Jailing Beings
Written by redqueeninla in LAUSD
What distinguishes us from plants? Muscle. We move. That’s what we do. It’s important and it’s one of our hallmarks.
Conversely, abrogating our freedom is just about the most fundamental withdrawal of our essence. And we are no different from other animals in this regard. We like to move; freedom is a basic human civil right, and the starting point for our nation’s political constitution.
Accordingly reports that physical education is lacking from many LAUSD school campuses are disturbing in the extreme. I have personally heard private testimony from PE teachers who stated they have been required to superviseover one hundred students for PE, alone. And I am told these are relatively fortunate conditions; some schools forego physical education altogether. Such shameful conditions belie any claim that our schools are operating with adequate resources for its hundreds of thousands of charges.
On the other end of the spectrum from our students, lie the teachers who have a meta-professional life outside of the time spent “in the classroom” teaching our children directly. In securing our children’s rights, our school system operates with an imperative to protect their rights conservatively, resulting in the “imprisoning” of teachers pending investigation of rumors
