By Tall N Curly
These past two weeks alone I got four messages from four girls who all basically asked me the same thing: “How am I going to survive being different.”
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Detroit Student Suspended For Rest Of The Year Over Pocketknife Found In Purse
“Atiya, an Advanced Placement student, was originally expelled from Annapolis High following the incident. However, on Monday, the school board rolled back her punishment, albeit slightly. Atiya is now suspended for the rest of the year, but will be allowed to take online classes and graduate with her class in 2015, reports local outlet WJBK-TV.”
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Social justice class removed as direct result of the systematic racism that it was teaching students about
“Yasab, the student of color, is NOT intended to be muted. If you cannot hear his audio, it is due to an issue with channels on certain systems. He has very important input and I am working on fixing it as fast as I can.”
A couple of articles on the removal:
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arch…
http://news.yahoo.com/popular-seattle…
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinion…
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This reminds me of when an Arizona school district canceled Mexican-American studies.