on the 1619 +crt i heard nhj say that her point was to raise self esteem. we've been on that course for decades +its no longer taking us very far. we needed that coming out of much rougher eras but the approach seems to have run its course +we're hitting diminishing returns for some time. plus a journalists job is researching to uncover the news/ story not building self esteem, no? why? +from one of the whiter families in the country: is that an issue? many say its often is the lightest/ whitest black or the least oppressed colonial, or the least disabled disabled person. has anyone read: post modern poo?
parents of severely autistic children are rallying to protect their kids against attacks from self-diagnosed highly functioning spectrum kids who are bullying the officially diagnosed kids w more severe forms telling these kids they have no reason to live +offering violent ways to end their lives. i don't know if the parallel is obvious but the self diagnosed disabled seem to resent the more severely disabled for making the self diagnosed look abled. i see a parallel in victimhood of crt +others. those w the least to lose, who seem to suffer the least want to squeal the loudest +as shelby steele has said need to invent the racism bcoz there isnt enough of it. same in the disabled community where the law says: ask no questions.
if this is fuzzy let me know. you may notice from my writing that i've got lot cognitive decline but decided i too can be an idiot online. but i do challenge folx on twitter: you can ask me why i have a hang tag or license plate or whatever. the minute we cannot ask ppl why or ask ourselves why man o manischewitz count me out
You are right about the minimally challenged vs truly challenged in many areas. it seems to have begun when "special ed" children got mainstreamed. Not that they should not have, but as they were given extra attention in front of those considered "normal" suddenly every parent wanted their kids to get attention. Check the rate of increase in IEP's. Any child who wasn't an A+ brain must have had a deficit that the schools needed to address taking the onus off parents to do their job in many cases, (proper diet for hyperactivity, discipline, homework assistance, etc.).
yes its pervasive isnt it. +so many problems i blame on colleges of education too. given the classes i took for certification +the ed progs who told me i didn't need to come to class bcoz i was an english major +these classes were dumbed down bla bla bal. but yes parents want their kids to be special even if that means: challenged.
lord we once bragged abt our kids being the toughest best athletes or students now parents brag that their kids are the sickest patients, kids who need most special treatment for disabilites both physical +mental.
i think you're onto something w watching the attention given others +wanting it. mcwhorter talks abt the safety of victimhood. i think too many want to be graded on a curve for life. but i'd really add the jealousy factor: wanting that need. its bad. it wont lead to good. how does a country w 20% disabled survive? if nobody has a chance? good god
on the 1619 +crt i heard nhj say that her point was to raise self esteem. we've been on that course for decades +its no longer taking us very far. we needed that coming out of much rougher eras but the approach seems to have run its course +we're hitting diminishing returns for some time. plus a journalists job is researching to uncover the news/ story not building self esteem, no? why? +from one of the whiter families in the country: is that an issue? many say its often is the lightest/ whitest black or the least oppressed colonial, or the least disabled disabled person. has anyone read: post modern poo?
parents of severely autistic children are rallying to protect their kids against attacks from self-diagnosed highly functioning spectrum kids who are bullying the officially diagnosed kids w more severe forms telling these kids they have no reason to live +offering violent ways to end their lives. i don't know if the parallel is obvious but the self diagnosed disabled seem to resent the more severely disabled for making the self diagnosed look abled. i see a parallel in victimhood of crt +others. those w the least to lose, who seem to suffer the least want to squeal the loudest +as shelby steele has said need to invent the racism bcoz there isnt enough of it. same in the disabled community where the law says: ask no questions.
if this is fuzzy let me know. you may notice from my writing that i've got lot cognitive decline but decided i too can be an idiot online. but i do challenge folx on twitter: you can ask me why i have a hang tag or license plate or whatever. the minute we cannot ask ppl why or ask ourselves why man o manischewitz count me out
You are right about the minimally challenged vs truly challenged in many areas. it seems to have begun when "special ed" children got mainstreamed. Not that they should not have, but as they were given extra attention in front of those considered "normal" suddenly every parent wanted their kids to get attention. Check the rate of increase in IEP's. Any child who wasn't an A+ brain must have had a deficit that the schools needed to address taking the onus off parents to do their job in many cases, (proper diet for hyperactivity, discipline, homework assistance, etc.).
yes its pervasive isnt it. +so many problems i blame on colleges of education too. given the classes i took for certification +the ed progs who told me i didn't need to come to class bcoz i was an english major +these classes were dumbed down bla bla bal. but yes parents want their kids to be special even if that means: challenged.
lord we once bragged abt our kids being the toughest best athletes or students now parents brag that their kids are the sickest patients, kids who need most special treatment for disabilites both physical +mental.
i think you're onto something w watching the attention given others +wanting it. mcwhorter talks abt the safety of victimhood. i think too many want to be graded on a curve for life. but i'd really add the jealousy factor: wanting that need. its bad. it wont lead to good. how does a country w 20% disabled survive? if nobody has a chance? good god