Students at elite Sidwell Friends projected swastikas during assembly

[demmiblue]

High school students at the elite Sidwell Friends School displayed swastikas during an afternoon assembly Wednesday, the head of the D.C. private academy informed families in a letter.

The incident happened during an interactive portion of a presentation about a student-run nonprofit that uses soccer to build community among refu­gee children in the Washington region, according to the letter. The presenter had students use Kahoot, an online game that allows people to build their own quizzes, to answer questions.

Students responded by using their cellphones, and their answers were projected on large screens. But the projections were quickly turned off when an administrator saw that two of the students’ usernames included swastikas. Several other usernames expressed racist views of Asians and Native Americans, according to the letter.

“I am disappointed, dismayed, and deeply sorry that such an incident could take place at our School,” Bryan Garman, the head of the school, wrote in the letter to Sidwell families. “Racism and ­anti-Semitism will not be tolerated in this community.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/students-at-elite-sidwell-friends-projected-swastikas-during-assembly/2019/03/07/fec9847c-410a-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html?utm_term=.2678c4a9885a

[Dennis Donovan]

1. SMH...

[Ilsa]

2. Expel them.

No excuses. Get rid of them and let their parents go find another place to educate them.

[MaryMagdaline]

3. We used to draw peace signs and mushrooms

Our generation pretended to be liberal. These kids pretending (I hope???) to be bad. Thanks, Trump.

[DeminPennswoods]

4. This is a Quaker-run school

I am certain the administration is chagrined, appalled and every other synonym in the thesaurus. I wouldn't be surprised if the students are expelled or if they are required to atone for what they did.

Sidwell Friends is the school of choice for many pols around DC. I suppose some students come from families that espouse these intolerent views at home.

[Mosby]

5. It's the school Sasha Obama attends.

[bullwinkle428]

6. I think Chelsea Clinton attended there as well.

I don't think anyone can blame the parents being "ignorant, toothless rednecks" for the disgusting actions of their little angels.

[DeminPennswoods]

10. I'd bet children of Rs attend.

I'm sure they hear plenty of intolerent talk at home.

[912gdm]

7. not defending the students, but

this is often a kind of raid that appears on 4 chan and other such message boards.

All that is needed to access a Kahoot quiz is the quiz ID and a password provided by the instructor.

So one kid just snaps a photo of the overhead screen that has the ID and passcode, posts it online and invites the web to raid the quiz. you sign into the page with the ID and passcode and enter the name you want to use, and this is where the raiders will use profane names and type in symbols like swasticas. As the quiz continues, scores with the corresponding usernames appear on the overhead.


All it takes is one child, who will never be found, to post the ID info of the quiz and anonymous people from all over the world will raid it for entertainment.


I browsed 4 chan for years in my assholish youth and this is a lot more common than you would believe. My big gripe is how easy Kahoot makes it for this to happen and there has been hardly any effort on their part to mitigate this.

ETA: just type Kahoot raid in youtube and you can find out how easy and common this is.

[badhair77]

9. Interesting. Thanks for the explanation.

I am glad I am no longer teaching. It’s too hard to keep up with all the ways kids and others get around things.

[harumph]

8. EXPEL THEM -

NO TOLERANCE FOR THIS SHIT.