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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:10 PM Feb 2018

Letter from Parkland teacher: How dare you put me in constant danger so that you can be reelected.

nstead of making dead teachers into saints, make them safer when they are still alive.

I am furious. How dare you force me to choose between my own children and those that I teach. How dare you allow powerful adults who love guns to be more important than a generation of children growing up in fear. I don’t want to spend mornings memorizing my children’s clothing so I can identify them later. I don’t want to spend professional development hours learning how to save a few more lives by setting up barricades. Sometimes when a kid is driving me crazy in class I think to myself: “Would I die for you? Would I lose everything to save you from harm?” I have my moments when I shake my head NO.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/letter-furious-teacher/

Much more, pls. take time to read.

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Letter from Parkland teacher: How dare you put me in constant danger so that you can be reelected. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 OP

Columbine happened in 1999. A whole generation has grown up know nothing but school violence. We riversedge Feb 2018 #1

That is a sobering point. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #10

This part stands out for me Egnever Feb 2018 #2

Years ago there was a now famous study in overcrowding & stress, using rats. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #3

Great point. suffragette Feb 2018 #6

Such good points! WELL worth spotlighting! calimary Feb 2018 #4

BRAVO!! Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #5

OUTSTANDING! Well worth the read! lastlib Feb 2018 #7

One of the comments contained this quote from Thomas Jefferson - 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #8

That's a wonderful quote! scarletwoman Feb 2018 #9

I was not familiar with it, either. 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #12

It is one of the passages on the Jefferson Memorial, no less. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #11

Let's guess - 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #13

Why it can't be done............ MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #14

Beautiful, genius. Enlightened he was. -eom poboy2 Feb 2018 #15

I think its despicable to put the responsibility of taking out an active shooter on teachers. Oneironaut Feb 2018 #16

kick poboy2 Feb 2018 #17

riversedge

(70,223 posts)

1. Columbine happened in 1999. A whole generation has grown up know nothing but school violence. We

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:25 PM

Feb 2018

need to put an end to this terror in our schools.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

10. That is a sobering point.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:34 PM

Feb 2018

This time around it feels like there are a lot more people wanting to actively change that horrible pattern.

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

2. This part stands out for me

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:07 PM

Feb 2018

Make it possible for schools to have smaller class sizes so that we can get to know our students and look out for the ones who need help.

I would be curious to see how the increase in class size corresponds to the level of violence in schools.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

3. Years ago there was a now famous study in overcrowding & stress, using rats.

Reply to Egnever (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:15 PM

Feb 2018

The more crowded their living space, the more aggressive they got.
It did not end well.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)

6. Great point.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:38 PM

Feb 2018

calimary

(81,267 posts)

4. Such good points! WELL worth spotlighting!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:22 PM

Feb 2018

Thanks for posting this, dixiegrrrrl!

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)

5. BRAVO!!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:37 PM

Feb 2018

lastlib

(23,236 posts)

7. OUTSTANDING! Well worth the read!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:56 PM

Feb 2018

Every elected bozo that has taken a dime from the NRA and their fellow reptiles needs to have this read to them! Daily, so they don't forget it!

3catwoman3

(23,993 posts)

8. One of the comments contained this quote from Thomas Jefferson -

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 05:04 PM

Feb 2018

"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."

Hear, hear!

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

9. That's a wonderful quote!

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 06:00 PM

Feb 2018

I hadn't seen that one before - thank you so much for posting it!

3catwoman3

(23,993 posts)

12. I was not familiar with it, either.

Reply to scarletwoman (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:59 PM

Feb 2018

It should be talked up.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

11. It is one of the passages on the Jefferson Memorial, no less.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:38 PM

Feb 2018

`Ironically...wonder how many current Congress members have read it recently.

3catwoman3

(23,993 posts)

13. Let's guess -

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #11)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:59 PM

Feb 2018

- not very many.

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)

14. Why it can't be done............

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 08:50 AM

Feb 2018

The one line says, "but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind."

I'm afraid with IQ45 and his 37% we've had regression, not progress.

poboy2

(2,078 posts)

15. Beautiful, genius. Enlightened he was. -eom

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 09:07 AM

Feb 2018

Oneironaut

(5,495 posts)

16. I think its despicable to put the responsibility of taking out an active shooter on teachers.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 09:13 AM

Feb 2018

Also, the media went after the shiny object the NRA created (arming teachers), meaning that the debate shifted from “how do we make gun ownership safer” to “how do we add even more guns to society?”

PS - If teachers were given incentive to be armed, the gun industry would make billions more in profits. Just saying.

poboy2

(2,078 posts)

17. kick

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Mon Feb 26, 2018, 01:44 PM

Feb 2018

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