You must admit, Tim Curry wore makeup well. He was downright pretty in TRHPS.
I mean, look at those cheekbones. He's almost glam. Reminds me of Bowie in the Ziggy Stardust days.
Posted on 09/07/2006 12:13:18 PM PDT by Abathar
BATAVIA, N.Y. -- Five parents who asked to transfer their children out of Batavia High School classes with a transsexual teacher have been denied, according to city schools Superintendent Richard Stutzman.
The written requests did not meet the guidelines set out by the district, Stutzman said Tuesday without providing specifics.
"That's all between the school, the teacher, the parents," he said.
Other students were allowed to adjust their schedules because their requests were based on changes in their academic programs, Stutzman said.
Fall classes began Wednesday in Batavia, 31 miles southwest of Rochester.
Diagnosed with a transsexual disorder, the teacher is still going through a medical transition but returned to school dressed as a woman -- and addressed as a female.
Under state and federal laws, a person with a transsexual disorder is considered disabled, is protected from discrimination and must be reasonably accommodated by an employer.
The teacher will instruct about 100 students this year and was to make a "brief statement" at the start of class, then proceed with the course work, the superintendent said.
Among several students heading to school Wednesday, some said the situation was weird or awkward, while others said they didn't have a problem with it.
"If he wants to do it, then that's him," said senior Carissa Visalli, 17.
The district has conducted information meetings about the transsexual teacher for staff and parents
1969 votes - No, I'd appreciate their exposure to diversity.
What does sexual perversion have to do with "diversity"?
And, sooner rather than later, he will be a mutilated male math teacher, with a pyschopathic fetish for female clothing. Ain't no "trans" about it, 'cause ain't no way, no how, he is not going to become a real woman, not in this life.
If this doesn't wake parents up, nothing will. So much for the schools accommodating the people who pay their salaries! Homeschooling is not daunting. Try it, parents, you and your children will like it!
If that's true he should be fired for incompetence....after his surgery, he won't be able to multiply.
LOL !!! that's very funny.
A man who thinks he is a woman is mentally ill - on a par with a man who thinks he is a walnut. No amount of surgery or clothing will change the fact.
Whether or not he's sufficiently disturbed to cause parents to keep their children away is the parent's decision, not the school's.
Shalom.
"I will guarantee you my friends and I would have had him in tears and and screaming obscenities at us by the third day."
And I will guarantee you that had you done that in the high school I attended, you'd have been on suspension for as long as it took to make you stop.
That our schools will tolerate that sort of disobedience by students is a big part of the problem. Yes, the guy's wierd, but which of us did not have some wierd teachers?
The kids will get through this all just fine. The teacher's not a child molester...he's just a transsexual. Stupid, yes, but there it is.
Kids who torment him should be suspended. If they continue, they should be expelled.
What's interesting is that the name for our highest institutions of learning - university, comes from a concept that is the opposite of diversity. They were called universities because it was believed that there was one set of knowledge with different facets.
Now it seems there is no coherence at all in our education system. Is it any wonder that the products are incoherent?
Shalom.
A kindly request: In the future, try to avoid the use of the word "sooner" on threads like this.
This guy's not wierd, he's delusional. He doesn't need a doctor hacking at his body parts, he needs a shrink.
That said, whether he's a threat to the children or not is a decision for the parents to make, not the school system.
Shalom.
Shalom.
Shalom.
My kid bothers class was 2nd all time (back in the 80s). They got a teacher to quit in two and a half days.
The all time record was from the 60s. That teacher did'nt make a day.
The worst I ever did was throw a string of fire crackers under a teachers desk. He must have cleared three feet when they started going off. That and I wrote 'You're Fired' all across the blackboard of a teacher who had'nt been told he was fired yet (we knew). He tried to flunk the whole class.
Memories.
"This guy's not wierd, he's delusional. He doesn't need a doctor hacking at his body parts, he needs a shrink.
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Nah, he's just wierd. He teaches math. Need I say more?
Seriously, it's not going to be that big a deal, in the long term. The school can't fire him, legally, because he's not really doing anything illegal.
He's going to teach math to kids. They probably have teachers who are a lot more wierd that this guy.
It's just not worth the stress. I know what my father would have said, back in the early 1960s when I was in high school. He would have said, "OK, the guys strange as a three-dollar bill, but if I hear about you saying anything about him or harassing him, you're going to be sorry."
Should parents be able to remove their kids from his class? Sure, as long as it is feasible. In many cases, there's only one teacher for some math classes, so it may not be feasible.
After this school year, nobody will care.
How many disorders are "treated" by catering to them?
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