Pronoun class cancelled

>People risked their lives for the civil rights movement, and they risked their lives to stop Hitler 

>The new lesson plan for one elementary school class focused on exploring pronouns through discussion and literature

@Grue what reading list would you cook up for this

The pronouns are now...class/dismissed

good

This was ONE book, in ONE class, because ONE child was being bullied for not conforming to the gender everyone believed they (I don't know the specifics of the child, so am using “they” as a gender neutral, singular pronoun, as is a common usage of the word “they”) should.

A child. A real, live, feeling, six year old child didn't fit into the socially acceptable box. So other children made them miserable. The teacher, an educational expert, decided to address this in an age-appropriate manner. Because this is a hot-button topic (stupidly. It shouldn't BE an issue), the school informed the parents of the children in that class, giving them a link to the book, and allowing them to opt out of the lesson.

One parent decided that his child was too dumb, or too delicate to understand that, “sometimes, you don't know how to address someone. So, you can always ask. Or, they might tell you. Once you know, it is kind to do it the way they would prefer.”

That isn't sexual. That isn't trying to “corrupt” young minds. It's literally trying to understand that sometimes, you should just be kind and respectful of someone, even if you don't understand how or why they are different.

And I was just getting caught up..

What do after light-speed is achieved?

I went to the Starbucks at the Camino Real Marketplace by myself, like I usually did every morning. I ordered my coffee and sat down on one of their chairs to relax. A few moments later, when I looked up from my drink, I saw a young couple standing in line. The two of them were kissing passionately. The boy looked like an obnoxious punk; he was tall and wore baggy pants. The girl was a pretty blonde! They looked like they were in the throes of passionate sexual attraction to each other, rubbing their bodies together and tongue kissing in front of everyone. I was absolutely livid with envious hatred. When they left the store I followed them to their car and splashed my coffee all over them. The boy yelled at me and I quickly ran away in fear. I was panicking as I got into my car and drove off, shaking with rage-fueled excitement. I drove all the way to the Vons at the Fairview Plaza and spent three hours in my car trying to contain my tumultuous emotions. I had never struck back at my enemies before, and I felt a small sense of spiteful gratification for doing so. I hated them so much. Even though I splashed them with my coffee, he was still the winner. He was going home to have passionate heavenly s*x with his beautiful girlfriend, and I was going home to my lonely room to sleep alone in my lonely bed. I had never felt so miserable and mistreated in my life. I cursed the world for condemning me to such suffering.

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