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re: Students walk out of Utah middle school to protest ‘furries’
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:50 pm to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:50 pm to MorbidTheClown
This nonsense is distracting and detrimental to the learning environment. Those of us that are middle age look at this and simply say "Why doesn't the school just shut this shite down?"
I have spent my career in K-12 and higher education administration, let me offer some thoughts:
1. No Child Left Behind was well-meaning, but has been a complete failure. We brought the good students down to average, and the average students down to poor. The exceptional remain exceptional, but there is another issue.
2. Social media has spread what was once isolated thoughts into the mainstream. There's a girl in Minnesota that thinks she's a mermaid? Use to this was a local deal - now she can get a million views on TikTok.
3. Students have been taught that average=bad, when most are average at best. This encourages them to stand out. It's a problem that has destroyed youth sports, but has given a rise to dumb ideas and movements like furries.
4. The cultural shift. Until the early 2000s, it was uncommon for a student to be openly gay (Don't Ask, Don't Tell). Then mass media flipped and it became "cool" to be gay (Think the show "Glee"). But the need to stand out still existed, and when being gay wasn't;t enough (SCOTUS gay marriage decision), then the transgender movement went from the dark allies of major cities to the college campuses, then to high schools, and then middle and even elementary schools.
5. Add to all of this is society has become hyper sexualized. Where we had to sneak magazines from shady older kids, now kids can just pull porn up on their phones. I remember in college watching the movie "Kids." It was a look at inner-city sex habits of teenagers. I was floored. Now those same ideals are in small town America but exponentially worse.
6. Our schools have been taken over by communists. Doesn't matter where you live - you probably have 10-15 communists in your public school. And they are the ones crafting curriculum, policies and procedures and running for school board. The communist understands that the majority is not needed - they just need power, and they are getting it in the schools. Years of discouraging people from becoming a teacher (Teachers don't get paid enough, it's a tough job, etc.) and our collegiate schools of education becoming joke degrees have led to the worst of society choosing education as a career.
7. And that's why you have situations like this, or idiot college kids protesting Israel. There are very few adults willing to fight it, because deep down they support the disruption of traditional values, the nuclear family, and normalcy. Communism doesn't thrive in a happy society - everyone needs to be miserable. And when they get the power they desire, the furries, as well as a ton of other "useful idiots," will be lined up against a wall.
I have spent my career in K-12 and higher education administration, let me offer some thoughts:
1. No Child Left Behind was well-meaning, but has been a complete failure. We brought the good students down to average, and the average students down to poor. The exceptional remain exceptional, but there is another issue.
2. Social media has spread what was once isolated thoughts into the mainstream. There's a girl in Minnesota that thinks she's a mermaid? Use to this was a local deal - now she can get a million views on TikTok.
3. Students have been taught that average=bad, when most are average at best. This encourages them to stand out. It's a problem that has destroyed youth sports, but has given a rise to dumb ideas and movements like furries.
4. The cultural shift. Until the early 2000s, it was uncommon for a student to be openly gay (Don't Ask, Don't Tell). Then mass media flipped and it became "cool" to be gay (Think the show "Glee"). But the need to stand out still existed, and when being gay wasn't;t enough (SCOTUS gay marriage decision), then the transgender movement went from the dark allies of major cities to the college campuses, then to high schools, and then middle and even elementary schools.
5. Add to all of this is society has become hyper sexualized. Where we had to sneak magazines from shady older kids, now kids can just pull porn up on their phones. I remember in college watching the movie "Kids." It was a look at inner-city sex habits of teenagers. I was floored. Now those same ideals are in small town America but exponentially worse.
6. Our schools have been taken over by communists. Doesn't matter where you live - you probably have 10-15 communists in your public school. And they are the ones crafting curriculum, policies and procedures and running for school board. The communist understands that the majority is not needed - they just need power, and they are getting it in the schools. Years of discouraging people from becoming a teacher (Teachers don't get paid enough, it's a tough job, etc.) and our collegiate schools of education becoming joke degrees have led to the worst of society choosing education as a career.
7. And that's why you have situations like this, or idiot college kids protesting Israel. There are very few adults willing to fight it, because deep down they support the disruption of traditional values, the nuclear family, and normalcy. Communism doesn't thrive in a happy society - everyone needs to be miserable. And when they get the power they desire, the furries, as well as a ton of other "useful idiots," will be lined up against a wall.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:50 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:Basically, an administrator claiming it is blown out of proportion, which is run of the mill for situations like this.
Not exactly a hoax, but blown way out of proportion
Admitting to the situation would put them in a worse position overall.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:53 pm to stout
Kids leaving school to protest is asinine, regardless of the issue.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:08 pm to Scruffy
quote:Kids who wear headbands with ears on them aren't "furries."
Basically, an administrator claiming it is blown out of proportion, which is run of the mill for situations like this.
Sounds like one of the bullies got in trouble, so the parent is trying to get the school to outlaw the headbands instead of telling his kid to stop picking on the little kids who wear them.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:19 pm to stout
quote:
TD had a furry and we rightfully bullied him
He brought it upon himself
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:23 pm to HeadSlash
Hell, we bullied Toddy so hard he turned around
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:25 pm to mmcgrath
quote:
Kids who wear headbands with ears on them aren't "furries."
Are you some type of furries expert?
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:26 pm to Dadren
quote:
You don’t fight dumb ideas with force. You fight them with better ideas.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:27 pm to mmcgrath
quote:
Kids who wear headbands with ears on them aren't "furries."
Ah yes, here you are to defend the degens (and not the cool kind) right on cue.
This is how your type do shite. First it's "it's just some ears and tails. You don't care at Halloween! Just let Them wear what they like!"
Then it's claws and makeup. Then its hats and clothes and then whole suits and you'll lose lawfare to prevent anyone from doing anything.
Your whole "the slippery slope is a lie" is bullshite and we all see it.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:41 pm to Jcorye1
Theyre supposed to tolerate being bit and scratched?
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:47 pm to MorbidTheClown
I think you and Mungo should bury the hatchet. Life's too short.
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