RapidcreekSen. Bernie Sanders opposes giving Israel $10 billion in aid
So we have a spare 10 billion for Israel, but not predatory studen loan debt relief for our own citizens? Sounds about right
pls, giving student loan debt relief instead of $10 billion to Israeli gov’t is considered anti-Semitic 😔
Or free school lunch.
Or free pre-K
At some point, we should simply allow children to be children. I’m not adverse to pre-k but I’m very adverse to conditioning them to work at ever*-earlier ages.
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The children yearn for the mines, give them what they really want. Let’s turn this into a 10 billion dollar profit.
BakkodaPre-mines. They spend a year in the mines as a learning experience ( unpaid internship) and then we send them off to school
First they need basic infantry training so they can defend the classrooms, the bus loops, and the auditoriums.
Soviet school curriculum actually had a little bit of that. Well, how to tell ranks, what to do in case of war (also fire alarm or any other emergency), first aid, disassembly and assembly of the AK rifle, orientation on terrain and basic survival skills, not sure about actually firing at targets - I wasn’t alive back then.
In our school (I was born in 1996) there was literally one time where our class was taken to a shooting range, but it was more like a tour. The got to shoot a few rounds at targets, yes. The first aid, ranks and AK disassembly\assembly parts I do remember.
There were war-themed games (“Zarnitsa” etc) teaching coordination, subordination, orientation, and of course using radio (to communicate and to intercept the other team’s communications).
The US and UK called it Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc.
Germany had the Hitler Youth.
I’m talking about the school program, not that.
If we had more funding for great teachers, it would be anything but pre-work. Ultimately, lower income families really benefit from free childcare schools provide, and a good pre-K classroom is all about play and exploring.
Teaching at that level should be fun for kids and teachers (though also exhausting). It's when underfunding forces teachers into a solid 8h of classroom time a day with a way too large class size that it turns work-like.
I freelanced music ed and worked with 4-8 year olds in several different schools. Some were amazing, supportive teaching assistants and reasonable schedules with a few breaks in my day, kids loved it and so did I. Others, I felt like a warden just trying to stop a riot for 9 hours straight with a 20min lunch. 25+ 4 year olds with no support doesn't work.
What am amazing reply! I’m fully on board with fully funded, fully fun pre-k-12. I’d like to see it Montessori style, as well. Bring back recess, and for goodness’ sake, a full lunch hour.
gregorumi don’t know what your pre-K was like, but i don’t remember mine requiring the kids to punch a timeclock, earn wages, or to perform any actual labor. IIRC, we played with toys, sang songs, engaged in educational activities for toddlers, ate snacks, and took naps.
It’s a finger painting sweatshop.
irreticentBanksy will make millions off this one weird trick.
proleBruh what do you think pre-k is lol
Free school lunch? Believe or not, straight into communism!
I hope that’s sarcasm.
I hope it’s not. Here we were thinking it would take armed struggle to reach communism, but we can just give people free lunch instead? Sign me up.
I like the cut of your jib!
It’s a play on a parks and rec quote
Free school lunch!? Well there, Karl, I bet they will give you a free lunch in the gulags.