Category Archives: Education

Trigger Warnings and Soft Censorship

Posted on May 21, 2014 by The Political Hat

     “Trigger warnings” are the hot new trend on college campuses.  What are “trigger warnings”?  They are basically warning labels that there might be content that might “trigger” panic or trauma.  As Reason TV points out:      The problem with this is … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Common Core, You Too Can Add 14 + 4 in SIX Steps

Posted on May 19, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Adding fourteen and four should be easy, right?  Thanks to Common Core, it has been simplified to only six steps, as well as nine sub-steps. Part 1 of my 1st grader's "how to do addition" tutorial for parents. 6 steps … Continue reading →

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Attack of the “isms”

Posted on May 16, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A class assignment from the Peel District School Board in Canada purports to “challenge your perspective” while demanding students blindly accept that able-bodied straight White cis-gendered males are all evil oppressors.      The assignment is about “isms”: Ageism, classism, ableism, sexism, … Continue reading →

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Is This A Ph.D. in “Womyns Studies”?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Is this a Ph.D. Dissertation for a “Womyns Studies” program???

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Common Core: Connecting the Dots

Posted on May 7, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Proof that all is not doomed in America:  15 year old Patrick Richardson connects the dots and explains “Common Core” better than most adults.      “Common Core” isn’t about creating a nation of educational super-men (or women or non-gender specific person). … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Not Even Trying to Make Sense

Posted on May 3, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Just when you thought that Common Core math problems couldn’t make less sense, something like the assignment below proves that they can make less sense. Common Core… pic.twitter.com/kekt3Zh6hH — Patrick Regan (@P_Daddy1) March 26, 2014      Clearly, the children are presumed … Continue reading →

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Common Core Confusion

Posted on April 25, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Yet another convoluted “Common Core” assignment intended to make things easier while doing the exact opposite has cropped up. Common core insanity for six year olds! How to go from simple to complex, in four steps.#mathmadness pic.twitter.com/GaTAVR1tHb — Amber Papadopoulos … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Whiteness as a Disease, Logic & Reason is Racist, and How Vote Fraud is the New Social Justice

Posted on April 24, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Logic + Being White + The Integrity of the Vote = … Continue reading →

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The Queering of Reality

Posted on April 22, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The vast majority of males are men who like women; the vast majority of females are women who like men.  That’s reality.  For some, however, reality is unjust and must be “corrected” in the name of “social justice” in order … Continue reading →

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Teacher Bullied for Questioning Common Core

Posted on April 19, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A Missouri elementary school teacher testified before the Missouri Senate education Committee on how she and others were bullied and threatened for daring to question the Common Core curricula being imposed.

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