Peter Greene on no excuse charters approach to their primarily Black and Brown students: This is demanding that the students give in, that they submit to those who are More Than they are-- more wise, more powerful, more important, more worthy of independence. This is not about learning self-control-- its about learning to surrender all control of self to those who are More Than. And you cannot learn any of that without also absorbing the message that you are Less Than. Theres only one possible way to self-justify the no-excuses approach, and that is to accept the Less Than narrative. These children arent capable of more civilized behavior. We must keep them under our thumbs because otherwise they will just succumb to savage impulses. The only way they can achieve higher order thinking and development is if we guide and control them every step of the way. These are, of course, arguments that were used to justify slavery. Because when we institutionalize the idea that certain people are Less Than, there are very few limits to how low we will stoop. Source: curmudgucation.blogspot/2014/09/forever-less-than-frederick-douglass.html?m=1
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:19:39 +0000
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