Posted on 11/11/2022 6:19:58 PM PST by SoConPubbie
California Rep. Eric Swalwell says parental involvement in education is the equivalent of allowing medical patients to dictate their own surgeries, a biting remark in an ongoing political fight over what children learn in the classroom.
Swalwell made the remarks on his Twitter feed Wednesday night, responding to a remark from South Carolina GOP Sen. Tim Scott that Republicans were planning to put "parents back in charge of their kids' education."
Swalwell wrote: "Please tell me what I’m missing here. What are we doing next? Putting patients in charge of their own surgeries? Clients in charge of their own trials? When did we stop trusting experts. ... This is so stupid."
The lawmakers' argument is part of a larger socio-political battle between advocates for strong parental control over school curriculums and those who insist schools should be free from any parental interference in that regard.
The argument for parents have more input into their children's curriculum – and more transparency from school officials – was central to now-Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin's winning 2021 gubernatorial campaign.
Swalwell's remarks, meanwhile, were met with backlash from some commentators on Twitter.
"They think they own your kids," school choice advocate Corey DeAngelis wrote.
"Excellent messaging," author Chad Felix Greene said sarcastically. "Run with this."
Don’t patients have the right to approve their own care? Don’t hospitals make patients sign waivers?
ARTH Alert!!!
Hey Swillwall. How’s Fang Fang doing?
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Teachers are not “experts” in education.
They are paid employees hired by the parents to do a job, that they are not doing.
This is why is should be a Felony for ANY government employee to send their children to anything but the local public school.
When their children are put in the same system, it will change
Parents are supposed to be in charge of everything when it comes to their own children.
Eric needs therapy.
I want to dictate my own surgeries, Dicktater Swallowswell.
I listen to my doctor and decide if his recommendation sounds right for me.
I get a second opinion and decide which is right for me.
I ask every doctor involved a lot of questions based on the best research I can undertake.
Once I have made my decision I will let the doctor do his job.
Notice, Mr. Fartsmell, all of the ‘I’s ‘me’s and ‘my’s in that process?
You, you idiot politician, get no say whatsoever in my surgeries and that’s the exact amount of say you should get in the education of children.
Go bang your ChiCom spy and STFU.
Is Fartwell talking out of his ass again?
Yes, he does. Hickory axe handle therapy liberally applied.
Is there any free thinking in the average democrat?
Because all I see is a liberal hive taking orders from a ‘queen bee’ expert.
Plus, they seem to be little control freaks.
Exactly!
To expand on Swallwell’s analogy:
Letting today’s teaching system educate children without parental oversight would be the same as allowing the village witch doctor to perform surgery.
Not likely a good outcome.
Considering the huge success homeschool student ps have demonstrated homeschooling to be and looking at the abysmal public education output, yes, homeschooling is better done by parents that government approved “experts”.
And, for the most part, I do direct most of my own healthcare, and what I can’t actually do myself, I pay someone to do for me.
Teachers don’t own my kids any more than the medical community owns my body.
Not pretending is refreshing.
Great analogy!
is the equivalent of allowing medical patients to dictate their own surgeries,
= = =
Some of this trans stuff, encouraged by school counselors and performed to cure gender dysphoria IS the kid dictating their own surgery.
Kid and lunatics!
Yes, it is just like that. What an maroon.
Electing people like Swalwell is like putting the Communist Chinese in charge
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