And again for no reason. Nobody was complaining about those words. Not the teachers, not the students, not the parents. The only reason she did this is because she is racist and she wants to throw a bone to the racists who vote for her party.

My initial post was that we had a bad experience with a specific book. When I boil that down, it was because the book had too many new words.

you experience is based on the fact that your child is suffering from a learning disability. You are demanding that because your child is incapable of dealing with maori words no child of the same age should be exposed those maori words. I am saying this is not just immoral and foolish but it's downright evil. We should not deny every student of educational materials that you child is unable to cope with.

[–] deadbeef@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nobody was complaining about those words. Not the teachers, not the students, not the parents.

I'm a parent, my child is a student.

you experience is based on the fact that your child is suffering from a learning disability. You are demanding that because your child is incapable of dealing with maori words no child of the same age should be exposed those maori words.

My child isn't diagnosed with any learning disability and I'm not demanding anything. I am offering our real world experience.

There are about five kids in my sons class who are really struggling with reading out of a little less than 30 kids. Our school would have been a lower decile school back when that was still a thing.

You are deluded if you think small changes in the first year or so of a reading program is going to stop kids from being exposed to Te Reo in primary schools.

I started making a list of all the ways kids build their Te Reo vocabulary at my sons school and then I decided you probably don't care

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago

I’m a parent, my child is a student.

Did you file a complaint with the school that they were exposing your developmentally disabled child to maori words?

My child isn’t diagnosed with any learning disability and I’m not demanding anything. I am offering our real world experience.

you said your child was developmentally disabled.

There are about five kids in my sons class who are really struggling with reading out of a little less than 30 kids. Our school would have been a lower decile school back when that was still a thing.

Are they struggling with reading or struggling with only reading maori words?

You are deluded if you think small changes in the first year or so of a reading program is going to stop kids from being exposed to Te Reo in primary schools.

That's the intent. The racist minister knows she isn't going to really be able to ban maori words from schools in her first go. She and her party has a long term vision to accomplish this goal and she is taking a small first step in the process.

I started making a list of all the ways kids build their Te Reo vocabulary at my sons school and then I decided you probably don’t care

I don't care about you or your child. I vehemently reject any effort to dumb down educational materials for every kid because your kids (or five of them if you are not lying) are struggling. Struggling kids should be put in special education classes so they can catch up. Under no circumstances should we slow down the learning of the 25 students to please you.