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Spartan Squad · Mar 24, 2023

The Big Ragu said: ↑

That got me more than it should have. The way he looks up and his eyes dart around after he says, "Anita Dick." It's so satisfying to the 11 year old in me.
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The woman next to him got me going. And the fact she doesn't stop him was a chef's kiss.

Azrael · Mar 24, 2023

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So based on that interview, which repeatedly says that the statue itself wasn't the issue, and that there are more issues than just the statue...do we believe the school board member? Or the principal?

I'll be honest: I don't agree with that board member on some of the things he said, and I think it's ridiculous that you'd have to send home notification to parents on seeing the statue David. But I don't believe he's lying.

The fact that this art teacher had the gumption to say that we need to send out a letter documents that. But the letter wasn’t sent out. And he didn’t check to make sure that it was sent out.

Wait, so the teacher requested one, but the principal didn’t send it out?

Yes. And he didn’t check. That was an egregious mistake, and we won’t make that mistake again.

Now, while it offends my sensibilities, that a group of people would be so whatever about this statue, the group has a process, it wasn't followed, and here's the byproduct. It could turn out to be that the board gets ousted by parents in response. And maybe that'd be the right conclusion.

But I don't think the board member is lying.

I do think the principal was a bad fit for the school - hell, I'd be a bad fit for the school - and, instead of knowing that and moving on to the 99% of schools where she'd be a great fit, she's going to try and take down the leadership of this school. Is that her right? Yes. Do classical schools fit my idea of good curriculum? They don't - and I know several Christian families who are in classical co-opts (smaller than this school) that, in my opinion, don't produce particularly well-adjusted adults. (Tho many of them are quite good musicians.) Yet situations like these are distillations of why - even unjustifiably - conservatives feel like the world is constantly pressing in when they mostly desire to be left alone.

the interview is interesting, too, in that the reporter doesn’t know what “classical” education is in the context it’s described here - he’s honest enough to admit that - and that he reiterates, several times, that he thinks the statue just isn’t that big of a deal. Which, I agree. But they don’t. And they have a right not to, as well.
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The Big Ragu said: ↑

A classical education is a liberal arts education. It teaches children HOW to think. ... rather than telling them WHAT they have to learn.

It's an absolute perversion of the concept to say that your school's curriculum provides a "classical education," but your art teacher needs to get individual permission from parents to show students Michaelangelo's David. And btw, we're firing the principal over it.
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Yeah. This isn't any kind of "classical" education, despite what they call it. It's a conservative education, a Christian education.

Which is fine, but let's not camouflage it as something it isn't.

Boston Latin is a classical education.

BLS-BLSA: Boston Latin School - Boston Latin School Association

qtlaw · Mar 24, 2023

I was taught that you learned by learning from the smartest and we entrusted the legislation to those who had our best interests at heart.

From that, we now have major parts of our country saying we need to be retaught that white people are the only people that count, we need to believe what white people believe and disregard every other culture. And that the legislators are those that will enforce that edict.

Everyone else is un-American.

wicked · Mar 24, 2023

The Big Ragu said: ↑

That got me more than it should have. The way he looks up and his eyes dart around after he says, "Anita Dick." It's so satisfying to the 11 year old in me.
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I'm still laughing three minutes later, which says a lot about me.

dixiehack · Mar 24, 2023

Holden Hiscock demands equal time.

garrow · Mar 24, 2023

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Slacker · Mar 24, 2023

The Big Ragu said: ↑

Elsewhere in Florida

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LOL. Rep. Will Robinson Jr. definitely looks Lost in Space there ...

HanSenSE · Mar 24, 2023

garrow · Mar 24, 2023

House Republicans plan to tour DC jail where Jan. 6 defendants held

The Big Ragu · Mar 24, 2023

Does that jail usually allow conjugal visits?

Justin_Rice · Mar 24, 2023

At least we finally know what it would take to get the GOP on board with prison reforms. ...

garrow · Mar 24, 2023

FFS

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