Social justice becomes part of the Toronto School Board Curriculum

[Vimy]

Still not buying it. Seems to be more of a case of buying too much relatively expensive junkfood. Yes you can't afford vegetables if you can't handle money.

"John A. Leslie Public School in Scarborough, where about 70 per cent of parents were born outside Canada, students are thriving despite the neighbourhood’s low income."http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...3950/?page=all
Scarborough, would be like downtown Detroit for Toronto.

[Sky High]

and teh butt clenching was plentiful.

[Blade Wolf]

Canada just flipped the retard switch into overdrive it seems.


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[Vimy]

Dude if a full quarter of your school district can't afford vegetables, that's a problem that requires national attention.

Not every school just that one school which is in a low income neighborhood.

[dd614]

Why are vegetables so expensive in Canada?

Carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, parsnips, etc etc are the cheapest foods you can buy where i live.

Something doesn't quite seem right here.....

Because if the welfare leech parents bought vegetables they wouldn't have enough for cigarettes, cable and iphones for dey keeds.

Honestly, all this is just proof more people need to homeschool their kids. The public school system is a sad joke in Ontario, Canada, between the ridiculous SJW curriculum and unqualified teachers.

[Cizr]

Canada really is just a joke of a country

[Allerius]

Because if the welfare leech parents bought vegetables they wouldn't have enough for cigarettes, cable and iphones for dey keeds.

Honestly, all this is just proof more people need to homeschool their kids. The public school system is a sad joke in Ontario, Canada, between the ridiculous SJW curriculum and unqualified teachers.

It's not so bad. The SJW stuff is overhyped because it makes the news and normal stuff doesn't. The teachers and classroom aren't much worse than other western countries. 1-12 is pretty easy anyway. I fucked around (sleeping in class, socializing, etc) in class and just read the textbook the day before tests and ended up with high school grades to get a max university scholarship (despite getting Cs and Ds in middle school as a result of fucking around and disrespecting teachers). Any kid who is a little motivated can learn everything they need with the books that are provided for free.

[GennGreymane]

i'm here with the burritos, and i want some popcorn

I have the popcorn, lets share

[Templar 331]

social justice

"That word. I don't think it means what you think it means."

This is not "social justice."

[Paklaaji]

Out of all the subjects they could be teaching, Canada chose this one... fucking hell.

They should`ve added Logic/Coding classes to the curriculum - I had those starting from 2nd grade in Ukraine. Really fun and really good - no grades but rewarding as hell.

[nextormento]

We've been running similar subjects this side of the Ocean for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citize...tion_(subject)

The Council of Europe has a charter on it.
They've published a recommendation document.

The one we had in Spain was implemented 10 years ago. It originally covered these topics:
The individual, interpersonal and social relationships.
Life in community.
Life in society.
Respectful approximation to diversity.
Interpersonal relationships and participation.
Citizen obligations and rights.
Democratic societies in the XXI century.
Citizenship in a global world.

It was heatedly debated as many people considered it a state propaganda tool all too prone to indoctrination. They proposed a change of curriculum that featured less focus on homophobia, but including the themes of exclusionary nationalism, environmental awareness, noise contamination, and copyright.
It was eventually retired in 2012. But I suspect they'll bring back the topic once and if we get a new government (we're repeating elections in a few weeks, as the ones last November didn't yield any agreement).

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its rarely the actual cost that is the issue, more often its time - hence fast food instead cut meat either.

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. They proposed a change of curriculum that featured less focus on homophobia, but including the themes of exclusionary nationalism, environmental awareness, noise contamination, and copyright.
It was eventually retired in 2012. But I suspect they'll bring back the topic once and if we get a new government (we're repeating elections in a few weeks, as the ones last November didn't yield any agreement).

so less right wing indoctrination, and more left wing indoctrination - Yay

[Damajin]

Ah Tennisace, boosting everyone's post count one thread at a time.

Any school board advocating social justice as part of the curriculum is a school board worth kicking out of power or at the very least taking your children very far away from.

[Deleted]

Ah Tennisace, boosting everyone's post count one thread at a time.

Any school board advocating social justice as part of the curriculum is a school board worth kicking out of power or at the very least taking your children very far away from.

to be honest if all of this is growing vegetables to hand out to poor people - that's garden variety socialism not socjus

[Damajin]

to be honest if all of this is growing vegetables to hand out to poor people - that's garden variety socialism not socjus

Can't trust activists to stick to those things now can we? I know I can't.

[nextormento]

so less right wing indoctrination, and more left wing indoctrination - Yay

It's the other way around in Spain. That new curriculum was proposed by the rightwing successor to the socialist government that implemented the subject.

Exclusionary nationalism refers, essentially, to the Catalonia thing. Which is something that our rightwing party doesn't fancy, as it promotes instability. Leftwing parties are looking very favorably to Catalonia's search for independence. Proposals include extending devolved powers, revising our autonomies statute, a referendum, state restructuring into a federation...
Noise contamination is a wedge issue in some cities that want to curve down on late-night partying. I know of many gay bars that suspect they're running noise control on their districts, and leaving others alone. I don't much buy into it because gay bars are like everywhere, but meh... it's politics.
And environmental awareness, well... conservation of our natural patrimony is not really a wedge issue as far as I'm aware. Green energy might, as they cut certain subsides to solar farms, for instance, but they look favorably to it anyway. But the rightwing party has pushed for extra protection of species like the iberian linx, and a variety of fish, birds, and local vegetation.

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It's the other way around in Spain. That new curriculum was proposed by the rightwing successor to the socialist government that implemented the subject.

Exclusionary nationalism refers, essentially, to the Catalonia thing. Which is something that our rightwing party doesn't fancy, as it promotes instability. Leftwing parties are looking very favorably to Catalonia's search for independence. Proposals include extending devolved powers, revising our autonomies statute, a referendum, state restructuring into a federation...
Noise contamination is a wedge issue in some cities that want to curve down on late-night partying. I know of many gay bars that suspect they're running noise control on their districts, and leaving others alone. I don't much buy into it because gay bars are like everywhere, but meh... it's politics.
And environmental awareness, well... conservation of our natural patrimony is not really a wedge issue as far as I'm aware. Green energy might, as they cut certain subsides to solar farms, for instance, but they look favorably to it anyway. But the rightwing party has pushed for extra protection of species like the iberian linx, and a variety of fish, birds, and local vegetation.

well while i clearly was misinformed, 'less left wing, more right wing' doesn't make me any more happy.
a biased state is a perpetual tyranny as far as I'm concerned.

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Can't trust activists to stick to those things now can we? I know I can't.

Its very hard to trust there wont be mission creep when they cant readily identify the mission.

[Grimbold21]

What does building a green house have to do with social justice?

[A Dark Knight]

good for canada

[Kraenen]

Just seems to be some kids growing vegetables and sending letters to veterans. /shrug