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People today in America feel dis-empowered, disenfranchised, dehumanized, devalued, lost, hopeless, and alone. Letting people celebrate something is fine by me, we're all way to serious and morose these days as it is. We all need to lighten up.
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Shortly thereafter, a friend of mine to whom I had e-mailed the article attended an "Agenda 21" meeting in Birmingham and there he saw the Delphi method brazenly used out in the open. He immediately reported back to our group his discovery. This prompted me to watch for more such instances, which came when Henry Lamb of Eco-Logic told me that this technique was used at the international meetings of the environmentalists. Henry attends all the international meetings of these creeps and stated that "consensus" building was used to get these groups to agree upon a pre-determined plan; Henry deserves applause for all his hard work fighting these tyrants. But in any event, Delphi is frequently used by powerful organizations to manipulate professional groups and others to agree with the wishes of the masters.
originally posted by: vjr1113
a reply to: Annee
ok so what the hell is really going on?
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
a reply to: introvert
. . . it was a SURVEY not a vote by the whole student body as some here seemed to have interpreted
"The Delphi technique often uses a series of surveys to bring about "consensus." The surveys are promoted as information gathering regarding the wishes of the targeted public, but in reality they are designed to manipulate the desired outcome. The survey will sometimes use gradings like: "agree all of the time; agree most of the time; agree some of the time; agree not much; agree never." Or the survey grading will ask the respondents to use ratings like "most important, moderately important, least important." "The questions are typically "loaded" questions. An example is the question asked of Oregon teachers on a Delphi technique survey: "Do you agree or disagree that the following elements of H.B. 3565 [Oregon's Education Act for the 21st century] will lead to improved student learning if implemented?" The survey listed such items for the teachers to agree or disagree with: "site councils," "increased accountability for school sites and districts," "full funding for preschool programs to enable all students to enter school ready to learn," "extended school year," "Certificate of Initial Mastery," et cet. The questions are patently loaded. For example, site councils are not charged with improving student learning as their function is to implement the state law, dole out professional development courses and money to selected teachers, and apply for grants from foundations and the federal government. For the teachers to answer agree or disagree that the site councils will lead to improved student learning is misdirecting the respondent.
As I've just explained it's a hunch being that it was a "survey". Considering the principal felt it necessary to cancel the theme for the homecoming(not a holiday as ppl here keep suggesting) I find it interesting that it's all for the purpose of pandering to a progressive ideal. Thus stuff just doesn't happen accidentally. But I'm at work on iPhone and cannot do more research on this deal.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: ThirdEyeofHorus
Now it's a conspiracy and they used the Delphi technique?
. So you think this means the world is putting us in our place . Ummm no it's just a progressive school principal trying to eliminate pride in our country while making it look like all the students agree with him. Meanwhile here is one bloggers take on it. www.americanthinker.com...
originally posted by: TzarChasm
a reply to: MystikMushroom
People today in America feel dis-empowered, disenfranchised, dehumanized, devalued, lost, hopeless, and alone. Letting people celebrate something is fine by me, we're all way to serious and morose these days as it is. We all need to lighten up.
people today in america have NO IDEA what any of that feels like, because they live in america. they have been exposed to a slightly less than privileged event, spotty drizzle as opposed to the all-out hurricane people are facing in other countries, and that rattles their sense of luxury. we take it all for granted and then we get scared when the status quo starts to flounder. any other country and it would have been a dozen colleges, a hundred day cares, and not just for a few hours, it would have lasted all week and a lot more than nine families would be saying their goodbyes. they probably wouldnt even get the chance for a proper funeral, wars dont stop on account of civilian casualties.
we received a relatively gentle reminder that we are not immune to the foibles of human psychology, and maybe thats good for us, because we surely are one of the most obnoxious, pretentious, self-absorbed countries in the world and sometimes being served crow on a platter is a blessing in disguise. not an opportunity to flaunt how awesome we are for surviving the mess we made for ourselves.
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
As I've just explained it's a hunch being that it was a "survey". Considering the principal felt it necessary to cancel the theme for the homecoming(not a holiday as ppl here keep suggesting) I find it interesting that it's all for the purpose of pandering to a progressive ideal. Thus stuff just doesn't happen accidentally. But I'm at work on iPhone and cannot do more research on this deal.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: ThirdEyeofHorus
Now it's a conspiracy and they used the Delphi technique?
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
a reply to: Annee
And yet another blog which puts thing in perspective. www.youngcons.com...
Jackson Hole High School News
Letter to JHHS Community RE: Homecoming Spirit Week (America Day)
Friday, October 2nd, 2015 - 10/2/2015
Dear JHHS Community,
This week at Jackson Hole High School we celebrated Homecoming Week which includes Spirit Days. It has been an exciting week and we have enjoyed the participation and spirit of our students and community. Go Broncs!
A piece of the homecoming planning included JHHS student council representatives creating a Spirit Day school wide student survey, which was approved by the JHHS administration. This provided all students an opportunity to weigh in and engage in the democratic process of determining how to celebrate each day. This process included the voices of many of our students as opposed to just the opinions of JHHS student council leaders or JHHS administrators only, as had been past practice.
The results of the survey are as follows: 1 Toga/Pajama Day 2 Lumberjack Day 3 America Day 4 School Spirit day (orange and black) 5 College Day 6 Decades Day 7 Cowboy Day 8 Sports Day. The JHHS student council and JHHS administration selected days to ensure support of TCSD’s goal of ensuring everyone has a safe, caring, and healthy environment. America Day had many personal student comments about why that day was uncomfortable for some students. In an effort to compromise on the title of a day, and to meet district goals, a conversation with JHHS student council leaders and JHHS administration discussed alternative ways to name the day “Patriot Day” or “Heritage Day” to be inclusive. Both of these days were declined by JHHS Student Council leaders. This was a great learning opportunity for students to hear the opinions of others, to voice their own opinion and to learn about how to dissent appropriately. We will continue to provide and participate in civil, constructive, and problem solving discourse at JHHS in both the classroom and school activities. It is important to note, that on any given day, students are welcome to celebrate their national pride and heritage.