Teacher resigns after reading students book about gay couple

Ricter said:
"After a third-grader tearfully recounted how another boy had called him "gay" during gym class..."
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A claim proven not to have happened involving any students in the teachers class.

Here is today's hint -- don't fabricate claims about students in your class when all the parents know each other.
 
gwb-trading said:
A claim proven not to have happened involving any students in the teachers class.

Here is today's hint -- don't fabricate claims about students in your class when all the parents know each other.
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Proven how, the kids denied it?
 
gwb-trading said:
Proven when the school system denied it happens after the parent pressed them to prove the assertion. You should go read the local articles.
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That's laughable. The parents pressed the school system to prove there was a name-calling exchange between a couple of fifth graders.
 
Ricter said:
That's laughable. The parents pressed the school system to prove there was a name-calling exchange between a couple of fifth graders.
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They pressed that there was a legitimate reason to read the material to the class.

If a teacher is making assertions about students then they better have documented evidence to back it up. Not documenting a bullying incident breaks all sorts of school regulations and is a dismissal offense.
 
Frederick Foresight said:
Sparked by the incident, I think the teacher was just trying to be inclusive, so that if any other child felt different, he or she would know they weren't alone. It was a rather empathic gesture. Many years ago, when I was a young kid, we used to make fun of kids who were different. There was no thinking involved; just following. Fortunately, I came around fairly quickly because the whole idea of it just didn't sit well with me. But it seems that some of those parents mentioned in the article are still mentally stuck in the first grade. It will make it that much harder for their children to grow up accepting of others who are different in some way or another. Which is unfortunate because then they may end up here at ET in P&R, ridiculing some minority group or other. And so it goes.
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Kids make fun of other kids. Bullying does happen. Personally, while I think the act of bullying is wrong, kids are going to be kids no matter what you do. We survived just fine without a massive campaign to make kids accept being gay. Additionally, parents are correct - you don't have the right to teach subjects that are controversial without first getting permission.

When we were in school, we had to get a permission slip signed whenever something controversial was brought into school. I remember watching "The Day After" (nuclear Armageddon movie) and having to get permission to watch it in class because it might have "effects" on kids (even though it was shown on network television).

Now people think they can bring their own agenda to the classroom. Well, they can't.
 
Tsing Tao said:
Kids make fun of other kids. Bullying does happen. Personally, while I think the act of bullying is wrong, kids are going to be kids no matter what you do. We survived just fine without a massive campaign to make kids accept being gay. Additionally, parents are correct - you don't have the right to teach subjects that are controversial without first getting permission.

When we were in school, we had to get a permission slip signed whenever something controversial was brought into school. I remember watching "The Day After" (nuclear Armageddon movie) and having to get permission to watch it in class because it might have "effects" on kids (even though it was shown on network television).

Now people think they can bring their own agenda to the classroom. Well, they can't.
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Nuclear Armageddon vs. acknowledging and accepting differences in people: six of one, half dozen of the other...
 
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