(07-09-2021, 05:54 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(07-09-2021, 03:46 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: You stated that many schools are teaching kids that’s it’s OK to be gay or to “change what they have”. Which isn’t true. 

Many schools aren’t teaching that. Do you have an exact number?

I’ve been teaching for 14 years and have never once heard either of those things being taught. In fact, when I teach the family life portion, I answer many questions with “ask a trusted adult at home” because it’s not my place to answer some of those questions. I teach reproductive anatomy and that’s it. The boys and girls are separated and parents can opt out if they don’t want their child to be in those specific lessons. Good hygiene is also taught.  

Now are there a few teachers preaching their own personal beliefs? Sure. Just like there a few bad apples at every job, there are a few bad teachers. However the majority of teachers I have worked with are encouraging, smart, thoughtful and do their best to help every kid learn.

So your statement (which was made without actual facts but instead feelings), is false.

It's good to know from you.  We need teachers like you.

I don't have any numbers for kids being "taught" about being gay or the possibility of being transgender, and I'm too lazy to look up some of the articles that I saw about that.  That stuff does happen.

You do bring up an interesting point though when you said that "parents can opt out if they don’t want their child to be in those specific lessons".  What grade/age are those lessons taught and are parents invited to sit in during the lesson(s)?

Also, if you were given a curriculum that included homosexuality and/or transgender stuff would you teach it?

Only kids in 5TH grade (age 11) are taught these 4 lessons and they typically happen in May. We have a parent information night in March that goes over every single piece of information taught during those 4 lessons.

Parents can sit in during the live lessons but typically don’t because they come to the session before hand.

I highly doubt there will be lessons about homosexuality because those specific topics are ones that I can’t answer. We talk strictly about the anatomy of males and females in separate rooms.

I don’t disagree that there are teachers out there that preach their views. However, there are so many more teachers like me out there who just wanna do right by these kids.

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