or sane and insane...
Posted on 10/11/2014 8:57:43 PM PDT by Swordmaker
In an effort to make classrooms more gender-inclusive, teachers at a middle school in Lincoln, Nebraska were given teaching guidelines advising them not to use "gendered expressions" by calling students "boys and girls."
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the teachers have been advised to use more gender-neutral expressions like campers, readers, athletes or even purple penguins.
The teaching handout called "12 easy steps on the way to gender inclusiveness" advised teachers to avoid separating students by gender, but instead by birth dates or preferences. For example, they could ask students whether they prefer skateboards or bikes, milk or juice, dogs or cats, summer or winter.
Teachers could also "Create classroom names and then ask all of the 'purple penguins' to meet at the rug,' the handout said.
Step 1 of the handout reads, "Always ask yourself, 'Will this configuration create a gendered space?'"
Lincoln Superintendent Steve Joel told KLIN Radio's Drive Time Lincoln show that he was "pleased" with the training materials because the school district wants all children to be successful and not be afraid to go to school.
Joel said in a rapidly growing, diverse school district with 39,000 students — 30 percent of them "children of color," 43 percent living in poverty and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students throughout — the school district can't say "we need kids to look like this, or act like this or talk like this."
or sane and insane...
Lincoln Superintendent Steve Joel apparently has his head up his loser a$$.
I do not know what is more shocking, the left’s war on children or the lack of response to that war from parents.
Diverity through genderlessness... sounds like Orwellian oxymoron to me... like abortion is divedsity.
These people have an artitude and they are fishing out to punish people for no reason.
Most parents get their news from the main stream media IF THEY WATCH AT ALL. Mostly, they are unconscious of all of it. If you are unaware of it, you won't do anything about it.
We really need to stop calling “teachers” teachers. They are Young Skulls Full Of Mush programmers.
I’d like to call educators Dumb and Dummer.
they are boys and girls.
they are not penguins of any color.
this bullsh1t is ridiculous.
country is in deep need of a hard reset.
“— 30 percent of them “children of color,” 43 percent living in poverty”
What does being of a different race or being poor have to do with being a boy or a girl?
“and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students throughout”
Lesbians can’t be girls? Gay boys aren’t still boys?
“the school district can’t say “we need kids to look like this, or act like this or talk like this.”
Oh, shut UP, already! Calling boys “boys” and girls “girls” doesn’t do anything of the sort.
One hopes that, once the trendiness of All Things Gay passes, a bit of sanity will return here and there.
The height of foolishness.
There is no excuse for parents to keep their kids in public schools. Online schools exist and that results in far less indoctrination than physically being present for it.
Maybe the “educators” should be referred to as “idiotic asses”?
Maybe the “educators” should be referred to as “idiotic asses”?
Thanks Swordmaker.
> advised to use more gender-neutral expressions like campers, readers, athletes or even purple penguins.
The perverted pedophile people in the school district want all the kids to be confused on their gender and to get totally screwed up sexually.
I wonder if the fact that the lad penguins take care of the baby (egg) while their mate is off ding her thing has to do with or the fact thar penguins have been knw to engage in homo sexual behavior? I’m guessing there is a connection..
I wonder if the fact that the male penguins take care of the baby (egg) while their mate is off doing her thing has to do with or the fact thar penguins have been knw to engage in homo sexual behavior? I’m guessing there is a connection..
Winner - #15.
When I went to Catholic school (late 60’s - early 70’s) the nuns would clap their hands together and call out, “People!” when they wanted us to hush up.
Worked every time.
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