Posted on 03/07/2007 2:34:20 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
A health teacher at Argyle Middle School in Silver Spring spoke to eighth-graders yesterday about sexual orientation. And so began a pilot program in Montgomery County schools that delves deeper into issues of sexual and gender identity than most other school systems in the Washington region, if not the nation.
The field test, which will start in five other schools by the end of the month and -- barring legal intervention -- the rest of the county in fall, marks the first time Montgomery teachers have broached homosexuality as a part of the official lesson plan in eighth- and 10th-grade health classes.
About 30 students attended the first session yesterday. Teacher Katie Becker held to a rigid script because of legal concerns. She read, "Today, we will look at behaviors that can have an effect on relationships, including stereotyping based on human sexuality."
Students also studied a "word tree" that showed the effect of derogatory remarks such as "You walk like a girl." And they were asked in a homework assignment to "describe a school where there is empathy, tolerance and respect."
Luke Stocky, 14, found the class relatively dull.
"Our teacher,... she read straight from the manual," he said. "It was very strict. Like, you couldn't ask questions."
More than 60 Argyle students will receive the new sex-education lessons this week, said Carol Boyd, president of the school's PTSA. The lessons, which require parental permission for students to take, are taught to two classes on alternating days and raise the topic of sexual orientation at grade 8 in a discussion that centers on tolerance, stereotyping and harassment. Grade 10 lessons define the terms in greater depth as part of a frank discussion about the search for sexual identity. These are the lessons that have stirred most of the rancor.
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What about people who like to hump telephone poles?
***....Four students opted out of yesterday's class by default because they had forgotten to return required permission forms, said Principal Debra Mugge. They were led to another classroom and taught an alternative lesson titled "Dealing With Negative Emotions."...***
The People's Democratic Republic of Montgomery County...
...no surprise here.
The only thing that is surprising is that they started at a school in Silver Spring. One would have thought that they'd have started at a school in Takoma Park!
ping!
Parents in Montgomery have fought this coming. Fought it hard some of them. It seems no matter how hard they fight, the Homosexually inclined school board ,is bound and determined to push a homosexual agenda on the students there.
Montgomery County used to be a beautiful part of Maryland . Deep rolling hills ,dairy farms beautiful. Now its a suburban nightmare, obviously loaded with more than their fair share of liberals and queers.
Even if someone is gay or lesbian, they are what they are, physically. You're either a boy or a girl. IMHO it is not healthy to pretend this is a lifestyle choice.
How happy...
I guess they have already exhausted the normal curriculum and need extra coursework...
***....Opposition leaders accused county school officials of deliberately speeding the launch to circumvent the legal challenge. "We're dealing with people in the school system here who want to do things on the sly," said Michelle Turner, vice president of the central opposition group, Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum (CRC). "We expected an answer or reply from the state board a week and a half ago. We don't understand what the delay is. We haven't received an explanation."...****
The County and the teachers have been trying to slip their agenda by parents for the last 3 or 4 years.
They know that sooner or later the opposition will wear down and one day they will miss a vital meeting and the agenda will go in.
I have seen it many times in dealing with local government.
A vile rule or law or regulation will come up for a vote, the public will rise up against it and appear at a meeting. The object of the meeting will be put off or tabled and will come up the next month. If a crowd shows up the next month it will be put off again,. It will be voted on when the crowd stops showing up and will slide thriough slicker than snot on a door knob. It works every time. These people and their agenda are almost impossible to beat. They have time on their side.
Bump!
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