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It's a good point, and I'm not suggesting for a second that it's on the schools or the kids themselves to deal with this, more just a sad reflection of how far we still have to go.
Contrasting it with my experience at a state comp in the 80s -90s back when the progressive liberal agenda was widely accepted, political correctness was still considered to be a vehicle for social justice and all the teachers were card carrying lefties
You got expelled for saying something racist and ostracised by your peers for holding right wing views.Assuming that generation of kids are now accepting, enabling or propagating the shite views my kids face I'm wondering whether those attitudes were there all along but not voiced for reasons of self preservation, image management or good manners...
which brings us neatly back to:
think what you like; but don't say it out loud, in case you get caught
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Your state comp in the 90s sounds a lot different to mine.
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Contrasting it with my experience at a state comp in the 80s -90s back when the progressive liberal agenda was widely accepted, political correctness was still considered to be a vehicle for social justice and all the teachers were card carrying lefties
You got expelled for saying something racist and ostracised by your peers for holding right wing views.
My experience of 90's comp could not be more different, you would get an absolute shoeing for being anything other than a white, footie lovin, hooch swiggin, flag lovin mad lad and your life made a misery for being different although like Greenbank my rural small town comp of 1,100 only had only half a dozen non-white students who were almost all kids of families that ran the local takeaways. Racial, sexist or homophobic slurs were the norm on the daily. I could not wait to leave that place.
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I remember kids at my junior school singing what I assume were National Front songs, won't repeat it but I particularly remember one to the tune of what shall we do with the drunken sailor. I guess they would have got them from older brothers or the older kids rather than parents. I think it was more than thinking it was funny or edgy.
I'd hope that doesn't happen any more.
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Contrasting it with my experience at a state comp in the 80s -90s back when the progressive liberal agenda was widely accepted, political correctness was still considered to be a vehicle for social justice and all the teachers were card carrying lefties
Where did you go to school? Mine was a pit of casual racism.
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At what point is a child responsible for educating themselves instead of absorbing the opinions of their parents/friends parents/ older brothers/media etc? It sounds like you expect secondary school age children to completely re-evaluate the world they're told is true up to this point.
It's disappointing that it happens, yes, but it doesn't surprise me. I totally agree more coaching is required, but I fear this is laying seeds for change of thinking in such children, not something that can uturn their views. #NotAChildPsychologist