The Worst Sort of Violence Against Children

[niyad]

The Worst Sort of Violence Against Children

'Keeping public schools defunded and dysfunctional is also a form of violence,' writes Singer. (Photo: via The Progressive).

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As any experienced public school teacher knows, you have to satisfy a person’s basic needs before you have any chance at teaching them something new. Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is always at the back of mind.
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The issue is violence but not all of it comes at the end of a gun.

Keeping public schools defunded and dysfunctional is also a form of violence. Promoting privatization and competition when kids really just need resources is also cruelty. Pretending that standardized curriculum and tests are a Civil Right is also savagery.

It’s called class warfare. Its most prominent victims are children. Its most active soldiers are teachers. And we’re on the front lines every day.

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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/17/worst-sort-violence-against-children

[pipi_k]

1. While I'm not saying it's

right to keep schools underfunded and dysfunctional, I do have an issue with calling it the "worst sort of violence against children".

Anyone who would call it the "worst" obviously hasn't seen a little kid whose body is covered in bruises or cigarette burns, or has suffered broken bones that were never set properly. Chained to a radiator and left in its own filth. Locked in a closet and starved.


Underfunded and dysfunctional schools suck and we need to do something about it. But let's not call it the "worst sort of violence against kids".

[YarnAddict]

2. +1!