Florida is becoming an absolute cesspool for education
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116131)
United States
July 21, 2023 6:50pm CST
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has gone all in on culture wars and fighting what he considers "woke" ideology. He bashes and has banned critical race theory (CRT) which isn't taught in K-12 schools. He has encouraged banning books. He has banned an AP high school class about African-American history.
Now his state Department of Education has introduced new guidelines for teaching black history that include the idea that slaves "developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit." Yup--Florida now wants to teach that slavery was a GOOD thing for African-Americans and it improved their lives. 
I would never want to teach or have children educated in Florida or other red states. There is a reason why they rank so low in national studies. This is just one more way that Florida students will be deprived of a well-rounded and solid education.
I would never want to teach or have children educated in Florida or other red states. There is a reason why they rank so low in national studies. This is just one more way that Florida students will be deprived of a well-rounded and solid education.https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/20/florida-black-history-teaching-standards-00107067
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Jul
I'm a Floridian, and a Republican, and this is all complete nonsense. The man has lost his mind. If you don't study history, then you're bound to repeat it. We should be studying and learning about what really happened so that we can ensure it never happens again. Slavery was wrong, plain and simple.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Jul
@NJChicaa Hundred percent agree. He really should drop out now and save himself from further embarrassment.
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@NJChicaa (116131)
• United States
22 Jul
@moffittjc I keep saying that the best GOP candidate at this point is Chris Christie. . . and that is coming from someone who has lived in NJ her whole life and whose salary/pension/medical benefits were severely harmed by him during his tenure as governor.
I don't think RFK Jr. has a serious shot at the Dem nomination but I'd vote for Christie before I'd vote for RFK Jr.
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@kaylachan (58273)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Jul
And, yet, I see nothing wrong with this. There's a lot of things that schools shouldn't be teaching and it should be left up to the parents to expose their children.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
23 Jul
When parents teach their children lies about science, lies about history, to hate people of other races and ethnicities, and to believe they are superior to all others because of the whiteness of their skin, you see nothing wrong with that?
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
23 Jul
The Florida GOP, and the GOP in general, wants to raise a generation of kids ignorant about science, and history, and unable to think for themselves while fully indoctrinating them into the fundamentalist evangelical white nationalist mindset.
@LindaOHio (157337)
• United States
22 Jul
That is so ridiculous to change history.
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@MarieCoyle (29054)
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22 Jul
My daughter lives there with her family. Our two little guys deserve better. I find myself wishing they would just move back here, it's truly a cesspool, as you said. Heartbreaking.
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