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I thought I was the only one that thought this sounded make up.
OP only has this as their 1 Post.
OP has not come back.
Even if this did happen why would the 8 year old not pull it out as soon as they left the class just due to sheer embarrassment of walking down the hall with a girls hair style?
I think this is just a post to get people riled up about "the left wing educational agenda"
I'm pretty liberal but thought it a completely inappropriate lesson for 8 yr olds in light of the pretty dismal education kids seem to be getting these days.
After reading some of the first few posts & then seeing that the OP only has ONE post, it made me think hmmm...
That is just weird. I've never seen a boy wearing ribbons and pigtails, I wonder how the boy felt. (if this really happened, which I doubt) I wouldn't get too upset if it was just for the class, but having to wear them all day? No, it's inappropriate. And I would be upset if my dd came home with her hair full of cream as well, yuck.
This is just more evidence of the homosexual agenda in public schools to indoctrinate children to join the gay lifestyle. If this child had been home schooled, this would have never happened. No doubt the Obama administration is behind this program. They'll be shaving little Sally's head, next, to show that women don't need to conform to antiquated ideals of sexual attraction. Boys will be made to wear lipstick and eyeliner.
I think the OP overreacted. I don't think the kid was hurt by it until the mom acted like he should be. I think people shouldn't have to act/be so politically correct. I think that hate/prejudice/racism and so on are learned by the adults around you as a child. I think the OP needs to lighten up, show a little love and take a deep breath.
I think the OP overreacted. I don't think the kid was hurt by it until the mom acted like he should be. I think people shouldn't have to act/be so politically correct. I think that hate/prejudice/racism and so on are learned by the adults around you as a child. I think the OP needs to lighten up, show a little love and take a deep breath.
Seriously? If I picked my son up from school with his hair in pigtails AND ribbons???? That teacher would no longer have a job. I am sorry but that IMO is abusive. 8 years old is an age where you can be easily embarassed and your confidence broken down. The teacher has no place teaching gender awareness!
There are too many children that could be confused, not sure of themselves and the teacher just makes it worse. I have a dear friend whose daughter is going through a gender identity issue, and I can't imagine her having to sit through a lecture like this.
While it might have been called "gender awareness", it looks to me like an exercise in observation. Kids know how to tell boys from girls, but this is an exercise inthinking about what it is that you see that gives you the gender clue. It's perfectly harmless, and wonderful challenge for the kids to pay attention to what it is that they see and analyze it.
Schools are supposed to be teaching kids how to think in ways other than purely reactively. This sounds like a fascinating project.
As adults, you would also be able to tell a man from a woman, even if they were dressed and made up to look like the opposite sex. How? What are the visual cues? Wouldn't it be interesting to be in a situation where you had to think about that and reach your own conclusions?
How lucky that these kids had a chance to do that.
If you're ever in that situation, by the way, here's a tip. Say "Look at your fingernails". A woman will spread out her hand, palm down, fingers pointing away. A man will put out his hand palm up, and curl the fingers back to point toward himself. Telling you this is not an Obama plot to turn you gay.
While it might have been called "gender awareness", it looks to me like an exercise in observation. Kids know how to tell boys from girls, but this is an exercise inthinking about what it is that you see that gives you the gender clue. It's perfectly harmless, and wonderful challenge for the kids to pay attention to what it is that they see and analyze it.
Schools are supposed to be teaching kids how to think in ways other than purely reactively. This sounds like a fascinating project.
As adults, you would also be able to tell a man from a woman, even if they were dressed and made up to look like the opposite sex. How? What are the visual cues? Wouldn't it be interesting to be in a situation where you had to think about that and reach your own conclusions?
How lucky that these kids had a chance to do that.
If you're ever in that situation, by the way, here's a tip. Say "Look at your fingernails". A woman will spread out her hand, palm down, fingers pointing away. A man will put out his hand palm up, and curl the fingers back to point toward himself. Telling you this is not an Obama plot to turn you gay.
Kids know how to tell boys from girls, but this is an exercise inthinking about what it is that you see that gives you the gender clue. It's perfectly harmless, and wonderful challenge for the kids to pay attention to what it is that they see and analyze it.
But hey, don't we send our kids to school to simply learn their multiplication tables and spelling words? You can't possibly mean they're actually supposed to really think at school? They shouldn't be presented with some cognitive dissonance and given a chance to think critically about it, should they? Wouldn't that be a waste of time??
I can tell you it could not have been my son. I cant even get him to do the simplest things. The entire school would have been aware of his objection and I would have had to visit the principal - long before the end of the school day!
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