A Michigan elementary school teacher who recently
enrolled at Calvin University (an allegedly Christian
institution) to obtain her Master’s Degree in Education said she was troubled by
the very first class she attended. The class was “woke,” she said. So much so,
she subsequently decided to unenroll.
She said she didn’t like the curriculum-- and where
it seemed to be headed-- based on her first course, stating: “I was
uncomfortable with the ‘agenda’ that was being pushed.” The grad school course is
titled, “Pathways to Inclusion: Re-Examining Beliefs about Learners.” Of course
it is.
The progressive course’s syllabus states that
“through this course, participants are invited to embark on pathways to
inclusion by examining the needs of learners with differences in school
contexts and re-examining commonly held beliefs and practices about identity
and difference.” Huh?
The course is taught by Professor Sarah Sunukjian, who
told her grad students via email that “as we will explore in this course, so
many of the ways we think about and ‘do’ school are arguably rooted in ableist
concepts.”
Traditional schooling is arguably “rooted
in ableist concepts?” That’s the effing point, lady!
I mean, what the hell?! We used to want
our children to grow up to be “able” to do things…like count and read and tell
time. And maybe even learn to be competent in accounting, business, medicine…
and other trades, occupations, and vocations.
If you think the rash of train derailments, aircraft crashes, inexplicable explosions, and other disasters are bad now, just
wait until “ableism” has been eradicated from our society!
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