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spatuladracula t1_jah74ui wrote

Has...has anyone asked the kids what they want? All I see are boomers and Christians/catholics clutching their pearls. Do the kids have an interest for this program? If they do, let them have it!

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CoalCrackerKid t1_jahdf7v wrote

I see your mistake. See, you're proposing a free marketplace of ideas where, if no one chooses to attend the after school club, it'll close and no longer be a thing.

Conservatives don't actually want opposing views to be heard.

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defusted t1_jah9a5k wrote

Christians and boomers don't actually care what kids want.

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ackmon t1_jahnerc wrote

LOL! Let's not stereotype so much, please. I'm a boomer and think it's a great idea. And the idiots opposing it and threatening it probably think they are "good Christians" (whatever that is)

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Redlar t1_jai142a wrote

>Let's not stereotype so much, please. I'm a boomer and think it's a great idea

For what it's worth, the youngins say "boomer" refers not just to someone from the Boomer generation, it's used to refer to people that behave like the worst attributes of Boomers, it can also be used by people that don't care about the meaning, they just want to annoy others. It's also used to be dismissive, ex: "okay boomer" could be a response to someone overly explaining something (yes, I do get the irony of my comment)

It's funny being GenX, mostly ignored but now I get to look at the older and younger generations and see that they are using the same words but the definitions have been added to or changed and it doesn't seem anyone's been notified (the word "liberal" being another one)

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ackmon t1_jaj9wrs wrote

Ok. I suppose it means many things to different people. In the comment that prompted my response I'm pretty sure it wasn't meant to be so nuanced.

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CaptainCoffeeStain t1_jahi87q wrote

Boomers are like 60 and up. The picture in the article looks a lot younger than that fwiw.

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Advanced-Guard-4468 t1_jaja73s wrote

58 and up. Unless you break the boomers into two groups, the boomers and the Joness. Since the late boomers grew up in an entirely different set of circumstances than the early boomers did.

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Atrocious_1 t1_jai490s wrote

That's your first mistake. Conservatives, especially the religious kind, see kids as property rather than people capable of making choices

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Advanced-Guard-4468 t1_jaj9vvx wrote

Your job and responsibilities as a parent are to teach the children not ask what they want. When they become an adult then they will be old enough to decide what path they want to take.

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choppinbrocholi t1_jahgmla wrote

This proposed group did not come from students but an outside group pushing their group in. They’ve been trying this in multiple schools in eastern PA.
I would be all for it had it been organically organized by students. Schools do allow most groups organized by students especially if they self fund.
Very little of the origins of this have been put forward.
If gardeners of America want to start a group in this school they should not be allowed either without a student/s proposal.

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spatuladracula t1_jahsnov wrote

Was the evangelical after school program that takes place in the school wanted by the kids, or pushed onto them by outside adults?

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dls2016 t1_jahw9am wrote

There are hundreds of programs that various organizations provide to students without organic student demand. I can think of Junior Achievement off the top of my head, as I see some magnets on the fridge my children brought home from school.

Your idea would be a huge departure from the norm.

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