Promo line for book: My Dad has a shadow that’s blue as a berry, and my Mom's is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There’s only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different, it’s both and it’s none. A heartwarming and inspiring book about being true to yourself and moving beyond the gender binary, by best-selling children's book creator Scott Stuart.Kismet wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 12:24 pmI'll generally defer to your real-life experience in education but how do you explain the recent case in GA where a highly rated (over 10 years) teacher was fired for reading a best selling children's book to her 5th grade class which she acquired at the school's book fair - My Shadow is Purple After the reading, the class discussed the book’s message of acceptance of oneself and others and embracing diverse and complex identities and experiences. Some parents and another teacher (also a parent) complained. The young lady was recently terminated. Have to wonder what THAT taught the children.KI Dock Bar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:05 pm As a middle school teacher my experience over the past few years is that we have gone from tolerance, to acceptance, to promotion - I am fully supportive of the first two, not so much the third. The pandemic has affected many of our youth in so many ways. I am not a counselor, but I believe this push by the LGBTQ+ community, and the media, will not serve our young people well in the long run. These students brains are not developed enough for them to making life changing decisions about their sexual orientation at this stage of their development. In addition, due to the effects of the pandemic, the adults trusted in guiding these youngsters are much more prone to be "supportive" in a way that they never would have been before.
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Seems rather harsh to me - As I have previously mentioned I spent a career at a company where gay/lesbian staff was common and there were few, if any issues about it.
We wonder what the 10 year veteran SCIENCE teacher thinks about the "moving beyond" the male and female "science".
Guess should just go back to leeches for ailments
Like everything, 4 sides to every story. But, still only two genders. Male and female.
Shouldn't there be A LAW that forces ALL , on their 18th birthday, to register for the draft ? Why is it just MALES that have to do it ? Should everyone have to register with the selective service and hit the post office?