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It is when the teacher is introducing her students to her WIFE. She could just say that her wife was her best friend instead.
Because of what that teacher did, the students would go home and query their parents about two women being married. And most parents don't want too have that talk so soon to their children.
The norm is that a child's best friend is usually another child of the same sex that enjoys the same interests and activities. And these are platonic friendships. And I do think that telling kids about it being okay to be gay and lesbian so young is just complicating these close platonic friendships and might make kids question their sexuality unnecessarily.
As it is, these days girls who are tomboy-like are likely to be viewed as potential transgenders or lesbians. And that is really tragic. I really mourn the loss of childhood innocence in these current times.
For real? So you think the better lesson for the 4th graders is to teach them that it's OK to lie, if it's to protect their snowflake parents from having to deal with the real world?
MMMmm-kay....
Honestly, if you can't explain to your own child, that you've been raising for what, 10 years, that some folks are not the same as you, and while you don't think it's OK, others do, and we have to accept the person, not necessarily their lifestyle, then you probably are not, and never were qualified to be a parent. By age 10, you've probably had all kinds of uncomfortable discussions, and this is just another one.
I'll bet that when your baby was six, and asked where babies came from, you didn't invite them into the bedroom on a Friday night and show them. I'd like to think you answered it with tact, and in the context that a six year old could understand and process. This is no different, other than your inability to see the world through any lens other than your own.
It is when the teacher is introducing her students to her WIFE. She could just say that her wife was her best friend instead.
Because of what that teacher did, the students would go home and query their parents about two women being married. And most parents don't want too have that talk so soon to their children.
The norm is that a child's best friend is usually another child of the same sex that enjoys the same interests and activities. And these are platonic friendships. And I do think that telling kids about it being okay to be gay and lesbian so young is just complicating these close platonic friendships and might make kids question their sexuality unnecessarily.
As it is, these days girls who are tomboy-like are likely to be viewed as potential transgenders or lesbians. And that is really tragic. I really mourn the loss of childhood innocence in these current times.
Fourth graders know that gay people get married. And that they exist.
Even in Texas.
LOL.
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I would need more information. If all the students were doing the same, it just is what it is. Other than that, it was unnecessary and I would question the purpose of the slideshow. Usually teachers don’t reveal much information about their personal lives, in my experience.
IDK. On our school FB page they put up a bio on all the new teachers. Most included a photo of their family and a small write up.
once again more nonsense from the public school system. i hope the teacher wins and gets what she wants.
Agreed.
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Just because you don't agree with who she is as a person doesn't mean she shouldn't have the same rights of heterosexual teachers.
Its like saying teachers in interracial marriages shouldn't have photos of their spouses because you don't agree with the concept of interracial relationships.
This is a Texas State public school. So you need to look at whether discrimination against gays is illegal under Texas or local law. Then you need to look at whether she got in trouble for showing in inappropriate picture of the costumes, or whether she got in trouble should showing a picture of her wife.
There is no violation according to the school guidelines, if there was you can be sure she would be gone already. It has nothing to do with the State of Texas, its the local district. I'm betting somewhere along the line a heterosexual teacher share their experience and it wasn't an issue.
Again, fourth graders are too young to have to deal with the concept of gay love and marriage.
Many 4th Graders can't even grasp and abstract concept like death, much less love or hatred.
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