Responding to pressure from local parents, Mountain View School District abandons plans to introduce a progressive left math curriculum steeped in “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (8 min read.)
I guess my education in math was woefully inadequate! How will I ever be able to function mathematically without having been taught “diversity, equity and inclusion”!? No wonder my baking and woodworking skills are so terrible. If only I’d been made to understand the necessity of incorporating diversity into my recipes I’m sure I’d be a master chef by now!
It was a rhetorical question, but yes. They just be stopped by all means necessary. Suharto had the right idea. So did michael Collins. And a few other that if I mention I'd be blackballed.
The other issue parents might encounter is the idea math is racist. If they can’t include DEI, they may go the CRT route. I wrote about this idea in a couple of places but here is the best description:
“Currently, and actually for a long time now, there is a debate over the idea that there is racism in mathematics programs in the United States. Other countries, far older than America, who have bigger sins than slavery, roll their eyes at this idea coming from the America education system.
There are differing viewpoints regarding racism in American public school math programs and they seem to fall into liberal and conservative camps, nothing neutral.
Much of the debate involves ethnomathematics (the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture). The term “ethnomathematics” was introduced by Brazilian educator and mathematician Ubiratan D'Ambrosio in 1977. He considered his Program Ethnomathematics just a research project that did not reject the importance of modern academic mathematics.
Distilled in America, meaning removing the part where D'Ambrosio did not reject the importance of modern academic mathematics, ethnomathematics apparently blends beautifully with Critical Race Theory (CRT) (where children are taught there are oppressors and the oppressed and they must identify as an oppressor or oppressed and move forward with that label) and so therefore, it is a legitimate basis for corrupting something that is considered a universal language.”
Good for these parents, I hope they can turn the American education system back to true academics.
Let us focus on moving "forward" so that the American education system is cemented in core subjects, sufficient for fierce competition with top-ranking countries in education, such as Singapore or China.
When I was at MIT (80’s) the students from Japan and Middle Eastern countries had the students to compete with. It’s the no bullshit culture and emphasis on family values that drove those students.
Excellent post. Enough is enough already. A woeful example of DEI occurred last weekend with the female Secret Service or Homeland Security with President Trump. One actually hid rather than protect President Trump. Then she couldn't holster her loaded sidearm!
I guess my education in math was woefully inadequate! How will I ever be able to function mathematically without having been taught “diversity, equity and inclusion”!? No wonder my baking and woodworking skills are so terrible. If only I’d been made to understand the necessity of incorporating diversity into my recipes I’m sure I’d be a master chef by now!
Very good points!
🤣 Love it! DEI is just craziness and no one benefits from it! (PS I bet your cooking is WAY better without DEI!) 🤗
🤣 Well, considering that’s the only way I cook, I’d say you’re correct! Pretty sure my racist recipes are just fine the way they are!
THE PURPOSES OF What is the purpose of “diversity, equity and inclusion” within an organization? ARE EVIL LEFTIST ABOMINATION INTENTIONS / BAD
They should not accept anything less of.walk out period. Whose really in control?
The federal government and leftists are in control. And it was never supposed to be that way.
It was a rhetorical question, but yes. They just be stopped by all means necessary. Suharto had the right idea. So did michael Collins. And a few other that if I mention I'd be blackballed.
Thanks for posting this important information! It is FAR past time for parents to push back hard! Good on the Mountain View parents...
Indeed! Thank you for commenting!
The other issue parents might encounter is the idea math is racist. If they can’t include DEI, they may go the CRT route. I wrote about this idea in a couple of places but here is the best description:
“Currently, and actually for a long time now, there is a debate over the idea that there is racism in mathematics programs in the United States. Other countries, far older than America, who have bigger sins than slavery, roll their eyes at this idea coming from the America education system.
There are differing viewpoints regarding racism in American public school math programs and they seem to fall into liberal and conservative camps, nothing neutral.
Much of the debate involves ethnomathematics (the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture). The term “ethnomathematics” was introduced by Brazilian educator and mathematician Ubiratan D'Ambrosio in 1977. He considered his Program Ethnomathematics just a research project that did not reject the importance of modern academic mathematics.
Distilled in America, meaning removing the part where D'Ambrosio did not reject the importance of modern academic mathematics, ethnomathematics apparently blends beautifully with Critical Race Theory (CRT) (where children are taught there are oppressors and the oppressed and they must identify as an oppressor or oppressed and move forward with that label) and so therefore, it is a legitimate basis for corrupting something that is considered a universal language.”
Good for these parents, I hope they can turn the American education system back to true academics.
Thank you for sharing your insight and knowledge.
Let us focus on moving "forward" so that the American education system is cemented in core subjects, sufficient for fierce competition with top-ranking countries in education, such as Singapore or China.
1) https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/education-rankings-by-country
2) https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/well-developed-public-education-system
3) https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/singapore-leads-way-asia-tops-world-education-class
I agree.
When I was at MIT (80’s) the students from Japan and Middle Eastern countries had the students to compete with. It’s the no bullshit culture and emphasis on family values that drove those students.
Excellent post. Enough is enough already. A woeful example of DEI occurred last weekend with the female Secret Service or Homeland Security with President Trump. One actually hid rather than protect President Trump. Then she couldn't holster her loaded sidearm!
Thank you for the compliment and comment. Indeed, I definitely understand and appreciate your perspective!
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Hi! As much as I appreciate the article link, it would be great to keep comments and links closer to the published post's central theme. Thank you!
will do ...please accept my apologies thank yuou