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Who needs to teach Kids to read in Lawrence When You Can Teach them About the Evils of Whiteness?

Posted: August 8, 2022 by datechguy in education

I’ve been teasing this material for a while but as we get closer and closer to peak societal collapse let’s get this stuff out there:

We’re all experiencing race

Yes because that’s the thing that shapes you

Ah the Gender and violence circle that’s what’s keeping the kids down.

Spin the wheel of oppression round and round

You can’t tell kids how they’re oppressed without a worksheet.

race the power of illusion

It’s amazing how strong an illusion can be

You know a lot of immigrants from Africa might disagree with this.

Social identity wheels, just put people in a slot

And let us not forget the Gender box

the circles

And the pyramid

What does all this add up to two things:

  1. People who are told they are going to fail will invariably meet their expectations.
  2. It’s easier to give kids an excuse for your failure to teach them then it is to actually do the job.

You might wonder why people who are into teaching would go along with this, but if you are a teacher who is failing this is a godsend, it’s not your fault that they fail, it’s the system.

Nothing is more dangerous than an excuse.

I ask the parents of Lawrence, is this what you want for your kids? Is this what you’re paying for?

The Biden/Soros Left Finds the Solution to Illegal Immigration Crisis

Posted: August 7, 2022 by datechguy in short films/interviews
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Apparently it’s: “Make US Cities so crappy and unsafe that even legal folks go home”

The bodega clerk who was infamously charged with murder for fatally stabbing an assailant has had it with the crime-ridden Big Apple and is returning to the Dominican Republic, pals told The Post on Friday.

 “He doesn’t work here anymore. He’s getting ready to move out of the country,” the manager of the Blue Moon convenience store, where the grisly Manhattan stabbing happened July 1, said of Jose Alba, 61. 

And it’s not like the Dominican is the safest place in the world as Jazz Shaw notes:

Jose Alba came to the United States looking for the American dream, and for a while, it seemed as if he’d found it. But thank’s to New York City’s backward-facing court system, he wound up living out the American nightmare. His great opportunity to have a stable job and a home of his own was transformed in a single week to an “opportunity” to be abused by the legal system that was supposed to protect people like him from the dregs of society.

Consider what it means for someone like Alba to willingly choose to move back to Santiago. Our own government issues travel warnings about the Dominican Republic, citing “armed robbery, homicide, and sexual assault” as frequent dangers. The tourist resorts are safer than they used to be thanks to investments in law enforcement resources, but Santiago is simply a dangerous place.

Yet given a choice between New York City and Santiago, Jose Alba is choosing… Santiago.

I can’t help but thinking of my interview with Maria from my “interviews with immigrants” series when she said she knew the US was for her when she was at a pond alone and wasn’t afraid when there were men who walked by.

If you really want to understand what the left has done to America, this crystalizes it perfectly.

We Interrupt My planned Post Today to Second Stacy McCain’s call for people to give Lisa Grass a hand with her Cancer Treatments

Posted: August 6, 2022 by datechguy in catholic, catholic devotions
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Yesterday I woke to the rather unpleasant news that old friend and Catholic blogger Lisa Grass has been diagnosed with Cancer.

Lisa is a convert to Catholicism and the primary driver of her conversion was the Eucharist.

I just sat there when he kneeled but stood up when he stood up. I didn’t yet know there was really a good reason to kneel. I don’t remember the homily at all. It wasn’t good or bad to me. I just don’t remember it. Finally came the consecration. “Take this, all of you, and eat of it, for this is my Body,
which will be given up for you.” Um….WOW. Then the second part: “Take this, all of you, and drink from it, for this is the chalice of my Blood, the Blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in memory of me.” BINGO!! This was it! This is how! This is what it means in the Bible where Jesus says you have to do this! This is how!!! Wow! I had to contain my excitement. After all, this was a Catholic Mass and I couldn’t stand up and say “Hey, everybody, etc.!”

I was literally trembling in the presence of God. I didn’t know what to do. I mean, God is here! Everyone started filing up to Communion and, to me, it was like they were filing up to the gates of heaven. What came next may seem trivial but it meant a lot to me. There was a man in the pew behind me and he had a little girl with him. She said, “Daddy, she didn’t go to Communion.” He replied, “That’s okay.” She said again, louder, “But Daddy, she didn’t go to Communion.” He said, “It’s okay. She doesn’t have to go if she doesn’t want to.” It then hit me. I can do this! I can become Catholic and go receive our Lord in Communion! It’s up to me! I can do it “if I want to!”

Lisa decided that she wanted to and pursued her faith with a strength and purpose that is be worth emulating and like the good Catholic she is her faith as Stacy McCain notes in his fundraising plea for her, comes complete with works:

When I was covering the Louisiana primary, and got busted in the notorious speed trap town of Livonia — they towed my rental car! — it was Lisa who drove all the way down from Kentucky to Louisiana to bring me back home.

That’s quite a drive to take on for a person that you have pretty much only exchange emails with, even if gas prices were not at Biden levels.

I reached out to Lisa to ask if she needed anything she replied that for now all she needed was prayers. Lisa understands that the truth of the phrase from Flannery O’Conner who said:

People think faith is a warm blanket when in fact, it’s the cross.

and the instructions of Christ

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”

Matthew 16:24

This is the Cross that Jesus has given her and like the cross of Christ it’s given to her but it can help save others. When we pray for Lisa, as she asked we do a spiritual work of mercy for her and bring ourselves closer to God. It is an act of faith, but what about works?

Stacy McCain is not a Catholic but when it comes to works to repay a debt of gratitude he’s on it:

 Lisa’s diagnosis sounds very serious and her chemo treatments will cost $10,000-$20,000 per month, some of which should be covered by insurance, but still this is an ordeal for her. Lisa helped me in my hour of need, so everything y’all could do for her would be greatly appreciated.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO LISA GRAAS

I highly endorse all aid that you can spare for Lisa, both via faith and via works.

A Fixture In Private School Open Houses for Decades to Come

Posted: August 5, 2022 by datechguy in education

If you are the admonitions director for a private or a parochial school you have a tough job. While people like the idea of private or Catholic education the cost and the sacrifices are not insignificant. I speak from experience.

So for all of you who are doing this job let me give you the gift that will keep on giving for decades via Twitchy and the ever wonderful Libs of Tic Tok:

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1554945658951413760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1554945658951413760%7Ctwgr%5E549585ede102fa4b2921412e6774417194287696%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsarahd-313035%2F2022%2F08%2F04%2Fwatch-woke-5th-and-6th-grade-teacher-turns-to-tiktok-for-advice-after-her-students-weaponize-her-pronoun-bs%2F
Remember this person is paid for by someone’s taxes

If I am that admissions director holding an open house with parents I am ending my presentation with this video and asking the assembled parents this question:

“Is this the type of person you want teaching your ten year old kids and shaping them and their values for the rest of their lives?”

Oh and it goes without saying that this video should be included in any and all ads in any state, county or city that is having a vote on school vouchers.

Closing thought: I can’t decide if the fact that she turned to TicTok for advice is more damning than the questions she asked for advice on?

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