *relief* to find your childrens' schools are run by "totally amoral self-serving status seekers", but here we are.
To your point my spouse overheard an admin saying (as they were removing the plaque of the billionaire donor) "we don't need this bastard's money anyway". I laughed when I heard that because he's too stupid to realize that without the money from donors and tuition paying families, the school literally doesn't exist.
In the end, the only thing that can hurt them is loss of dollars. I attended the University of St. Thomas and they have complexity abandoned their Catholic roots. Lots of alumni stopped donations but as long as you have foundations and benefactors who can be bullied in the name of SJ, these small dollars will not be missed. Tuition payments on the other hand, that is a different story. Good for you!
I wish it was just the colleges. I’m withdrawing my son from the once-great private high school that we’d devoted so much time and energy to get him into. They have completely prostrated themselves to this illiberal, intolerant, neoracist orthodoxy and created a hostile learning environment.
This is a heart breaker. We were fortunate to have our kid in private schools before this insanity hit but a private alternative to public education appears to be in trouble. If CA passes it's racist Marxist indoctrination Ethnic Studies Curriculum they will most likely add a clause that for students to attend a CA University they will have to comply and take the curriculum. That means that all alternatives nationwide including home schooling will be forced to role this out if they want to attend a University of CA. Some of us are pushing back locally supporting orgs, attending school boards etc. but the overall lack of involvement by fellow citizens is disturbing. The China model appears to be fine with many.
And now to just volunteer in a public library in CA
one has to study and pass a "woke" course and test.
Our kids are one and two years out of their Jesuit HS, but spouse still works there. It got very woke last year but a large group of parents organized and are pushing back....big time....and that includes a billionaire (no joke) donor and former board member. Just last week two of the prominent admin removed their pronouns from their communications. The BLM posters have come down (albeit they used a lame excuse--but who cares--they're gone)! Push back is the only way and sometimes that means taking your tuition dollars elsewhere.
That's good to hear. It might be encouraging for people to realize that a lot, a LOT of the admins and presidents are totally amoral, self-serving status seekers who aren't especially committed to anything other than their own advancement.
Kind of amusing to realize we're in a situation where it's a *relief* to find your childrens' schools are run by "totally amoral self-serving status seekers", but here we are.
To your point my spouse overheard an admin saying (as they were removing the plaque of the billionaire donor) "we don't need this bastard's money anyway". I laughed when I heard that because he's too stupid to realize that without the money from donors and tuition paying families, the school literally doesn't exist.
In the end, the only thing that can hurt them is loss of dollars. I attended the University of St. Thomas and they have complexity abandoned their Catholic roots. Lots of alumni stopped donations but as long as you have foundations and benefactors who can be bullied in the name of SJ, these small dollars will not be missed. Tuition payments on the other hand, that is a different story. Good for you!
100%! My brother and SIL are grads of St. Thomas and they have joined your ranks.