tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post5519698354661683429..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: TurtlingDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-40236747065135027332019-01-09T20:20:09.255-08:002019-01-09T20:20:09.255-08:00The failure to celebrate assimilation to the same ...The failure to celebrate assimilation to the same level that we celebrate diversity could be our undoing. We have students born here who have been in ELL programs since they were four who still do not speak English. That's absurd! You have to demonstrate knowledge of English to become a citizen, and you have to be a citizen to vote, yet we print ballots in 30+ languages. Has anyone bothered to ask why? When Farmers Branch, recognizing that background checks for renters would not catch predators who were in Texas illegally, tried to push for a law that would require all parties who were on a lease to have either a background check or proof of residency. They were crucified as racist in the media, especially by one particular lawyer who makes his money working in the Immigration Courts. So while it's lovely to think your street or neighborhood or suburb is safe, the reality is that we don't know our neighbors and they don't know us because so few people are willing to adapt and indulge in those commonalities we share because they are no longer valued. It used to be we could set up a grill in the front yard and throw some hotdogs on and have a local street party. Now we're just as likely to have the police called on us for not asking permission, offending vegans, making noise, or whatever outrage crops up this week.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-63740216302011554862019-01-07T17:10:13.045-08:002019-01-07T17:10:13.045-08:00I have three neighbors who are minor criminals in ...I have three neighbors who are minor criminals in that they flagrantly violent laws concerning their property and one is violating drug laws. They all can look me in the eye, wave and be friendly, but I am not associating with them until restitution is done and they agree to play by the Rule of Law. Yep, I'm an evil hunker-downer. And until I get my money back for the swindling they are doing, I'll stay hunkered down.lgmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-60208052636094617912019-01-06T15:47:41.875-08:002019-01-06T15:47:41.875-08:00And this is why my course syllabus (about classroo...And this is why my course syllabus (about classroom manners) states that diversity is less important that the universality of being human.Pseudotsugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113260814272433972noreply@blogger.com