Posted on 06/08/2002 2:56:55 PM PDT by LarryLied
The post below is from Teachers.net chatboard. It is not a very political forum which shows how accepted as non-political political issues are in the teaching community.
Posted by Michael on 6/08/02
Yesterday at lunch our first ever GAY PRIDE WEEK committee met and it was composed of gay and straight staff, as well as the principal (about 9 of us). After much discussion and being told "We must be careful not to be seen as indoctrinating students" (to which I said "We're never afraid of being seen as indoctrinating students against racism.") it was decided that we will have several announcements about famous gays and lesbians (play some Elton John and Melissa Etheridge music over the PA, too), the primary classes will read some of our new Gay Positive picture books and discuss different types of families and families with gay parents and the junior classes will attend an assembly with a panel discussion of gay adults who are PROUD of something they do or have done (e.g. career, education, sports etc).
The primary classes will all draw and write about families and we will hang my rainbow flag in the foyer and surround it with the work of the primary children.
While we know we might hear some opposition from some parents, we can't let that stop us. It hasn't ever stopped us from teaching anti-racist education.
It's exciting and ABOUT TIME!
Michael
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
p.s. For those of you who are not from Toronto, Gay pride Week is officially recognized by the City of Toronto and the rainbow flag is flown at City Hall for the entire gay pride Week. The Board of Education is very active in anit-racist education and also encourages anti-homophobia education in all schools - elementary and secondary.
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Remember, the point is to change minds. Most who post on this forum are not engaged in politics and I suspect many of them are uncomfortable with Michael's post but too timid to say he is wrong. Gay Activists want irrational opposition because they know they will win the mushy middle if their opponents are seen as emotional haters.
Btw...most teachers who post on this forum are American.
But she's not indoctrinating AGAINST the gay lifestyle, is she?
I'm straight and that's great.
That's because they have the deep desire to be women, imho. Women are the nurturers.
You made the same mistake that I made...
Assumed that the author was a woman, that is.
It's signed 'Michael' though.
Could it be that Mike is normal, but in touch with his feminine side?
Or perhaps a full-fledged a butt-ranger?
Absolutely! A good man is tough and tender in all the right ways. He's a fixer of problems, a hunter, able, and a protector. Sissy boys scare me.
In the second place, public education in the USA is dead...Believe it.
The best thing parents can do is forget the hell of incompetent teachers, socialistic agendas, laughable curriculum, sexually deviant teachers who leave the hard sciences...geography...literature etc in the dust, and policially correct classrooms with no pledges to the flag, words of God or the Golden Rule.
Public education is just a pig trough for the teachers unions and the administration to enrich themselves as they couldn't get a job in the real world.
Inteeligent people are either home schooling their children when money is tight or sending them to worthy private schools that can instruct them on the beauty of America and it's great potential of individualistic endeavour.
PUBLIC EDUCATION IS DEAD!!!
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