VIDEO- Kevin Jennings: Every aspiring teacher should be required to take an LGBT course

Washington Times -The Water Cooler ^ | 10/6/09 | Kerry Picket

[paltz]

This video comes from NYU's Apr 25, 2008 "Gender, Schooling and New York City" Education Policy Breakfast.

Kevin Jennings answers a question about what sort of policy could be implemented to counteract the "negative impact of stereotypes" against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered students by their teachers. (transcript below)

[RexBeach]

Great idea.

Next, we take the nation down into a lower ring of Hell.

Kevin Jennings. What a guy. He’s so full of such good ideas!

[Mr. K]

How about a complete Political Correctness test? Make sure you ‘conform’

Jennings needs to re-read “Animal House” (or at least the parts that apply to him)

because “Some Animals are more equal than others”

[Sloth]

Maybe Roman Polanski could be contracted to make a short educational film called “Leave No Child’s Behind.”

[darkangel82]

Kevin Jennings should be required to take a psych eval, and be committed.

[americanophile]

How about religious sensitivity training? So you can appreciate how people of faith feel about such activities.

[gop4lyf]

I would treat it like I did the 0bama video in my class....Oops, the TV isn’t working for some reason!

[a fool in paradise]

It’s call gym.

[jagusafr]

“negative impact of stereotypes”

Sometimes stereotypes become that way by being true. Certainly the militant homosexual lobby hasn’t done itself any favors in the way its members act and speak.

That, and it’s an abomination in the sight of God and by definition unnatural...

Colonel, USAFR

[VR-21]

How I long for the days when people believed that sewer rats belong only in the sewer.

[MrB]

How about they just keep their preference on jubbly rubbin’ to themselves and not demand that we accept their deviance?

[devistate one four]

I bet I can get a better course on the playground at recess than any brainwashing the DOE puts out.

Kids know what queers are (male and female)

[paltz]

I think you mean “Animal Farm.” “Animal House” was a good movie though :)

[PeterPrinciple]

Great idea.

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Well it would be if you and I taught the course..............

[freespirited]

I sincerely doubt that a course can banish stereotypes.

Stereotypes exist because there is a notable degree of accuracy to them. To make a stereotype go away, the affected group has to stop engaging in characteristic behavior.

I can think of a couple of false stereotypes but the vast majority are true.

[sand lake bar]

Jennings went on to say that, “all my experiences as a closet gay just left a bad taste in my mouth!”

;)

[KarlInOhio]

I think you mean “Animal Farm.” “Animal House” was a good movie though :)

Forget it. He's rolling.

[Jeff Chandler]

[Mr. K]

oops

that, and my inability to proofread make me look like an idiot here- but I am addicted (because no one else cares about my opinion!)

[Mr. K]

Was it over then the Germans bombed pearl harbor?