This is such a social contamination and trendy thing in my school, where I teach 9th grade English. I wish more parents fought back. Last year I had to hide information from the parents. I am in Florida, so with DeSantis' new law I should able to fight against it without fear of getting fired. I had a student last year that was hidi…
This is such a social contamination and trendy thing in my school, where I teach 9th grade English. I wish more parents fought back. Last year I had to hide information from the parents. I am in Florida, so with DeSantis' new law I should able to fight against it without fear of getting fired. I had a student last year that was hiding her transmale identity, than apparently came out to her parents. The mother referred to the student as her son and started using the new name. Later on in the year, I noticed that the student started taking testerone and was covered in dark, thick body hair. Over this summer, the student has detransitioned back to a girl.
This issue has caused a lot of anxiety and confusion in my own teenage daughter. I pulled her out of this school, and she is doing online homeschool. We also have a private, Christian therapist for her. So far, it is going better.
I am prepared to fight the school or even quit. It's ridiculous. This stuff doesn't belong in school or education. Treat everyone with respect but don't go behind the parents' backs or praise confusion.
I'm so glad to hear from a teacher who is not insane.
Since you teach English, what do you do about the horrors of the pronoun nonsense? I will NOT use the "singular they", which is a violation of several rules of English.
This is such a social contamination and trendy thing in my school, where I teach 9th grade English. I wish more parents fought back. Last year I had to hide information from the parents. I am in Florida, so with DeSantis' new law I should able to fight against it without fear of getting fired. I had a student last year that was hiding her transmale identity, than apparently came out to her parents. The mother referred to the student as her son and started using the new name. Later on in the year, I noticed that the student started taking testerone and was covered in dark, thick body hair. Over this summer, the student has detransitioned back to a girl.
This issue has caused a lot of anxiety and confusion in my own teenage daughter. I pulled her out of this school, and she is doing online homeschool. We also have a private, Christian therapist for her. So far, it is going better.
I am prepared to fight the school or even quit. It's ridiculous. This stuff doesn't belong in school or education. Treat everyone with respect but don't go behind the parents' backs or praise confusion.
I'm so glad to hear from a teacher who is not insane.
Since you teach English, what do you do about the horrors of the pronoun nonsense? I will NOT use the "singular they", which is a violation of several rules of English.
I hate the singular "they". It makes my eyes and ears bleed.
I try to avoid it. If they ask, I tell them that some writing sources have it acceptable, like the AP.