tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post4265922627855625102..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Watauga County Teachers Attacked for Teaching "Woke" LitJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-79886271893614620842022-08-18T16:34:55.611-05:002022-08-18T16:34:55.611-05:00I can't imagine why there is a national teache...I can't imagine why there is a national teacher shortage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-28647190718736375962022-08-10T11:27:12.134-05:002022-08-10T11:27:12.134-05:00So I had the same questions and went on line to lo...So I had the same questions and went on line to look at some of the topics covered in the Social Studies section of the resource the write was concerned about (as being the most likely to illustrate "wokeness"). It looks like there are articles designed to have kids discuss how current conditions might be the products of our shared national history. Hmmmm. I dunno - it might prompt our kids have rational discussions about interesting or important topics and we certainly don't want that, or they might start thinking for themselves and deciding what kind of world they want to create for their families. (Note: I didn't see anything about 'sexual identity politics'.) The site is clearly designed to start discussions WITHOUT taking one side or the other on any given topic; and as I recall from my 6th grade debates during the Goldwater presidential campaign, kids WILL take different sides in those discussions.<br /><br />But, wait a sec...let me go find my grandmother's pearls so I can put them on and clutch them appropriately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com