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Case: Problematic Book Collection
I got in trouble because of the books I have in my 2nd grade classroom library. I have been an elementary school teacher for 10 years. Recently, I completed my master's degree in education. In the master's program, I learned about the importance of teaching children about different people, different cultures, and different perspectives. Although I am not a big fan of gays and lesbians, I learned to accept them as another group of people in the society that need recognition as anyone else does. So, I decided to include in my classroom library books that included families with two moms or two dads. I have had books with single-parent families, interracial families, families with a mother and a father. So, I thought by including books depicting gay and lesbian families, I was being more inclusive and representing all family types in the society. I believe children should learn that there are families out there that are not like the families they have been seeing and children should learn to respect such families. However, I learned recently that not everyone agrees with me. I have been criticized openly by some of my colleagues. More recently, some parents sent angry letters to me and to the school principal describing their displeasure with my book collection. More specifically, they think I am trying to teach their children to become gays and lesbians. How am I going to handle all these pressures? What would you do?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
Wow, I actually agree with the parents and principal. I don't by any means discriminate gays or lesbians, however you should not be having these kind of books in your school. Seriously, your teaching 2nd grade, not high school. If my daughter were to tell me that her teacher has books that reflect that being gay or lesbian is okay, I would also be very disturbed. It's one thing to accept this matter and its a whole different thing to encourage it. You might not be directly encouraging this type of behavior, however by having these kind of books, you are indirectly doing so. |
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| Comments: This solution is completely discriminatory. Every single sentence is a fallacy. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2015 10:49 pm |
| Rated By: yJeXad |
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| Comments: There's nothing wrong with letting kids know that being gay is ok. It disturbs me that there are people with these kinds of opinions educating our children. |
| Rated On: March 2, 2016 10:36 pm |
| Rated By: daPaJa |
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No
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| Comments: This is an insane response. I have young kids of my own, and they have friends with two moms. That's not promoting anything, it's real life. Seriously, a backward perspective here. |
| Rated On: April 14, 2016 5:45 pm |
| Rated By: Lugypa |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: You can't really encourage someone to have a certain sexuality. You're not encouraging anyone to do anything by doing this. You say you don't discriminate, but that you don't think being LGBT+ is ok. That's discrimination. |
| Rated On: October 3, 2016 5:22 pm |
| Rated By: yVuRaR |
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