The world is the stage, everyday is a premier and my father had bought the popcorn.
The world is the stage, everyday is a premier and my father had bought the popcorn.
This is what happens when an anti-education movement is not met with enough head-on hostility.
But it's no surprise for Alberta.
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@RichardNairn/116222913232556566
Ok, so they aren’t listening to voters, AT ALL? Because the polls all say that the VAST majority of the population thinks there should be NO public money for private schools.
#ableg #abed
By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order | CBC Edmonton
#ableg #abpoli #abed #ReadBannedBooks
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495
Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramatic retellings of mythology, access to information request results show.
Ahhh, that was a fascinating ranbit hole to peek into. Sadly, it never occured to me that the modern Jehovah's Witnessed were a splintrr offshoot from a prior group with competing factions. Fascinating!
I do recall seeing some old articles about JW parents being in serious trouble during the war yesrs as their children would refrain from various expected, school-sanctioned activities related to promoting nationalism and patriotism.
Very sad to see no attempt was made to accommodate dissenters within public education.
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