Zoom tomorrow?

Would you all be able to Zoom for maybe 20 minutes on Friday at about 1:35?

Ch 9 "Targeting Men"

Sorry, Anna...I meant to make the due date as Saturday.

Good job, Josh and Emma. Emma are you personally aware of any boys or men who have been impacted by anti-male bias?

We will read and respond to “BIAS” for the next while. I’ll bring in videos and other sources to complement the topics. I may assign an essay as a major project.

Please read Chapter 9 “Targeting Men”. As before, post at least a 300 word response. What do you think is Goldberg’s main point about media bias in this chapter? Explain how you think one or more examples he uses support the point. 

In your experience, are you aware of negative stereotypes of males-- boys and men?

March 23 Please post by Wednesday

Welcome home, Emma 🙋

I wish we were face to face again, not virtually, but we'll work together using this blog, Zoom, and the Teams app in Office 365. And, I'm going to try using the Notebook app to present and organize class materials. You will probably be quicker than I in adapting to the new reality. Be patient, I'll catch up eventually.

So we will focus on critically reviewing the media, both in "BIAS" and thinking about the issue which faces us all, which President Trump calls "The Chinese Virus."

Watch the first clip and respond before watching and responding to the second:

Clip 1: Reporter suggests Pres. Trump is racist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zatCqqRY_I

Do you agree that referring to the "Chinese Virus" is racist? Why or why not?

Clip 2: Today, the media say it's racist but what were they saying on March 12th?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=5eZtCq1aj2g&feature=emb_logo

What do you think about the big switch in attitude? Why do you think they are doing this now? What does the fact that the entire msm--mainstream news media--switched to a different 'narrative' imply about their reliability?

Congrats, Emma, Josh, Anna

Your responses to the three chapters we have read so far are articulate and wise. At a young age, you understand a great deal more than I did. My excuse is that I wasn't a Christian :), but neither did I have such an academic foundation. At this rate, it is going to be impossible for me to differentiate your grades!

Well done! 

March 2

Good work on "I thought our job was to tell the truth". We'll look closely at the issue of fake or non-reporting on racism today.

March 2 What are your thoughts?

PHOENIX — Former Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas, who oversaw the state Department of Education, sounded the alarm about what is happening in government schools across America in an interview with Alex Newman. From dumbing down children and promoting globalism to extreme obscenity and sexualization, she warned that public schools are out of control. It is a battle for the hearts and souls of children.

The best thing parents can do at this point is remove their children from public school in favor of homeschooling or private schools, the former top education official for Arizona explained.

Douglas ran to repeal Common Core, but the powers that be did everything possible to sabotage her efforts. Douglas also made clear that Common Core was not the only problem. “It’s so far beyond Common Core,” she said, warning about a “global agenda” infecting the schools.

“This is part of a 100 year or 150 year battle for the souls of our children,” continued Douglas, who now serves as a leader in U.S. Parents Involved in Education with Newman and others. “John Dewey was very clear, his intent was to change our society and make sure our children were un- or under-educated.”

Reading is so important because it allows children to learn on their own, without any help or guidance from government. “Frankly, if kids can read and do those basic things, they don’t ever need a teacher again,” Douglas said, celebrating phonics as the correct way to teach it. “They can learn anything they want to for the rest of their lives.”

Despite opposition from the education establishment, she was able to make some progress, such as restoring phonics and cursive while removing obscene literature. But much of the horrible content was preserved, Douglas said, adding that students are taught not even to question evolution or consider both sides of the argument.

The sexualization of children is now one of the most important battles in the state’s government schools, she told Newman, who was reporting for The New American after speaking to a crowd of about 150 people in Phoenix about the danger of government schools.

Douglas also urged parents to get a copy of The New American magazine’s Special Report on “Rescuing Our Children.”

“What took many years to learn, and many many volumes of books, they can get the Reader’s Digest version and understand what we are facing, and how far it goes back,” she said, calling for parents to homeschool or use a private school.

“Understand the battle we’re fighting,” she said. “I wish I had had the courage to homeschool my daughter, but I was chicken at the time.”

This is truly “the battle of our lifetime,” Douglas added.