“Over the past decade scores of charter schools have popped up all over the U.S., all sharing some common features. Most of them are high-achieving academically, they stress math and science, and one more thing: they’re founded and largely run by immigrants from Turkey who are carrying out the teachings of a Turkish Islamic cleric: Fethullah Gulen.“

I stressed it wasn’t a problem with it being Muslim. I just remembered a controversial thing that happened. They pushed a very pro turkey teaching and took children to turkey.

That was the issue I heard about. Jesus Christ yall. I was very clear I didn’t even remember if they actually did anything wrong I just asked for the information again.

Don’t eat your own. Sometimes you have to believe people when they are annoyingly clear they aren’t making an attack just asking a question.

I tend to agree it seems like the charter system just sucks

Wow I didn’t mean to come off as disingenuous.

It was a company that operated multiple schools.

If I had the source I wouldn’t be asking the question.

I know the phrase “just asking questions “ gets thrown around a lot but I’m literally just asking because I can’t remember the details and could absolutely be wrong.

Lastly it has nothing to do with the topic at hand. For the record I’m against the voucher program and for public schools specifically because education and religious education should probably be entirely separate.

Edit: you know what I take back my apology. I could not have been more clear that I was asking people for that story I heard a while back. Like I get we are all sensitive right now but it pretty obvious I wasn’t attacking anyone in any way.

You were all to lazy to look it up, like I was, so you hit downvote instead. I’m not sorry for my question. I phrased it perfectly. Including it was a single company with multiple schools.

I’m also a democrat. It’s tough times but we can’t eat our own. Answer questions or don’t. You aren’t helping anyone by assuming everyone has bad intentions.

Skim reading did me dirty this time lol. I’ll take the L

The problem with being greedy is people will eventually fight back. No matter how powerful you are. When people have nothing left to lose they’ll come for you, and they have greater numbers.

Even if you could kill all those coming for you… you won’t have any slaves left and you lose that way. You can’t win this game long term.

How are rich people so stupid?

Florida and Texas. Yes he still wears his winter wear.

I’d also like to point out characters at Disney. If you think Santa is hot think about Chewbacca lol. I’m assuming Santa’s would work the same if they were outdoors. Lots of breaks to cool down.

Wasn’t there a series of charter schools that are actually pretty bad that were Muslim?

I’m not talking bad about Muslim people or religion.

I’m pretty sure I heard about a group of charter schools doing the whole “kick out kids with bad grades so you can say you have the best school” type of thing. And one of the groups of schools caught doing that happened to be Muslim?

Just asking for clarification not trying to slam anyone if I’m wrong.

Edit: For fucks sake you guys.

“In May 2016, Amsterdam & Partners LLP filed a complaint with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) alleging Harmony Public Schools engaged in employment discrimination based on national origin and gender, improper vendor selection, and misappropriation of public funds. The complaint also raised concerns about potential ties to the Gülen movement, led by Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen.[18]”

Exactly like I explained. A Muslim school but the problem wasn’t about them being Muslim. Discrimination and misuse of funds.

Not religious. To be clear the case may be unfair I don’t know, but that was my question. It sounded familiar so I asked. I’m not a keyboard warrior doing activism from a toilet seat. Im talking to people and changing minds. I need the answer because someone’s going to ask me and I need and answer. Don’t worry I found it myself.

Don’t eat your own. One Quick Look at my profile would show I’m very open minded and a democrat. Chill out. Let people question things or we become just as bad as trump. It was honest and in good faith. Chill out.

Edit 2: I know I’m ranting now but I’m upset. This is why we have so much trouble swaying the vote. Everyone wants to put their foot down and say “it’s not my job to explain things” and that’s all well in good but it’s exactly how we got here. It has to be someone job. We have to answer questions and help people understand things. This is why things are so fucked. If it’s an honest question meet it honestly. Work with people. That’s why everything is so screwed up.

But those were before dna tests so it was pretty flawed. So I’d say the answer is “kinda ya”. If they didn’t believe you then you were Jewish.

I’m always saying this. His stories are fantastic! His writing not so much. Reading lovecraft is a task. A test of patience.

He is my favorite author but it’s like in Charles Dexter ward he says something like “like a year adding time defying mirror” just say the painting looked like the dude. Wtf lovecraft

I’m asexual IRL and can confirm arcane knowledge is irresistible. You can often find me reading dusty old tomes from the past. The dustier the better.

I had my stupidity in insanity. No one’s noticed so far.

I didn’t see anything wrong with your picture. But I am a hammer so take that with a grain of nails.

“Well this is the internet so let me assume stupidity and go from there”

That’s what makes absurdist and deadpan humor so fun on the internet. You’ll say something off the wall and people will be like “well they might be that stupid… I better check”

I agree historically but now it’s more of a question to the person in the house.

Some people do haunted houses “grapes are eyeballs type stuff” or maybe they jump out of the bush and scare you.

So it’s still a question of “will it be a trick or a treat “ just with a different meaning.

But you are historically correct (the second best kind of correct with “technically correct” being 1)

Damnit. Take my upvote, I don’t want it anyway.

More importantly im complaining about the meme. Specifically that a lot of PE teachers in schools were first in some kind of sport. Coaching isn’t as physically demanding as the sport itself and muscle starts becoming fat.

That why many PE teachers are fat. It doesn’t mean they aren’t healthy it just means they stopped pushing themselves to the absolute limit and now are teaching others.

The meme is unfair is my point.

This.

In an ideal world everyone could have a sit down and talk about how to interact with each other so that everyone’s happy. In the real world yes it would be “you aren’t even working here yet and you’re already causing me problems? No thanks”

It’s me again.

Again my father was a professional gymnast who became a coach. “Complete one rep” on a pull up bar? He literally would swing circles on those bars, and the rings, and everything else lol. What are you talking about? He wrote a book on the maverick club. A pretty big deal in the gymnastic world back in the day.

I’m not sure if he was 300 lbs but muscle is heavy. Surely he was in the ballpark of it.

Why as you so stubborn that someone who looks fat can’t be athletic? You are wrong lol

Looking great is often inconvenient

They can’t exactly go door to door and have a brief conversation with everyone. That would take most of an evening!

Joking of course.