I just learned that my 12yo was doing a presentation on illegal, recreational drugs. I sent the teacher a short e-mail and he exempted her from the whole thing, even though it's a group project.
The short story long is that I've spent the last five years making noise at the school and calling out their shit (and volunteering) so they all know me and how annoying I'll make their lives if they piss me off.
I can't fix anything because they are masters of weaponised inefficiency, but I can break the stuff I don't like.
The short story long is that I've spent the last five years making noise at the school and calling out their shit (and volunteering) so they all know me and how annoying I'll make their lives if they piss me off.
Until they trespass you, arrest you & ban you from school grounds permanently like they did to the Loudoun County dads.
I know the laws; in Ontario every parent and school board memeber has the explicit right to be on school property. They can call the cops and sink themselves into a legal quagmire of cthulean proportions, and I'm not the kind of guy to not make a big stink to the media.
The problem with the Loudon County guy was that he was still under the impression that the system was function and just run by bad actors. This is false, the system is completely against you. Know their rules, but don't play by them.
I love your vigour. But Oh, you sweet summer child
As a Leaf, you have zero rights.
Conservative Premier Doug Ford a few years back allowed one of his supposed commie NDP enemies to write his government's entire alpha mafia school border legislation. In which they were about to give power to school boards to levy fines against parents who complained or didn't bend the knee (the bill didn't go through because it didn't get royal assent before one of his re-elections).
The very OPP cruisers that will scream into the parking lot to arrest you will be adorned with the gay race communism flags.
We're getting dangerously close to might-makes-right being the only "rule of law." Maybe we're already there and I'm just too dumb to see it. I want the 2000s back.
I did homeschool for 4 years and I loved it. I got to customise my kids' education to their interests and, more importantly, I had an opportunity to personally teach them all those life skills (cooking, cleaning, finance) that schools historically fail at. And it worked; at my school only about a quarter of the kids even pass the standardised test for math and about half for reading and writing while my kids both got 80%+.
There are two reasons they went back.
One, they wanted to. It's where their friends are, where they make plans, and where they create their own cultural context. It would have been great if their friends' parents were willing to homeschool as well, but I was never able to convince them.
Two, it's not just about my kids. My kids are going to grow up into a world where everyone else is retarded and they at least need to learn how to deal with retards. I do my best to make sure they understand the system they're in but I can't protect them forever; one day they're going to have to deal with this mess. School is a decent place to cut their teeth because there's zero consequences. They can do anything they want because the admins know me and don't even bother to call if they just don't show up at school for half a week. My oldest led his class in ridiculing the queer sex ed lessons they were getting and I sent a letter explaining everything stupid about what they were doing; they didn't even reply.
What I've learned is: getting the school to do things right is almost impossible for the same reason I, and my kids, can basically get away with anything. They are checked out as fuck. Nobody in the school system give a single crap about anything but their next paycheck. They've created systems that let them appear to be doing their jobs while they do sweet fuck all. I don't jump through a single hoop and they've completely given up even asking me to.
My solution is to do everything I can, including via my kids, to raise burnout rates.
Sounds like a skill issue.
I just learned that my 12yo was doing a presentation on illegal, recreational drugs. I sent the teacher a short e-mail and he exempted her from the whole thing, even though it's a group project.
The short story long is that I've spent the last five years making noise at the school and calling out their shit (and volunteering) so they all know me and how annoying I'll make their lives if they piss me off.
I can't fix anything because they are masters of weaponised inefficiency, but I can break the stuff I don't like.
Until they trespass you, arrest you & ban you from school grounds permanently like they did to the Loudoun County dads.
They're welcome to try.
I know the laws; in Ontario every parent and school board memeber has the explicit right to be on school property. They can call the cops and sink themselves into a legal quagmire of cthulean proportions, and I'm not the kind of guy to not make a big stink to the media.
The problem with the Loudon County guy was that he was still under the impression that the system was function and just run by bad actors. This is false, the system is completely against you. Know their rules, but don't play by them.
I love your vigour. But Oh, you sweet summer child
As a Leaf, you have zero rights.
Conservative Premier Doug Ford a few years back allowed one of his supposed commie NDP enemies to write his government's entire alpha mafia school border legislation. In which they were about to give power to school boards to levy fines against parents who complained or didn't bend the knee (the bill didn't go through because it didn't get royal assent before one of his re-elections).
The very OPP cruisers that will scream into the parking lot to arrest you will be adorned with the gay race communism flags.
We're getting dangerously close to might-makes-right being the only "rule of law." Maybe we're already there and I'm just too dumb to see it. I want the 2000s back.
I'm sure you already know to have a lawyer on speed dial. Keep a second in case the first opts not to take your case.
Wouldn't it be easier to just... Homeschool?
If you know the teachers are subversive cunts why bother with all the hoops?
Excellent question.
I did homeschool for 4 years and I loved it. I got to customise my kids' education to their interests and, more importantly, I had an opportunity to personally teach them all those life skills (cooking, cleaning, finance) that schools historically fail at. And it worked; at my school only about a quarter of the kids even pass the standardised test for math and about half for reading and writing while my kids both got 80%+.
There are two reasons they went back.
One, they wanted to. It's where their friends are, where they make plans, and where they create their own cultural context. It would have been great if their friends' parents were willing to homeschool as well, but I was never able to convince them.
Two, it's not just about my kids. My kids are going to grow up into a world where everyone else is retarded and they at least need to learn how to deal with retards. I do my best to make sure they understand the system they're in but I can't protect them forever; one day they're going to have to deal with this mess. School is a decent place to cut their teeth because there's zero consequences. They can do anything they want because the admins know me and don't even bother to call if they just don't show up at school for half a week. My oldest led his class in ridiculing the queer sex ed lessons they were getting and I sent a letter explaining everything stupid about what they were doing; they didn't even reply.
What I've learned is: getting the school to do things right is almost impossible for the same reason I, and my kids, can basically get away with anything. They are checked out as fuck. Nobody in the school system give a single crap about anything but their next paycheck. They've created systems that let them appear to be doing their jobs while they do sweet fuck all. I don't jump through a single hoop and they've completely given up even asking me to.
My solution is to do everything I can, including via my kids, to raise burnout rates.
It depends on the size of the community. His work potentially benefits dozens of other families.