Anonymous
04/22/2021 07:31
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
I don’t believe that this was a classroom discussion. Someone is lying.
Easily could be AM homeroom if our school. The convos and questions are usually political and the leftist news station playing prompts most of it.
They are kids, and these are the things they challenge each other on these days. When we were young the "would you date" questions were different, but the same motivation -- testing.
Anonymous
04/21/2021 20:20
Subject: Re:Where do private schools really get you in life?
We chose a pk-8 private for religious reasons and a different one for HS because it’s a better
fit for DS than a big public high school. Obviously, one shouldn’t go into debt for a private education unless maybe it’s for special needs.
fit for DS than a big public high school. Obviously, one shouldn’t go into debt for a private education unless maybe it’s for special needs.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 21:03
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Nothing like the current adult bullying adults: you’re not gay enough if you’re not transitioning.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 17:12
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
So teachers should shut down all conversations between students where they are forced to think critically and defend their position?” I don’t agree that the kid in question is transphobic, but I do think he should be able to stand by his thoughts and convictions, and question others about theirs. What the teacher should do is note the conversation as one for a future moderated class/homeroom discussion.
Students SHOULD be forced to think critically! They should be able to question the groupthink mentality without being dismissed as a racist, white supremacist who might also hate LGBTQ people.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 17:09
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
It points to unruly, disrespectful loudmouth students who only can fathom one view or definition of anything: theirs.
This could have happened for my 13YO too. Lily and Dunkin was required reading for 7th grade English and has a trans protagonist and a friend with bi-polar. It led to all sorts of questions and assumptions like the ones PP mentions. The school counselor was a guest speaker in the class to give a heavy handed lecture on gay rights and examining the biases she assumes you hold. It was over the top! The loudmouth students are emboldened by teachers & admin so they keep shaming classmates who dare to disagree.
What a school is this? Please.
SSSAS
Anonymous
04/20/2021 17:06
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
So now non queer kids have to “stand up foe their sexual orientation in class, to their classmates asking questions like are you sexually attracted to trans?”
This is middle school? What a clusterf*k.
Just read Catcher in the Rye and write about it.
This is middle school? What a clusterf*k.
Just read Catcher in the Rye and write about it.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 16:57
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
So teachers should shut down all conversations between students where they are forced to think critically and defend their position?” I don’t agree that the kid in question is transphobic, but I do think he should be able to stand by his thoughts and convictions, and question others about theirs. What the teacher should do is note the conversation as one for a future moderated class/homeroom discussion.
YOu are right. What should have been shut down is the ganging up on one student by others. He should not need to defend himself. He doesn't need to have anyone question his lack of desire for a trans girl. Asking too much of young teens.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 16:33
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
So teachers should shut down all conversations between students where they are forced to think critically and defend their position?” I don’t agree that the kid in question is transphobic, but I do think he should be able to stand by his thoughts and convictions, and question others about theirs. What the teacher should do is note the conversation as one for a future moderated class/homeroom discussion.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 16:24
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Noticed our lower school student has been glossing over mental illnesses and chronic symptoms our family is suffering from as well.
She has been conditioned at school to say “it’s Ok, it’s a difference. They are (merely) different.” when explaining away anger temper tantrums and verbal abuse from an aspergers adult family member.
This stuff is not age appropriate and kids are conflating all the conflicting messages from these trendy progressive schools.
No context, no background, no experience.
*Accepting verbal abuse by calling it a mental disorder/difference—wrong
*Assuming Columbus “invented” slavery—wrong
*Believing a boy can merely think he is a girl and grow babies — wrong
This stuff is all ridiculously out of sequence and developmentally inappropriate for kids under age 14.
She has been conditioned at school to say “it’s Ok, it’s a difference. They are (merely) different.” when explaining away anger temper tantrums and verbal abuse from an aspergers adult family member.
This stuff is not age appropriate and kids are conflating all the conflicting messages from these trendy progressive schools.
No context, no background, no experience.
*Accepting verbal abuse by calling it a mental disorder/difference—wrong
*Assuming Columbus “invented” slavery—wrong
*Believing a boy can merely think he is a girl and grow babies — wrong
This stuff is all ridiculously out of sequence and developmentally inappropriate for kids under age 14.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 16:15
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
It points to unruly, disrespectful loudmouth students who only can fathom one view or definition of anything: theirs.
This could have happened for my 13YO too. Lily and Dunkin was required reading for 7th grade English and has a trans protagonist and a friend with bi-polar. It led to all sorts of questions and assumptions like the ones PP mentions. The school counselor was a guest speaker in the class to give a heavy handed lecture on gay rights and examining the biases she assumes you hold. It was over the top! The loudmouth students are emboldened by teachers & admin so they keep shaming classmates who dare to disagree.
This. SO. MANY. ASSUMPTIONS. often based on the 45 year old ( or older!) adults personal baggage from what happened to them or someone they knew 30 years ago. Things change. These kids are open minded about sexual identity as a generation. These sorts of lectures from well meaning adults often just create problem dynamics that never even existed in the first place.
Is based on the new age LGBTQ activist-authored books the school bought the last 0-4 years. Real cutting edge experimental stuff. Enjoy the ride. Down.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 16:12
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
It points to unruly, disrespectful loudmouth students who only can fathom one view or definition of anything: theirs.
This could have happened for my 13YO too. Lily and Dunkin was required reading for 7th grade English and has a trans protagonist and a friend with bi-polar. It led to all sorts of questions and assumptions like the ones PP mentions. The school counselor was a guest speaker in the class to give a heavy handed lecture on gay rights and examining the biases she assumes you hold. It was over the top! The loudmouth students are emboldened by teachers & admin so they keep shaming classmates who dare to disagree.
What a school is this? Please.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 13:57
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
It points to unruly, disrespectful loudmouth students who only can fathom one view or definition of anything: theirs.
This could have happened for my 13YO too. Lily and Dunkin was required reading for 7th grade English and has a trans protagonist and a friend with bi-polar. It led to all sorts of questions and assumptions like the ones PP mentions. The school counselor was a guest speaker in the class to give a heavy handed lecture on gay rights and examining the biases she assumes you hold. It was over the top! The loudmouth students are emboldened by teachers & admin so they keep shaming classmates who dare to disagree.
This. SO. MANY. ASSUMPTIONS. often based on the 45 year old ( or older!) adults personal baggage from what happened to them or someone they knew 30 years ago. Things change. These kids are open minded about sexual identity as a generation. These sorts of lectures from well meaning adults often just create problem dynamics that never even existed in the first place.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 13:30
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
It points to unruly, disrespectful loudmouth students who only can fathom one view or definition of anything: theirs.
This could have happened for my 13YO too. Lily and Dunkin was required reading for 7th grade English and has a trans protagonist and a friend with bi-polar. It led to all sorts of questions and assumptions like the ones PP mentions. The school counselor was a guest speaker in the class to give a heavy handed lecture on gay rights and examining the biases she assumes you hold. It was over the top! The loudmouth students are emboldened by teachers & admin so they keep shaming classmates who dare to disagree.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 12:40
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
That’s like saying a trans person who says they are only attracted to men, is phobic of vaginas.
I agree it is CRAZY and harmful to kids yo constantly be asked to justify themselves no matter what category they consider themselves to be
I believe that this discussion happened
The teacher should have shut it down
It points to unruly, disrespectful loudmouth students who only can fathom one view or definition of anything: theirs.
Anonymous
04/20/2021 12:38
Subject: Where do private schools really get you in life?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Right now, they're getting a relentless indoctrination into leftist orthodoxy so they can be special snowflakes who claim victimhood at every opportunity and can't listen to opposing viewpoints without dismissing it as "hate speech."
That's what all local private schools are peddling this year.
It has gotten crazy at our progressive school too. Query - Is it transphobic if you are a heterosexual cis gender boy that doesn’t want to date a trans girl? My son was declared transphobic by a small group of classmates when he was repeatedly asked if (hypothetically) he would date a trans girl and he finally said no - this is during homeroom. He is 12 years old. He was upset and felt shamed by classmates. He told me after school he didn’t want to date a girl that had a penis, but couldn’t say that in class. I had to reassure him that it didn’t make him transphobic, but then my older teenager INSISTED that it did make him transphobic. Since when do heterosexuals have to be sexually attracted to transgender people? WTF?
I don’t believe that this was a classroom discussion. Someone is lying.
Easily could be AM homeroom if our school. The convos and questions are usually political and the leftist news station playing prompts most of it.