(08-14-2022, 08:12 PM)Talented Kalamari Wrote: My opinion on teachers is constantly changing. On one hand, I want to root for them to make more money, because they truly are an integral part of our society. I had a handful of excellent teachers who believed in me and taught me plenty of academic and life lessons. But you know what they didn't do? try to push their political beliefs on me. It seems like so many teachers today do just that. I'm scared about how to deal with it once I have kids. It just seems like the overwhelming amount of teachers today are liberal (no problem there). But don't push your freaking beliefs on my kids while I'm at work. It should be illegal.

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I agree here. At some point in this Country virtually EVERY DAMN THING became political. Can't go to a store, watch a game, a show, or log onto your social media without seeing something political. Even some of our own customers have to adhere to this nonsense in their own email signatures. He/Him, Her/She, They/Them. 

[BLEEP] off with that [BLEEP]. I identify as a threat, how about that? My pronouns are now try/me. Tired of the [BLEEP]. And, what bothers me is that, for the grand majority of my life. I stayed front and center. I didn't lean too left, and I didn't lean too right. I saw enough from both sides of the aisle to where some of what the left said made sense and some of what the right made sense. 

Now, with a two year old son and three nieces of my own in this crazy world. It's hard for me not to lean a little bit, and I do mean, a little bit, to the right. Sorry. It is what it is. I still support equality, gay rights, minority opportunities, etc. 

However, when I see schools giving into some weird lunacy and pushing things over the top where they're clearly trying to disrupt the average American family household? Nope. Draw the line there for me in the sand on that one. If I have to work two jobs and cut back on significant leisure time just to ensure my son goes to a school where he's learning about actual educational practices that matter? So be it.

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