Tampa teacher disciplined over 'privilege' form

[Luiz 4,253]

Race and sex are two common questions students fill out on forms every year. But what about gender, sexual orientation or religion? Students at Monroe Middle had to do just that.

 

The form was handed out in a Spanish class to seventh- and eighth-graders. At the top, the form asked, "How privileged are you?" 

 

Regina Stiles' daughter is in the class. When her daughter came to the "Disability" column, she had to reveal that she had ADHD.

 

"She has ADHD and apparently the teacher said there are some kids in this class that have ADHD, and ADHD is a mental illness, and that's why she circled that. To me ADHD is not a mental disability. It's something she has," says Stiles.

 

Other sections included religion and gender where kids were asked to circle "Cisgender," "Transgender" or "GenderQueer."

 

"She's 12. Some of these things should be taught at home," says Stiles.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/education/teacher-disciplined-for-asking-students-to-fill-out-privilege-form/121622647

[Peroxide 9,202]

#TeachThemWhileTheyreYoung 

[The Child 18,997]

But they are too young to even know what religion they want to follow or to what sex they are attracted to. 

[bionic 50,111]

Is ADHD not a disability?

[bionic 50,111]

3 minutes ago, CrazyMonster said:

But they are too young to even know what religion they want to follow or to what sex they are attracted to. 

Check your privelege!

[PartySick 172,545]

I'll say it until I die, there's no such thing as privilege. It's a standard, not a privilege. When people aren't held to that standard, it's called bigotry. There's no need to try to villainize white people, cis people, men, etc because of the ignorant actions and thoughts of a few people.

I don't understand the rationale behind it  Like, they're more pissed about people being treated well because they're part of a majority rather than being pissed that people aren't treated as well because they're a minority

It's "damn those white people and how they don't have to fear police and how they're considered for jobs or scholarships/school  more often!" instead of "damn those bigoted cops who brutalize minorities and those crooked CEOs, financial workers, and schools that don't treat minorities fairly!"

Especially subjecting kids to that backwards way of thinking? Get out of here

[StarstruckIllusion 53,565]

Why the **** did she ask some kids about their sexual orientation? Most of them wouldn't even know yet. Too far, and a mess. 

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14 minutes ago, PartySick said:

I'll say it until I die, there's no such thing as privilege. It's a standard, not a privilege. When people aren't held to that standard, it's called bigotry. There's no need to try to villainize white people, cis people, men, etc because of the ignorant actions and thoughts of a few people.

I don't understand the rationale behind it  Like, they're more pissed about people being treated well because they're part of a majority rather than being pissed that people aren't treated as well because they're a minority

It's "damn those white people and how they don't have to fear police and how they're considered for jobs or scholarships/school  more often!" instead of "damn those bigoted cops who brutalize minorities and those crooked CEOs, financial workers, and schools that don't treat minorities fairly!"

Especially subjecting kids to that backwards way of thinking? Get out of here

nnn let me stop mess at this bolded part. Get your facts straight before you form an opinion, bew. Gotta Zayn!

may God give you power, and Google give you knowledge 

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[PartySick 172,545]

30 minutes ago, ROARyals said:

nnn let me stop mess at this bolded part. Get your facts straight before you form an opinion, bew. Gotta Zayn!

may God give you power, and Google give you knowledge 

Care to explain what you mean?  is it not bigotry when people are treated unfairly based on their race, gender, sex, orientation, etc? 

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And what's that got to do with Spanish? This is not a class on tumblr studies just teach the damn kids Spanish.

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1 hour ago, Luiz said:

"She's 12. Some of these things should be taught at home," says Stiles.

Oh piss of Stiles.

Lemme throw a scenario out here.

You didn't teach Julie about stuff like gender identity or homosexuality so when she goes to school and sees all these other girls who look just like her, but don't act like her, she gets confused and when she asks you Stiles, you tell her it's a phase, she'll get into this new part of life.

Ten years go by and Julie gets bullied by the other girls, Julie now understands she's just not as feminine as them, that she identifies more with the boys in her style and mannerisms and can't help but linger her stare on that pretty, nice girl Alex. But you Stiles, tell her it's a phase again. That "She'll get over it".

Three more confusing years later for Julie, we're in senior year and Julie asks Alex to prom, Alex says yes, Julie is happy. Julie comes out to Stiles and Stiles acts surprised when her daughter who has BEEN telling her what she feels, actually tells her it's not a "phase".

Stiles then refusing to believe that maybe it's her fault that her daughter had to go through 17/18 years of confusion and having to figure it out herself because she was not educated in the subject matter distances herself from Julie because she "doesn't get it" and doesn't see where it came from, coz Stiles was stuck in this dream of a "Phase".

My generation, the lot of us who aren't understood by our parents, get kicked out and bullied, are proof that parents don't do their job. They don't look up this subject matter. They don't understand. And when a teacher comes along hoping to change that, they reprimand her, even though there's a damn good chance there was a Trans, Gay, Lesbian, Gender Queer etc. child in that class who may just be going through life with dad telling him, "It's a phase".

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3 hours ago, bionic said:

Check your privelege!

What privilege? I'm a French just because I was born here, my two parents are Algerian and immigrated here in the late 80s/early 90s, my name is an Arab name and when I tell people my name they tend to have a bad look. I grew up in a shitty ghetto in the suburbs of Paris, I'm going to a high school in my city who is really poor compared to the high schools in Paris. I have no privilege honestly. On top of that, I got a Muslim education from my parents so when I tell that to some people they think I'm a terrorist or some other stereotypes.

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2 hours ago, PartySick said:

Like, they're more pissed about people being treated well because they're part of a majority rather than being pissed that people aren't treated as well because they're a minority

Well put.

[TiphEret 1,320]

I can see some of the intentions behind it but I don't think it's done properly. If the teacher thought she was creating a safe space for student by forcing them to recognize at 12 how they are part of a minority or others that's not really working. I would have never wrote on a school form I was gay at 12. Never, because you don't know what the teacher is going to use that for. But if you have a teacher that speak often about LGBT, gender, minorities and such, you will know you can trust them if you feel you need to talk to an adult.