My response:
“Thank you for your decision which has become notable simply because it is sensible - something sorely lacking in public schools.
In light of your decision, I ask that you spend your classroom time doing things that are proven to correlate with functioning in the real world. These are, as always, reading, writing, and arithmetic. School is not an ideological day camp therefore you can leave out any ‘units’ on the joys of homosexuality, the dangers of climate change, and if my child so much as mentions white privilege one time you & I will be having a very early, unscheduled parent-teacher conference. Enjoy the school year.”
The Texas teacher probably would respond to your response with an email that includes this:
“I agree with much of what you wrote and hope you will make your wishes known to the School Administration and the District Board at their open meetings. Your input would be valued.”
” School is not an ideological day camp therefore you can leave out any ‘units’ on the joys of homosexuality, the dangers of climate change, and if my child so much as mentions white privilege one time you & I will be having a very early, unscheduled parent-teacher conference. Enjoy the school year.””
When my son was in high school, I was called to the guidance counselors office for a confab with the principal, vice principal, guidance counselor and the science teacher to discuss my son’s attitude. Apparently he questioned his science teacher about global warming. Simple question. “How much will it cost to fix and what happens if they cool the earth too much and we all freeze to death?”
The teacher didn’t like his attitude so they brought me in to have a “discussion” which really meant they wanted to suspend him. Sitting down, I asked the science teacher the same question and the response was, “well, we do not know these things at this time and it is very complicated.” I looked at the principal, said “she’s a moron, fire her or I am filing a lawsuit” and left.
My son was never bothered again.