everythingsungodly:stupidjewishwhiteboy:returnofthejudai:This is a school unit in Scottsdale, Arizon
everythingsungodly:stupidjewishwhiteboy:returnofthejudai:This is a school unit in Scottsdale, Arizona. My friend posted this on facebook as it is from her high school. The administration and staff are trying to defend the unit and get the photo removed from social media. I am here to change this. If everyone can reblog this, raise awareness and draw media attention to stop it. This is anti-semitic, insensitive, uneducated and down right disgusting, and I am currently at a loss for words at how anyone could justify it. My mother started crying when she read it. If people can get this to the URJ, a Holocaust education organization or the RAC. Or even better make this trend so the media gets a hold of it, that would be great. Thank you all. -demoncrys-angelsfall aka ZacChaim’s CommentsWhen I was in teacher’s college, one of the professors had us plan a Holocaust unit. He had several “interdiscinplinary” ideas for utilizing the Holocaust including for Math class. He started saying, “a train leaves the Warsaw Ghetto at 65 miles per hour,” and I interrupted him and said “How dare you make students simulate the work of the Nazis like that!” I proceeded to rant for what felt like an hour, but was probably five minutes, about how the Holocaust needed to be treated with a certain kind of seriousness by educators of all people. He retracted him comment and apologized. Later one of the other Jewish students thanked me for speaking up because she was afraid to stand up to the professor. I told her I didn’t do it because I was brave. I did it because I was angry and I didn’t think about the potential consequences of fighting back against such denigration of such an enormous tragedy.Demanding that students treat the Holocaust as a game is horrific and unacceptable and the school should not defend it. They should plan an alternative and apologize to the students and the Scottsdale Jewish community as a whole. What the fuck?if you’ve already registered enough of the fucked-upness of your lesson plan that you’re writing “I am in no way diminishing the horrible atrocities…” on your exercises, maybe you should back up and analyze it again. -- source link