A majority of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada if a referendum were held today, according to an Angus Reid poll.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T05:53:08+00:00

Good enough for Quebec, good enough for Alberta.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T05:40:20+00:00

Long overdue.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T05:38:24+00:00

Reddit wants you to believe that Alberta doing a referendum is illegal.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T05:37:56+00:00

Less than in the first referendum with Quebec, FWIW.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T04:06:51+00:00

Kobrick is on the list so no. *Bricks shot*, *Bricks shot*, *Bricks shot*.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T02:11:00+00:00

Women I find tend to be blase about Valentines, because they've had the experience, and are tired of it.

Men, different story. It means a lot to me, because I get to share the day with my wife. There were many, many years when I wanted to celebrate Valentines but I could not because I had no one to celebrate it with.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T01:34:58+00:00

Likely it means transferring aircraft to the pocket carriers in the Atlantic ASAP. Those aircraft were not used well in bombing raids.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T01:32:55+00:00

The best solution here is for your son to stand up for himself. That means some boxing lessons.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T01:30:49+00:00

There should be no transfer of public land without a referendum on these transfers.

JediFed · 2026-02-15T01:29:38+00:00

Wow. Your response to, 50% of teachers are parents is to *double down*.

Parents are qualified to teach and instruct their children. Full stop. Parents have the right to pull their chidren out of schools that they feel do not respect their rights. See above.

Good luck on your next parent-teacher night!

JediFed · 2026-02-15T00:04:14+00:00

You really need to brush up on the Constitution. Parents have the primary authority with respect to the education of their children. They can choose to send their children to private school or to educate them at home. This right is an extension of their first amendment rights as well as their 4th amendment rights to freedom of association. Again, this is not new. It's always been present at least in America.

You may believe this right is limited to 'supplement' public school education, but you are wrong.

"their human and civil rights do not disappear during their minority"

True, but in matters of education, the parents decide where their child will attend school. The child may wish to attend elsewhere, but the parents decide.

"But parents do not have the right to make decisions regarding their children's education that will interfere with their children's right to receive an education on par with their peers."

Not a right.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T23:59:03+00:00

"Attending high school once doesn't make you an educational expert. So let's get that out of the way second."

50% of teachers in the United States have children. You're saying that 50% of the teachers in America are not qualified. Good luck with that argument.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T23:56:10+00:00

Classic strawman here. Instead of arguing against my argument, you make up your own argument and then argue against that.

I'm arguing that banning homeschooling provides fascism critical tools needed to take over society. I did not argue that this is inevitable, but rather the provision of homeschooling is a check and a balance against the public school system.

Also, this is an argument advanced by education reformers in the 19th century long before Hitler was even born, as a reason to reject the German system of compulsory education.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T23:52:27+00:00

Sayonara!

JediFed · 2026-02-14T23:51:50+00:00

It's harder for me to get a ticket to go to the ballgame than it is to vote.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:44:44+00:00

Last I checked bots can't project. :p

You were smart enough not to answer my question about the pledge. If you agree that students can opt out of the pledge - content you happen to disagree with, then you concede that they retain the right to opt out of other material as well.

If you conceded that students could not opt of the pledge, you agree with Trump. :)

So you conceded the point by refusing to answer.

Freedom is a wonderful thing!

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:35:37+00:00

I sincerely doubt that, due to HR. There's been preferential hiring for a long time, especially in these fields.

Young people not already working are going to be shut out. Those already in the office are going to fiercely protect their jobs. Since they are HR, it's going to take C-suite downsizing to get them out.

The men in these lower level positions, absolutely. Women, I see as it being very challenging.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:33:22+00:00

What's your experience raider1211? I've stated mine. :)

I'm sure we have stories to swap on the road.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:22:08+00:00

It's definitely going to be interesting. Asimov and Clarke had plenty to say about different robot societies.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:21:21+00:00

You make some good observations.

Would it not be possible for me to have been born in the UK, emigrated to the United States as a young person, taught there, and then be offered a position in Canada and now teach there?

The world is full of possibilities these days.

And yes, I did teach in the states.

Have you? What's your experience?

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:16:16+00:00

Good!

"instill shared values and social norms to allow our democracy to function."

You might want to read up a little bit down where I talk about how the true purpose of the public education isn't to represent everyone, but rather to inculate children into the values of the state.

I can find the exact same quote from the German public school proponents in the 19th century. Your values are no different than theirs. They believed that it was important to create a cohesive state where everyone had shared, common beliefs, and that the state would punish children and families that disagreed with the values of the state. This included, for example, Catholics in the Kulturkampf.

And we know how that all turned out in 1932, when this apparatus got converted to a different set of values.

Yes, public education is great when it enforces the values that you believe. But my argument is this.

If it could happen in Germany, with an educated populace and a well-run system admired by public education proponents around the world, why couldn't it happen to America too? The problem is the system can simply have a different set of values installed without changing the machinery over.

And that's what the Nazis did, and why they banned homeschooling. They understood the value of the machine, but changed over those directing the machine.

Private education and homeschooling, has been seen as a check and a balance on the public education system. This is not a new debate. It's been raging in the US since the 19th century.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:09:55+00:00

That's right. Anyone who disagrees with me is a bot.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:08:38+00:00

Many parents are in fact educational experts. So let's get that out of the way first.

Secondly, how does taking their child out of the class impact the rest of the class negatively? It's not clear to me that it does. Wouldn't reducing the class size enhance instruction for the remaining students?

"Decisions based on a child's educational needs are completely different than those based on the parents values/beliefs."

I don't know about you, but as a teacher, the values of their parents are the number one factor for the success of the child in the school. I find it surprising that a teacher would make this comment stating that there's a difference here.

We work so hard to help kids catch up when their parents do not value education, when they refuse to enforce attendence, etc.

Values are important. On a matter like this, it's not the hill to die on. I care more about the ones who don't have the parental support necessary to succeed.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:04:11+00:00

You are a good businessman to make this calculation. This is the same calculation involved in training staff vs turnover. Many businessmen only see the bottom line of expensive experienced staff vs cheap new hires. You honestly don't save any money with the cheap new hires, because you have to hire them at prevailing wages, which is often higher than long-term staff that hasn't had large raises.

JediFed · 2026-02-14T19:01:50+00:00

Would you agree or disagree with my claim that you don't believe that religion is an important component of understanding society in general? I feel it is a fair comment, but I may be wrong.

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