Quote:On Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill aimed at schooling 5-year-olds in New Jersey.

The subject: diversity and inclusion.

According to the new law, children in every grade — along with kindergarteners — across the state’s public education system will be given lessons about life.

The instruction — opposed by several Republicans — will promote “diversity, equity, inclusion, tolerance, and belonging in connection with gender and sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, disabilities, and religious tolerance.”

As reported by NJ.com, it also directs schools to “examine the impact that unconscious bias and economic disparities have at both an individual level and on society as a whole.”

Sponsors of the bill — including Democrats Carol Murphy and Anthony Verrelli — championed respect’s next step:

“The natural next step is to promote diversity, tolerance and respect for all. These are values students will take with them long after they graduate.”

On its way to Gov. Phil’s pen, the bill was criticized for an undue trampling of parental rights and the sensitive-topic exposure of children too young to understand.

One nay-sayer: Republican Assemblyman Brian Bergen.

The way Brian sees it, “There’s a certain level of naivety that our children enjoy, and we should really protect that.”

The assemblyman believes grades 9 through 12 are more appropriate.

“If we as parents want to explain different identities or sexual preferences, then that’s our prerogative and our choice. This is not a decision for the school system, and this is not a decision for the Legislature.”

To hear NJ.com tell it, some assert its too late to stop the flow of information to 5-year-olds:

Supporters argued students are already talking about these very issues. Teachers need guidance to help them teach children to accept, tolerate and appreciate differences among them, they said.

The state’s already on the ball where certain groups are concerned:

The state…requires schools to teach middle school and high school students about the political, economic and social contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. New Jersey was the second state to mandate an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum — the requirement went into effect this school year.

Before the bill became law, by the fifth grade, New Jersey students were already set to have learned everyone should feel welcome, regardless of sexual preference or gender identity.

We’ve certainly crossed a threshold in the United States, and I don’t imagine we’ll ever go back.

Entertainment exposes kids to sexuality of one sort or another and complex social concepts at an ever-lowering age. It’s not surprising education is riding the same wave.

As I covered in June of 2019, Discovery Family introduced My Little Pony’s first lesbian couple, Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty:

And in December, Cartoon Network released a gender-nonbinary comic teaching tykes that pronouns make them feel “safe”:

It’s a new era, and public education’s keeping up with the times.

Back to New Jersey, the new law will take effect in the fall of 2021.

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We are so f'd.

Also, in regards to this:
“The natural next step is to promote diversity, tolerance and respect for all. These are values students will take with them long after they graduate.”
We've been teaching this since at least I was in primary school in the 90s. WTF don't these people think it was taught? Did my peers really not understand any of this when it was being taught to them?!!?!?!

Home-school or private school kids inbound if I ever have kids for sure, BTW. I thought public school was trash when I went tho, so really nothing new either, this is all just reinforcing my belief.

Is equality bad?

(03-04-2021 04:31 PM)Danforth Wrote:  Is equality bad?

No, they've just been teaching it at least since the 90s. It's amazing how much of it apparently when over my peers' head b/c a lot of them agree w/ this nonsense & think it's all brand new.

IMO, they need to teach difference of thought, difference of opinion, & inclusion, & that people have different strengths & weaknesses. Those were things I didn't see & I still don't think they're getting even tho they think they're trying something new.

(03-04-2021 04:34 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(03-04-2021 04:31 PM)Danforth Wrote:  Is equality bad?

Equality is great. They don't want equality. They want EQUITY. What planet are you living on? They've said it quite plainly. Equal outcomes.

(03-04-2021 04:38 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(03-04-2021 04:34 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(03-04-2021 04:31 PM)Danforth Wrote:  Is equality bad?

Equality is great. They don't want equality. They want EQUITY. What planet are you living on? They've said it quite plainly. Equal outcomes.

I believe in equal opportunity.

Interesting, we've got two threads now regarding the government run schools and "educating" our next generations.

One points to the abject failure of at least one school to educate damn near anyone enrolled, this one focuses on what they actually ARE teaching.

I've got kind of a novel idea for these nutjobs- how about teaching kids how to read, write, do math and understand science? Don't we think that would be a better path to individual success and thus broader societal success? Or, is that limited instructional time better spent teaching this rot?

Get em up to speed on the basics, then come talk to me about spending your time on things better left to parents and perhaps their Churches.

(03-04-2021 04:45 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  Interesting, we've got two threads now regarding the government run schools and "educating" our next generations.

One points to the abject failure of at least one school to educate damn near anyone enrolled, this one focuses on what they actually ARE teaching.

I've got kind of a novel idea for these nutjobs- how about teaching kids how to read, write, do math and understand science? Don't we think that would be a better path to individual success and thus broader societal success? Or, is that limited instructional time better spent teaching this rot?

Get em up to speed on the basics, then come talk to me about spending your time on things better left to parents and perhaps their Churches.

Whoa Whoa Whoa. Churches are bad mmmkay?