I would rather get fried

[Anonymous]

If they don’t have parents then who’s going to get mad if you call the child by their preferred name?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and I will support students in what they want to be called, but we all need to admit this rhetoric is way overdramatic. I have students who have chosen several different names and descriptors over the course of a school year and I don’t think we should consider it a terrible insult to forget what the current one is.

It’s not about forgetting what the current one is, it’s about the current governor’s administration wanting to prohibit you from referring to a student by their preferred name unless you have explicit permission to do so from the parents. You will be prohibited from showing basic respect for your students unless their parents say you may do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they don’t have parents then who’s going to get mad if you call the child by their preferred name?

Even if the odds of a complaint seem low, would you be willing to risk your job and livelihood over it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And meanwhile test scores continue to decline…

This is the most important point.....and it just gets more and more lost in our quest for equality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And meanwhile test scores continue to decline…

This is the most important point.....and it just gets more and more lost in our quest for equality.

WTF do either of those comments have to do with OP? Off-topic MAGA whiners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And meanwhile test scores continue to decline…

This is the most important point.....and it just gets more and more lost in our quest for equality.

WTF do either of those comments have to do with OP? Off-topic MAGA whiners.

I don't know...maybe that schools should focus more on education and understanding why our performance in the global stage is getting worse and worse each year instead of focusing on whether we call someone Jack or Jane. Showing your true colors by resorting to name calling. Real classy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And meanwhile test scores continue to decline…

This is the most important point.....and it just gets more and more lost in our quest for equality.

WTF do either of those comments have to do with OP? Off-topic MAGA whiners.

I don't know...maybe that schools should focus more on education and understanding why our performance in the global stage is getting worse and worse each year instead of focusing on whether we call someone Jack or Jane. Showing your true colors by resorting to name calling. Real classy.

You are right. We should not be tying up teacher time trying to figure out which names each set of parents have dictated for their kids. Teachers should just call kids what they want to be called and then focus their effort on instruction. The people trying to impose new rules around what teachers have to call kids are distracting from the purpose of education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And meanwhile test scores continue to decline…

This is the most important point.....and it just gets more and more lost in our quest for equality.

WTF do either of those comments have to do with OP? Off-topic MAGA whiners.

I don't know...maybe that schools should focus more on education and understanding why our performance in the global stage is getting worse and worse each year instead of focusing on whether we call someone Jack or Jane. Showing your true colors by resorting to name calling. Real classy.

You are right. We should not be tying up teacher time trying to figure out which names each set of parents have dictated for their kids. Teachers should just call kids what they want to be called and then focus their effort on instruction. The people trying to impose new rules around what teachers have to call kids are distracting from the purpose of education.

Both sides of the political equation are spending too much time and energy on nonsense while we, as a society, keep slipping further and further down the education rankings.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And meanwhile test scores continue to decline…

This is the most important point.....and it just gets more and more lost in our quest for equality.

WTF do either of those comments have to do with OP? Off-topic MAGA whiners.

I don't know...maybe that schools should focus more on education and understanding why our performance in the global stage is getting worse and worse each year instead of focusing on whether we call someone Jack or Jane. Showing your true colors by resorting to name calling. Real classy.

You are right. We should not be tying up teacher time trying to figure out which names each set of parents have dictated for their kids. Teachers should just call kids what they want to be called and then focus their effort on instruction. The people trying to impose new rules around what teachers have to call kids are distracting from the purpose of education.

Both sides of the political equation are spending too much time and energy on nonsense while we, as a society, keep slipping further and further down the education rankings.....

The difference is one side wants to help kids/schools/teachers and the other wants to defund them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And meanwhile test scores continue to decline…

This is the most important point.....and it just gets more and more lost in our quest for equality.

WTF do either of those comments have to do with OP? Off-topic MAGA whiners.

I don't know...maybe that schools should focus more on education and understanding why our performance in the global stage is getting worse and worse each year instead of focusing on whether we call someone Jack or Jane. Showing your true colors by resorting to name calling. Real classy.

You are right. We should not be tying up teacher time trying to figure out which names each set of parents have dictated for their kids. Teachers should just call kids what they want to be called and then focus their effort on instruction. The people trying to impose new rules around what teachers have to call kids are distracting from the purpose of education.

Exactly. You want teachers to teach?

Then, fund the schools.

Stop banning books and creating new obstacles for teachers over baseless concerns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And meanwhile test scores continue to decline…

This is the most important point.....and it just gets more and more lost in our quest for equality.

WTF do either of those comments have to do with OP? Off-topic MAGA whiners.

Too many teachers more interested in being an ally than an educator.

It’s sad you think it’s a MAGA issue, though it surely will lead to a further reduction in the standard of living in this country when China owns us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 20 years ago a friend complained because her VA school would only call her DC the name on the birth certificate. The child wasn't trans but had a double name and the teacher would only use the first name. The teacher said it was VA law and refused the request to use the preferred name.

Was there supposed to a point to your story?

It's not just a problem for trans kids, it's a problem for any kid with a nickname or potentially someone who uses all their names, like the southern dual name issue.

[Anonymous]

Last I checked, students can indicate they want to be called by a nickname. So “Jane” indicates their nickname is “Steve”. It’s so last century to keep names assigned to a single gender anyway, so who’s to say that “Steve” isn’t a girl’s name?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and I will support students in what they want to be called, but we all need to admit this rhetoric is way overdramatic. I have students who have chosen several different names and descriptors over the course of a school year and I don’t think we should consider it a terrible insult to forget what the current one is.

There's a difference between Mary wanting to be called Sunshine Rainbow and a trans student wanting to be called Mark instead of their birth name of Mary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and I will support students in what they want to be called, but we all need to admit this rhetoric is way overdramatic. I have students who have chosen several different names and descriptors over the course of a school year and I don’t think we should consider it a terrible insult to forget what the current one is.

There's a difference between Mary wanting to be called Sunshine Rainbow and a trans student wanting to be called Mark instead of their birth name of Mary.

Yes there is. Sunshine Rainbow is a stupid name.