Coming soon to a school near you?

Is there any chance that this garbage is coming to Richland School District Two?

Read this article about what is happening in Seattle (and other cities).

Are any Richland 2 teachers or staff getting a sniff of "white privilege"? "spirit murder" of black children? systemic violence? gender-reference nonsense? race-labeling? anti-racist pedagogy? 

It's a good thing I am not a white teacher in schools these days. The first time some trainer yelled at me that I was a racist, I'd get up and walk out. The second time? Take a guess.

How big a deal is racism in Richland 2 school district right now? That is the discussion that is needed. nd does it exist only because of the talk that is generated by the leadership? What if it doesn't exist EXCEPT for the talk about it?

I didn't have the stomach or the patience to stick it out through last Tuesday's special-called meeting. The recorded version of the meeting starts with Mr. Manning's call to order. That happened after nine (9) minutes of silent waiting during unexplained technical difficulties. Watching the recorded version, you wouldn't know about that delay, because it was edited out.

The duration of the special-called board meeting was over two hours! Did they all just sit there like sheep? Did Helen Grant feed them anything that resembled the content of the article about Seattle schools? 

"Dr." Jill Biden's degree and Richland 2's Three Ed.D's

In this news article about Jill Biden's degree and how she is called "Dr." Biden, one particular comment stands out.

"pete192" wrote:

"I have this same academic degree, The Doctor of Education (EdD). First, and as a minor correction to a few comments here, the EdD candidate does not do a "dissertation" but rather the shorter and far less strenuous "thesis." Also an EdD is NOT a PhD which is far far more difficult and requires a much higher set of test scores (which i was unable to achieve so settled for EdD). I most wish to point out here that upon graduation my school and my advisors sent me a kind and cordial but firm letter, instructing me that the EdD was an academic credential, and that i must refrain from asking anyone to call me "doctor," or put such a title on any correspondence or use it in any setting whatsoever outside the academy. In other words i [sic] one is employed in a school and teaching then DURING that work you are absolutetly [sic] entited [sic] to Dr. But once you depart the campus any given day, the Dr is not a valid title. Ever. Period. Stop using it "Dr" Jill unless and until you are teaching on a campus."

The Richland 2 school board has three women who are addressed as "Dr." at school board meetings.

I suggest it is time to begin addressing them as "Trustee (last name)" or "Ms. (last name)". 

Thoughts, anyone?

Name-change - Abraham Lincoln H.S., San Francisco

When I read that Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco was going to change its name, my first thought was, "Those jerks!" 

Why is it going to do that? Because, they think, Lincoln didn't do enough for blacks.

Oh, really?

Then today I came across this video by Dinesk D'Souza. I think he's right. What do you think? Post your thoughts in Comments below.

Should Board Members pay for meals?

When box dinners are provided for board members and staff at board meetings, should board members have to pay for them? Or have the price added to their taxable W-2 monthly income?

How much does a box dinner cost from Schlotsky's? $12.00 with delivery?

I think the part that "got" me at the December 8th board meeting was the board member who carried out two boxed meals. If a dinner is provided and eaten at the meeting, then maybe, m-a-y-b-e, the taxpayers could bear that cost.

When a board member carries out two meals, that's a no-pass from me. Was she taking them home? Feed family? Eat them herself? 

That's not what taxpayer money is for.

If the District is over-ordering, then it should cut down its future orders.

Tonight's special called board meeting - a waste

 5:57PM I'm out of there.

What a waste of time! I can't believe that grown people, adults, supposed professionals, school board members would sit there for that drivel. Who dreamed up that program?

If you want to see a little of it, you'll have to wait through nine minutes of silence for it to start. No excuses were offered for the delay. As soon as Supt. Davis opened with "with great pride and joy..." I started to check out.

When Chief Diversity and Multi-Culture Inclusion officer Helen Grant began speaking, she gushed away and was almost giddy about her topic tonight.

By 5:57PM I'd had enough. So glad I did not go in person. When I saw the agenda item, I expected what just they began spouting. 

You'd think the KKK was riding through the streets of Richland County. Well, it's not. 

Five people attended in person tonight. Monica Elkins was there by phone, although the Board Chair made no mention of her telephonic attendance. 

Lindsay Agostini was not there and was not mentioned. 

Since two of the six in attendance are not legitimate board members, there was no quorum (five) and the meeting should not have been held, even though the board vote to consent to the agenda was inconsequential.

An Anti-COVID Strategy

I recommend to your reading a presentation titled "A Sensible and Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy," given on October 9, 2020 by a Stanford professor. And in it he refers to the Great Barrington Declaration which, as of today, has been signed onto by more than 51,000 medical and public health scientists and medical practitioners and by almost 700,000 concerned citizens.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya's presentation is at https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/sensible-compassionate-anti-covid-strategy/

See the true fatality rate for COVID-19 (it's much lower than you may think);

Read his explanation of "herd immunity";

Read why schools should re-open and why lockdowns hurt more than they help.

Great Barrington Declaration:  www.gbdeclaration.org

 

Northwestern University gets it - - wrong!

 

Is she Dr. Biden? Or Mrs. Biden? Or Ms. Biden? Do you even know what advanced degree Jill Biden holds? Does it matter whether it's M.D. or Ph.D. or Ed.D?

I remember the first time a woman ever-so-proudly told me she had just gotten her Ph.D. We were on an escalator in Kansas City. I said, "Oh, that's too bad." I think her attitude of superiority had something to do with it. Or maybe that she was about 6'0" and was standing a couple of steps ahead of me on the ascending escalator.

For many years I have considered those with Ph.D's and Ed.D's and other non-M.D's as non-doctors. A doctor, to me, is a medical doctor. They have initials like M.D. or D.O. or D.C. after their names. The others have doctorates, and most of them worked hard for them. But, to me, they aren't the same, and I don't call them "Dr. ___." Standards vary from graduate school to graduate school. 

For example, on the Richland 2 school board, there are three women with doctorate degrees. All three have Ed.D. after their names. 

When they are recognized to speak by the Board Chair, they should be addressed as Trustee ____. Well, at least two of them should. The third should be addressed by her correct legal title, Trustee-elect.

But not as Dr. ____. They are equal members of the board and deserve no elevated approbation because of some educational degree received many years ago. 

You can read this article about Joseph Epstein, a former lecturer at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The article says that Epstein hadn't even been a lecturer there since 2002. So why is Northwestern even weighing in? I guess they are just getting in line to suck up to the new president.

Epstein made the disgraceful error of writing that Jill Biden's use of Dr. before her name “sounds and feels fraudulent, not to say a touch comic". As a result, Northwestern U. "canceled" him.

And here are today's the three magic words. A statement is attributed to Northwestern University:    “Northwestern is firmly committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and strongly disagrees with Mr. Epstein’s misogynistic views.”

Why is Epstein's words "misogynistic"? Men use Ed.D. and other initials for doctorates after their names!

Don't miss Tuesday night's (Dec. 15) special-called board meeting, where the focus will be "Addressing Systems of Inequity". 

Woke comes to Richland 2. (Actually, it's already here.)  R2i2 at 5:30PM. Limited seating. Wear your mask.