The Woke virus

Bravo Jerry Seinfeld.

www.thefp.com/p/georgetown-election-safe-space-trump-kamala


On Wednesday, the day after the election, most of us are going to roll out of bed, have our breakfast, and get on with our day—no matter which presidential candidate wins. But students at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy—where diplomats and policymakers are molded—have another option: They can play with Legos. Seriously.



In an email to McCourt students, Jaclyn Clevenger, the school’s director of student engagement, introduced the school’s post-election “Self-Care Suite.”



“In recognition of these stressful times,” she wrote, “all McCourt community members are welcome to gather. . . in the 3rd floor Commons to take a much needed break, joining us for mindfulness activities and snacks throughout the day.”



Here’s the agenda (and no, you can’t make this up):



10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Tea, Cocoa, and Self-Care



11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Legos Station



12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.: Healthy Treats and Healthy Habits



1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Coloring and Mindfulness Exercises



2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Milk and Cookies



4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Legos and Coloring



5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Snacks and Self-Guided Meditation



I wanted to ask Clevenger why college and graduate students needed milk and cookies to recover from their stress—and how being coddled in college might someday affect American diplomacy—but she didn’t respond to my calls or emails.



Of course, Georgetown is hardly the only school fearful that their students will be traumatized after the election. At Missouri State University, the counseling center has set up a post-election “self-care no phone zone space” with calm jars, coloring pages, and sensory fidgets.



And just last week, The New York Times reported that Fieldston, the elite New York City private school, was making attendance the day after Election Day optional for “students who feel too emotionally distressed.” Fieldston has also eliminated all homework requirements that day, and is even providing psychologists for “Election Day Support.”



Jerry Seinfeld told the Times that his family found such decisions so aggravating that it caused his youngest son to withdraw from Fieldston and switch to a different school in the eighth grade. “What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people?” he said. “To encourage them to buckle. This is the lesson they are providing, for ungodly sums of money.”

i was discussing with the GF last night about the shit we all got up to as kids with fireworks, in my case Chinese friends of my parents were the then principal importers so we had a very generous supply. We did some dumb stuff eg firecracker fights but we also learnt about the risks of handling potentially dangerous stuff like this.