Tea at Trianon: Frederick County Public Schools Implements Student Mental Health Care App

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Frederick County Public Schools Implements Student Mental Health Care App

From The Easton Gazette:

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? If you are a student in Frederick County, it seems all your worries, anxieties, problems, concerns, etc. can be solved with this one amazing app. Load it on your phone, log in, and track your mental attitude, emotions, etc. for every day. Now, instead of knowing how you feel, you can have that information quantified through this app. You can find "self-guided" resources on just about everything for every child at every grade level, even elementary students. Here are some of these resources:
Tools & Resources - Basecamp (basecampfcps.com)
Some of the topics seem innocuous. Sound apps for sleeping, tips for handling stress and anxiety, even how to work with ADHD may be helpful for kids. There are resources for parents as well.
One of the worst parts of the app is that a student will be given mental health surveys, tests and tools to constantly assess their mental state constantly: (Read more.)