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Hostile environment - one where someone doesn't agree with my views.
Oh great arbiter of what is and is not the correct viewpoint on topics please enlighten us as how we should think so that we do not receive banishment for wrong think.
If this was an issue with my teen, I would not want a teacher giving their thoughts on gender reassignment. I have known parents who have gone through this and it is not appropriate for someone from the child’s school to weigh in on it. This is an extremely difficult and emotional topic for not only the teen but for the whole family.
Should the teacher either discourage or promote a pregnant teen abortion by insisting they will regret their decision later in life? Highly inappropriate.
And what happens if the action is not in line with the tweeters views? How comfortable is that student going to be in class?
i think it's okay to bring this to light. Perhaps many misguided teens will think twice before leading themselves down a path, which is irreversible.
How about if they tweeted that gender reassignment should be done as young as possible to save years of heartache?
Neither opinion is welcome or helpful to a student considering this procedure.
If this was an issue with my teen, I would not want a teacher giving their thoughts on gender reassignment. I have known parents who have gone through this and it is not appropriate for someone from the child’s school to weigh in on it. This is an extremely difficult and emotional topic for not only the teen but for the whole family.
Should the teacher either discourage or promote a pregnant teen abortion by insisting they will regret their decision later in life? Highly inappropriate.
And what happens if the action is not in line with the tweeters views? How comfortable is that student going to be in class?
He didn't weigh in on any individual at the school. He retweeted a discussion about the impact many thousands of victims are experiencing when they grow up.
Surely anyone going through this "issue" as you put it, will make themselves aware of the empirical data anyway. There is nothing scary about the truth of peoples experience.
How about if they tweeted that gender reassignment should be done as young as possible to save years of heartache?
You think all the people quoted in the article would have had a different outcome if the wrong decision (that is beyond dispute given their outcomes) was made earlier? Thats some interesting logic.
I asked whether someone could cross a line, and what would that line would be? Teachers are not granted unlimited freedom of speech. Not only can what they say get them fired, but even what they do.
Come back to reality for a moment, there are things teachers can be doing and saying that make parents so uncomfortable they're going to demand the teachers be removed, period. If you want to be a teacher, don't go into porn, and be careful what you say publicly.
First off, is he a teacher? What exactly is a Public Information Coordinator?
Secondly, whoever said there should be no limit? Of course there are limits. Limits under law and employment contracts.
You want the limit to be extended to posting a factual discussion of peoples experiences? Should the limit also extend to publicly declaring that you are a conservative? That could make some precious little girl or boy feel unsafe right?
You think all the people quoted in the article would have had a different outcome if the wrong decision (that is beyond dispute given their outcomes) was made earlier? Thats some interesting logic.
I certainly wouldn’t tweet it out to teens and parents who were in the midst of this conversation, especially if the tweet were attached to the school that the student attended.
I certainly wouldn’t tweet it out to teens and parents who were in the midst of this conversation,.
I'm not on twitter, but don't people need to subscribe to someone to see their tweets? Is there evidence that he targeted people suffering from this "issue" purposely?
I'm not on twitter, but don't people need to subscribe to someone to see their tweets? Is there evidence that he targeted people suffering from this "issue" purposely?
Tweets can be public. With his job I am sure many students and parents subscribed to his tweets anyway. It is likely this is an issue at any high school.
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