I think this law seems stupid. Then I picture teachers in MAGA hats "Let's Go Brandon" t shirts and realize there's no way I'd like to see that in my kid's classroom.
Wisconsin school board votes to ban pride, BLM flags from classrooms
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I work in Madison from time to time and the City and State email headers have the pronoun request/requirement on them so this isn't a state deal. Seems pretty innocuous.
For some reason I can't open the article but I'm ok with a law against political images and symbols in a classroom as long as it's applied evenhandedly but not over aggressively.
I mean we don't need a picture of MLK being declared a political symbol and being banned.
I mean we don't need a picture of MLK being declared a political symbol and being banned.
There could be situations where you might legitimately want to use a pronoun. Like a real trans person being misidentified. Plus, it's their email, speaking for themselves.
why is preferred pronouns different from including in your signature line the name you prefer to be addressed (nickname, middle name, pronunciation tip, etc.)?
you can quibble over whether it’s a personal or work email I suppose, but if they sent the email, it’s “their” email.
Right. I don't see a problem here. Not much different than a placard on a desk.
You realize that "fundamental education" is about impressing young minds, right?
Thank you these courageous school board members for protecting their kids from having to look at a pride flag while someone is shooting up their school.
I am a independent and I don't like any political or sexual orientation propaganda in school. Keep MAGA, BLM, LGBTQ, GOP/DNC, etc. shirts, posters, flags et al out of schools. Anything politics or religion is poison to learning.
I would contend these rules are built on fake arguments - just like most regulations were seeing from conservatives these days.
You all are threatened by rainbow flags and pronouns. I don’t see how Nike symbols are a reach.
And all these ideas seem to come from the same people that want to arm teachers
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Hey look gold mom is being dumb again. Education is about a hell of a lot more than ABC/123.
I see we have an intelligent hillbilly entering the chat.
Nothing prepares students for active participation in a democratic society like making sure they never are exposed to any of the issues at stake.
Apparently you aren’t aware that only 40% of students in the fourth grade were considered “proficient” in basic math. (Nationsreportcard.com) So it would seem that every minute of K-3 should be spent not only on ABC’s but 1-2-3’s as well.
Pretty dumb, huh?
Apathy.They should ban all flags worldwide, except for the Iowa flag and unite under the banner of the one true ruling state in the world.
I gave you a "like" but...yeah...it's not an opinion.
I don’t know man. If there’s not a threat it seems problematic to create rules for it. What other reason would you have? We hear all the time about tech companies infringing freedom of speech so I thought it was a big deal to implement this sort of government control.
And by the way - I don’t think either is a free speech issue and I’m glad to see this was done at a school board level, but if there’s no threat here I don’t know why you would support it
In our local community we had a group of parents harass and harangue a teacher who had a pride flag in her room. Same group lost their shit when the school asked 3 kids to stop wearing the Stars and Bars as a cape to school.
I have little faith that these type of stories are as altruistic and politically neutral as people hope they are.
I have little faith that these type of stories are as altruistic and politically neutral as people hope they are.
My granddaughter is a third grader and I can’t imagine anything in a classroom that’s outside of instruction in language, math, and science. She’s an 8 year old little kid and her parents are both agreeable to their children learning about the world and everything in it. But right now they want her to receive the best foundation for that lifelong education. Their first grader is a rambunctious little guy whose teacher will have her hands full with him and she’ll have no time to spend on anything but the basics anyway.
And we're long past being able to differentiate between the concept and the organization.
It gets tiring chasing after your mobile goalposts. Climate change can be taught without politicizing it. Although I realize it’s impossible for you to not politicize even a bowl of breakfast cereal.
How can it be taught without politicizing it?
