Posted on 11/21/2015 12:25:03 PM PST by QT3.14
In Karen Kellerâs kindergarten classroom, boys canât play with Legos.
They can have their pick of Tinkertoys and marble tracks, but the colorful bricks are âgirls only.â
âI always tell the boys, âYouâre going to have a turnâ â and Iâm like, âYeah, when hell freezes overâ in my head,â she said. âI tell them, âYouâll have a turnâ because I donât want them to feel bad.â
Although her approach might anger some parents, Keller is sticking to her guns: Itâs all part of a plan to get girls building during âfree choice,â the 40 minutes of unstructured play time embedded at the end of every school day.
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Well yeah! Because it’s “fair” you know? Fair discrimination dontcha know!
Let me guess. She hates men.
When I was young, there were no Legos. We had Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, and if you were the STEM-type, the go to toy was Erector sets.
i read the follow up articles. the school board responded to the public outrage by pretty much claiming it didn’t exactly, really happen, but if it did it was only for a short while, and what didn’t happen has now stopped.
I’ve seen data that more girls attend college than boys. Boys are more likely to have trouble in school. So here is this teacher discriminating showing us her goal isn’t to teach all children.
She needs to teach at an all girl school since she dislikes educating boys that much
Wow. That’s triggering on multiple levels!
So, she lies to the males while also crushing them. Quite an example that you have set, teacher.
Lesson learned by th boys; teachers lie.
This teacher is pure evil thinking she can mold children to her warped views. How about encouring all the kids and then just let them have fun.
Perhaps she needs to review the meaning of “unstructured.”
Lego or Tinkertoys was all the same enjoyment to me.
I don’t see a wedding ring. Guessing no man would have her so she hates men.
She knows. She tried enticing them with "girl" sets but the girls still weren't interested. Rather than accept that fact, she kept trying to force Legos on the girls. The boys chose to use them, though, not at all concerned about the girlie colors. Her comment in the article was something to the effect that the boys "expanded their palates." Soooo apparently the boys are not remotely fixated on gender; just this pathetic excuse for a teacher is.
Her experiment is guaranteed to backfire.
I really want to see that movie!
Yet another idiot LIB “educator” with her “education” degree abusing children. Typical.
Did you mean to reply to someone else? I’m confused.
Well, if you're going to allow girls to get away with doing anything they want to the boys even to the point of committing violent crimes against them, and then punish the boys if they defend themselves, I guess that would be the case.
These types of people need to be totally KEPT AWAY FROM CHILDREN. They have no business there and I would hate to find out what they do to them when no one is looking.
I was replying to the posted article.
Um, still confused. I did not post the piece & my only reply was to Mears & that was off topic & movie related. Please explain because your reply to me makes no sense. Or maybe I’m just not getting it. Thanks.
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