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  • 'I was born this way'

    11/03/2017 3:50:23 PM PDT · by ForYourChildren · 53 replies
    Herald Argus ^ | 10/20/2017 | John Gard
    Seminar focuses on improving dialogue with LGBTQ community and inclusion in schools. Substitute teacher Meghan Buell gets a kick out of her second-grade students who ask if she’s a boy or a girl. She tells them she’s a girl, of course. Then they invariably ask why her voice is so deep. “I don’t know,” she tells them. “I was born this way.” One child, trying to help the transgender woman, suggested she eat a cough drop to help her voice. “I’ll give that a try,” she said she told the child. “Thanks.” The cough drop didn’t help, Buell told about...
  • Second-grader sent home after drawing crucifix

    12/15/2009 8:32:28 AM PST · by raccoonradio · 31 replies · 1,348+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | 12/15/09 | Laura Crimaldi
    An 8-year-old boy from Taunton was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick-figure picture of Jesus Christ on the cross, according to the Taunton Daily Gazette. The paper is reporting the boy’s father was called earlier this month by Maxham Elementary School officials who informed him his second-grade son had created a “violent drawing.” An image of the drawing published on the paper’s Web site shows a crucified Jesus with Xs over his eyes, signifying his death. The paper did not identify the father, who asked for anonymity to protect his son....