{"id":514376,"date":"2022-11-23T02:46:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-nov-23-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T02:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:46:49","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-nov-23-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-nov-23-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Nov. 23, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2400b0aecf2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2400b0aecf2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-nov-23-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Nov_23_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Nov. 23, 2022&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Nov_23_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Nov. 23, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/102322REIN31GPM.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p><strong>The Issue: A Brooklyn high school teaching its juniors lessons on \u201cGoldilocks and the Three Bears.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>New York City\u2019s public schools have sadly devolved into a union of overpaid sycophants and sinecures (\u201cBear\u2019ly learning,\u201d Nov. 20).<\/p>\n<p>Only when parents demand that the left\u2019s chains of mediocrity and indoctrination \u2014 which have strangled meaningful learning for too long \u2014 be broken can any real education resume.<\/p>\n<p>But no one should be holding their breath. For the city\u2019s parents desiring a solid and competitive education for their children, there seems but one recourse: Get outta town!<\/p>\n<p><em>Anthony Parks<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Garden City<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The use of \u201cGoldilocks and the Three Bears\u201d in an 11th-grade class at Edward R. Murrow HS is just the latest example of the kind of educational fraud being perpetrated by too many of our public high schools.<\/p>\n<p>The attempt by someone in the school to state that this is an example of scaffolding toward more difficult work is laugh\u00adable on its face.<\/p>\n<p>Parents should be outraged and Chancellor David Banks needs to put a stop to this disgraceful educational malfeasance im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Our kids need to be educated, not have their intelligence insulted.<\/p>\n<p><em>Robert DiNardo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Farmingdale<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The poor state of America\u2019s educational system is, unfortunately, not surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Big-city school systems are filled with radical Marxists. They are purposefully dumbing- down their lessons so students won\u2019t be prepared for college, and most will either drop out or won\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>But why would they want that? Many of these poorly educated students will wind up in jobs they don\u2019t like, and a good number of these will eventually quit and seek government assistance.<\/p>\n<p>An added bonus is that the majority of these students will never marry and raise a family, which is also what they want.<\/p>\n<p>China must be smiling to see how we educate our children in the United States. What a disgrace. <\/p>\n<p><em>E. Cooper<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Glenmont<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I understand the value of reading \u201cGoldilocks and the Three Bears\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s preparing our children for today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n<p>Criminals benefit from catch and release. People who don\u2019t work abuse unemployment, and others blame the virus for high prices No one has accountability. So teach our children the easy way out, too.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dotty Padula<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brooklyn<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Issue: The issuing of the state\u2019s first recreational-marijuana sales licenses to businesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the moment the state legalized the possession of certain amounts of pot, shops have been opening like wildfire in all neighborhoods of New York (\u201cYes We Cannabis,\u201d Nov. 22).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Just what are the consequences for these illegal shops selling pot? Are they being issued summons? Are they being closed? Are they losing their storefront business licenses? Nothing at all?<\/p>\n<p>We have had at least four or five stores opened in our community of Whitestone. What is being done? <\/p>\n<p><em>Kim Cody<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Whitestone<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a teen, I remember asking older guys to buy us boys a bottle of beer as they entered a grocery, because we were too young. The same will happen with marijuana now that sale of it is normalized, like an ice cream bar.<\/p>\n<p>For some, it will be addictive and a gateway to other drugs. This marijuana has a potency well beyond your grandfather\u2019s marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>My pet peeve has always been the use of the adjective \u201crecreational\u201d as it relates to marijuana. The adjective is used to diminish that it\u2019s a mind-altering drug. It should be decriminalized, not normalized. <\/p>\n<p><em>Phil Serpico<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Queens<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? 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