tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post1701850003217562885..comments2024-03-08T14:23:31.503-05:00Comments on A Puff of Absurdity: Ontario's Education: Call for IdeasMarie Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-52260887389961809842018-12-31T20:30:34.490-05:002018-12-31T20:30:34.490-05:00@Dustin - I'm all for preventing child abuse, ...@Dustin - I'm all for preventing child abuse, but I'm wary of the solution of joining a mass nursery. All groups of people, from neo-liberals to commies, have a possibility of carrying out abuse. Put a bunch of children together in a group, and people with the propensity for abusing will find a way to run that group. It's evil and malicious and so difficult to prevent. I'd rather have children with their parents and then have parents be given an enormous amount of training and support and help with their own issues to stop the cycle of abuse. Giving children the right to leave at six will mean some kids, who are unaware that they're in great homes, will leave for a new level of horror. Some kids call the cops when their parents tell them to clean up after themselves. I'm not convinced that giving them more control over that will fix the problem. But it IS a problem that needs fixing, absolutely. <br /><br />Have a very happy new year, Dustin!<br />Marie Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-87495291934007355772018-12-31T13:07:12.906-05:002018-12-31T13:07:12.906-05:00No, I think the entire system is garbage, and I th...No, I think the entire system is garbage, and I think it ought to be dismantled. For me, the most beautiful moment was when my sister's grade literally went on strike and they said "Kids have rights! We will fight! Kids have rights! We will fight!" It was the most beautiful moment. It was a real "wildcat strike" that nobody foresaw. I cannot recall what single incident set it off, but it was really because of a culmination of the way that school treated those (us) kids and the tremendous pressure put on those (us) kids from an early age because of the system of neoliberalism that everything is embedded in.<br /><br />Needlesss to say, the strike ended with my sister's grade being sat down for a very, very long time and given a very, very long speech about how essentially they had no rights that the system was bound to respect.<br /><br />It is still something that I have never, ever forgotten to this day.<br /><br />I don't believe in socialism, but the one part of socialism that I do believe in is that when children turn 6, they should be given the option to leave their birth families and to join a socialist-style creche in which they will be treated as totally equal people. Everything will be child-centered. Nothing will be centered around turning these kids into submissive slaves of neoliberalism. Also child abuse by birth families that all too often happens behind closed doors in private family homes will also not happen. I'm not kidding about this. I wrote the same thing on Larry Hamelin's blog and he agreed with me.Dustin Vinland Jarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06321791031988119649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-27248731465883777442018-12-16T16:43:32.034-05:002018-12-16T16:43:32.034-05:00Awesome! We'll see if it does any good!Awesome! We'll see if it does any good!Marie Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-16602559048542658092018-12-16T09:51:11.196-05:002018-12-16T09:51:11.196-05:00Thanks for the prompt and inspiration - I have co...Thanks for the prompt and inspiration - I have completed the Ontario Education System questionnaire!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611456925651789611noreply@blogger.com