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11-22-2008, 02:17 PM
|  | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | |  If you had a gay child how would respond to teachers trying to "straighten" him/her?
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If you had a gay child how would respond to teachers trying to "straighten" him/her? If I was in this situation I would make it very clear to the school my kid was in that this is tottaly out of line and not constructive.
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11-22-2008, 02:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Modesto, CA | | | That is well beyond a teachers role and I would have a HUGE issue with any teacher trying to delve into that area of my childs life.
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11-22-2008, 02:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Saratoga, CA | | | Try to make their kid gay.
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11-22-2008, 02:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Sexual Orientation is no business of the school system. Public or Private.
I would advise to the teacher directly to stop, if not, the principle. The school board would be next as well as media outlets if my child so wanted to go that route.
Schools are businesses that make money, they have no right to teach anything other than the subject matter and a life lesson every once in a while.
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11-22-2008, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Iowa | | | I don't really see this happening in public schools. It might happen in some private schools, but if I had kids I probably would send them to public schools anyway. |
11-22-2008, 02:27 PM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | What's involved with "straightening?"
Seems broad. I could potentially be anything from thankful to outraged depending on the context.
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11-22-2008, 02:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Anaheim, Ca. | | | Why would a teacher want to "do" that for? They wouldn't even try. The question is moot. |
11-22-2008, 02:32 PM
| | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | | This could also be applied to school counselors that do one on one counsling with students thats outside of academic advisement.
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11-22-2008, 03:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Columbia, SC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ericman197  I don't really see this happening in public schools. It might happen in some private schools, but if I had kids I probably would send them to public schools anyway. | Quote:
Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL This could also be applied to school counselors that do one on one counsling with students thats outside of academic advisement. | An English teacher at my high school and a guidance counselor at my middle school both got fired for similar things. The teacher was fired for refusing to accept a paper on equal rights for gay & lesbian couples. The counselor was fired for telling a student's parents that they needed to send their son to a reeducation camp to make him not gay anymore.
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11-22-2008, 03:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belgium | | | In that case I would "straighten" the teacher(s). In the not so nice sense of the word "straighten".
And that's just being rational.
An other thing that can be done is start a lawsuit for psychological assualt. And make sure the teacher(s) lose their job. |
11-22-2008, 03:43 PM
| | Nihavend Longa Vita Brevis | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Turkey-Istanbul | | | I agree with unrepresented.
it depends on the context |
11-22-2008, 03:49 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | The question is moot for a number of reasons:
(1) How would a teacher "straighten" out a student? By mocking them? Trying to set them up with other students of the opposite sex? I can't think of any actions on a teacher's part that wouldn't be considered unacceptable whether applied to a gay or straight student.
(2) I coached or taught over 2000 kids in my seven years as a teacher. Though my friend Diane had it happen far more often, both of us experienced students coming out to us. And what nearly all of them had in common was that they were seniors. Many other students that we suspected were gay didn't come to terms with it until college or after. The point is, even if people around them see signs, most kids don't realize they are gay until they are nearing the end of their time in school anyway. How can you "straighten" someone who doesn't even realize they are gay?
(3) Most importantly, I believe without a doubt that being gay is not a choice and not something a kid can "choose" not to be. Therefore, there isn't a way to have it "straightened" out of them. |
11-22-2008, 06:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: an ignore list near you | | | I'm not really sure what to say. I know there's some funny **** in here somewhere, but I'm having trouble pinpointing it. In the meantime, despite thebigo's view on it, I fully endorse the mocking of all children regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. It doesn't leave bruises and it builds character.
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11-22-2008, 06:13 PM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mike_v_s I'm not really sure what to say. I know there's some funny **** in here somewhere, but I'm having trouble pinpointing it. In the meantime, despite thebigo's view on it, I fully endorse the mocking of all children regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. It doesn't leave bruises and it builds character.
Mike | I didn't say I was against it, only that it was deemed unacceptable. I recall a closed door meeting with my principal after I informed a particularly annoying senior girl in my C period that she would drive her future husband to drink. |
11-22-2008, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO ... I believe without a doubt that being gay is not a choice and not something a kid can "choose" not to be. Therefore, there isn't a way to have it "straightened" out of them. | While I agree 100% with this, tell it to the straighteners. Some people are too self righteous or stubborn to get it. I'll stop there. 
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11-23-2008, 06:01 AM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | My dad was left handed. In elementary school they tried to make him a righty. Guess how well that worked. Same deeply misguided idea.
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11-23-2008, 06:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Norway | | | I would say something like: "WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?"
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11-23-2008, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO I didn't say I was against it, only that it was deemed unacceptable. I recall a closed door meeting with my principal after I informed a particularly annoying senior girl in my C period that she would drive her future husband to drink. | Were you my teacher? 
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11-23-2008, 09:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Hampton, Va USA | | | Why would you even bother asking something like that here? Do you really think you're going to hear two sides to such an issue in these forums?
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11-23-2008, 10:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | Homosexual are born that way, it's all in the genes. You cannot really change the genes to make him straight.
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