Posted on 02/28/2006 3:56:45 AM PST by LouAvul
EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - To students at Eagleswood Elementary School, she used to be Mr. McBeth. Now, after undergoing a sex change, 71-year-old Lily McBeth is ready to return to teaching as Miss McBeth.
Despite criticism from parents, the school board on Monday stood by its decision to allow McBeth to resume working as a substitute teacher.
After two hours of public debate and a private meeting with McBeth and her lawyer, the board took no action on calls by several parents to bar McBeth from returning to the school where she taught for five years before becoming a woman.
"It was magnificent," McBeth said afterward. "You saw democracy in action."
McBeth, a retired sales executive who was married for 33 years and had three children, underwent gender reassignment surgery last year and re-applied for her job under her new name.
McBeth on Monday told the school board and the crowd that she loves teaching and children, and looks forward to returning to the classroom.
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Several parents said children in the school - which consists of kindergarten through sixth grade - were not old enough to understand the concept of changing one's gender.
"I, as a parent, am appalled to have this issue brought into my child's psychology," Steve Bond said.
Vincent Mustacchio predicted "chaos" at the school when the students learned of McBeth's surgery.
Young children will be confused by the conflicting appearance of McBeth, who has a deep voice and masculine features but otherwise looks like a woman, other parents said.
"I will not allow you to put my kids in a petri dish and hope it all turns out fine," said Mark Schnepp, who had taken out an ad in a local newspaper urging parents to turn out for the meeting.
(Excerpt) Read more at modbee.com ...
Is the same Steve Bond from General Hospital and Massacre at Central High?
There is a very prominent interdisciplinary scholar named Deidre McCloskey, who specializes in the importance of communication in economics. She used to be known as Donald McCloskey. She said that after her operation, that conervatives and libertarians in the economics field were more accepting of her and her decision than the feminists in the communication department were.
"It was magnificent," McBeth said afterward. "You saw democracy in action."
71 years old??? I don't know about you guys...but I kinda admire this person...talk about changing your life!!!!
71 years old??? I don't know about you guys...but I kinda admire this person...talk about changing your life!!!!
71 years old??? I don't know about you guys...but I kinda admire this person...talk about changing your life!!!!
Another article here.
A 71-year old gets a sex change? Isn't that like refilling a Bic lighter?
McBeth does Hamlet?
Teaching substitution.
I wanted to make sure you guys didn't miss this one.
At least a number of parents see the horror of it. Maybe that will wake them up to what's happening in public schools and get their kids out.
Note the comment above - there's an admirer of the sicko. I hope the comment is sarcastic.
Thanks. I really didn't want that breakfast I already ate. Now my trashcan is gonna really stink all day.
In passing:
The title alone is prejudicial. There's been no "sex change."
Accurate title would read "after disfiguring surgery," or even less colorfully, "after plastic surgery and name change."
The pronouns would remain masculine.
Dan
Or like putting new tires, a spoiler, and a flashy pink paint job on a '74 Vega wagon...
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Democracy =\= "bringing a lawyer and having board members take no action to objections made by memebers of the immediate society."
"democracy" would have thrown this confused man out on his rear. The lawyer and several soon-to-be-jobless members of a board made the call.
Two possibilites come to mind:
1) This is a sick individual who is going to be exploiting their position over 6th graders (read-rapist)
2) This is a sick individual who is getting paid by a special interest group to make this kind of a scene.
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