'Lineage'
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David for the win!
I intend to get that fucker banned from the school district. And since their letterhead indicates they have a San Francisco chapter and they plan to have 300 kids at camp, I want every local school AND PTA in the surrounding area notified about this group, their intent and their methods.
Well done David!!
She has an elaborate ethnic name, hyphenated with a different ethnicity.
That is my favorite thing with so many of the kids here. Many of the boys' friends have great combo names. I have one set of ancestry, which has no crossover with DH, so the kids doubled up on their variety. Now son is engaged to a girl with a whole different set! Their potential kids will be Irish, German, British, Russian, Cuban, and Scottish! Or ya know, American.
It was a lot easier when heraldry was prevalent, you just got a shield with both sides of the family's arms on it to show the wedding, then their kids got married and paired up their sets of arms--though that ended up with shields with 32 little squares of arms to show all the families that joined together, though it made for wonderful genealogical shorthand.
David, good for you. And good for the school for following up so quickly and not being defensively reactive.
How did I get here? I grew up in the Southern Baptist church--my dad had us there every time the doors opened, and we were all challenged to "witness" to others at every opportunity. It was the *normal* and *right* way for life to be, until I was in my mid-teens, and reading YA fiction from the POV of kids my own age from other religions and societies pried open a crack in my self-satisfaction of being "saved." That was the turning point towards an expanding world view.
Like Steph, looking back on that era creeps me out so hard now. So, I'm right behind you on the school steps, arms full of flyers--and batteries for the bullhorn.
This guy is so fucking busted. He used Instagram to lure kids to the ice cream shop for free ice cream and recruit them.
That is a massive violation of school policy to engage with students via social media outside of parental consent.
Looking at the Instagram notes I see that he solicited students to Direct Message him.
Which is a massive Red Flag and is another violation.
Emmett was very adamant to keep Matilda off Instagram and Snapchat, and I'm starting to see why. It's super hard to monitor and sleeze can get right in.
One person is luring kids to Jesus, another person is luring kids to nastier things. That's why these rules are there. Just because you're trying to "save" the kids doesn't mean you get a pass. They call it "lying for the Lord" in Mormonland. Say anything to get a soul on your sales sheet.
He used Instagram to lure kids to the ice cream shop for free ice cream and recruit them.
Looking at the Instagram notes I see that he solicited students to Direct Message him.
What the actual fuck.
One person is luring kids to Jesus, another person is luring kids to nastier things.
Sometimes it's both, unfortunately.
That is a massive violation of school policy to engage with students via social media outside of parental consent.
That's also a Board of Ed policy, right above socializing. It should be useful for pushing the school, and for the school in going after him, to be able to cite specific policies and say, "See? This right here. All these words telling you never to do the things you just did."
If he'd bothered to read any of the handbooks I'm sure he got when he signed up to substitute teach, he'd have known he was in clear violation of multiple specific written policies. He's not just super dodgy, he's super fucking stupid. (I guess it's possible he read and understood them and decided, Fuck it, I'll do it anyway, for Jesus, but I bet he's just stupid.)
(I guess it's possible he read and understood them and decided, Fuck it, I'll do it anyway, for Jesus, but I bet he's just stupid.)
A lot of freak-ass fundie people do actually think that literally anything is acceptable if you're doing it to "win souls for THE LORD." Violate laws about religion in the workplace? Well, "true believers" are ALWAYS oppressed! Lure kids with ice cream? Well, you're just trying to SAVE SOULS DON'T YOU VALUE WHAT THE LORD VALUES JACQUELINE? HUH?
I mean, people said that shit to me, back in the day. (Though without using the name "Jacqueline.")