The Florida Virtual Curriculum, which my school is using, has replaced actual fairytales with godawful milquetoast versions that it’s nonetheless saying are fairytales and I am SCREAMING. Come with me on a journey. Here is what they have done to Hansel and Gretel: a thread.
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Replying to @fozmeadows
I actually oversaw and wrote content for part of the prior FL standardized online practice (for the FCAT). We had weird constraints. No mention of swimming pools. No mention of homework or "anything sharp." All kinds of stuff. Looks like it's gotten much worse re content.
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Replying to @jeffvandermeer @fozmeadows
No mention of swimming pools. In a Florida curriculum.
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Replying to @FrancineHibiscs @fozmeadows
"Kids drown in swimming pools and fall into empty ones. So don't mention them in any passage."
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That hurts my brain. Also, HOW DO YOU MAKE APPLE PIE WITHOUT CUTTING THE APPLES WITH A SHARP OBJECT. Wtf. Sorry, screamy brain went screamy text for a moment there.
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Yeah--exactly. We would have meetings debating whether a line -- like one cut into a pie -- constituted something "sharp". LOL.
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YIKE
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It was totally ridiculous. On the other hand, we hired a ton of freelance SF/F writers at premium rates to write non-sharp, non-swimming pool content. So that was a positive. LOL.
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LOL
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