I don’t like to post political posts like this. But this is getting out of control. It’s happening everywhere now. Boundaries have become too blurry. It’s affecting many kids, families and communities, especially in this state.
What happened to our public, neutral education system?
As a teacher myself, I would never add any of my personal beliefs, personal philosophy, or behaviors that would offend or cause non-comfortable situations for my students. I love all of my students. I show respect for their diversity, religious beliefs, philosophy, etc. No matter my personal beliefs or perspectives. I want a community/family to unite together in a safe, comfortable area.
Each person has a right to have their own free will and make their own choices. It’s not our job as educators to input additional, unnecessary non-academic topics. Educators are not there to replace parents. Though there are a few cases where the teacher should step in, these instances are the exception, not the rule, and are not common at all in education.
Educators should not be enforcing or promoting anything to any students, especially very young children. Being a child is already hard enough – no reason to add things that are not age-appropriate for all kids. However, unfortunately, the world changed the interpretation of what is age-appropriate for children.
For many years, we couldn’t even pray to ourselves or say anything about our religious or personal views in the public education system. Why can’t we say anything if others can say whatever they want?
Why do the family, faith, morals and values of a family no longer matter and need to be suppressed?
Why do the family, faith, morals and values of a family no longer matter and need to be suppressed?
Why are they only worried about us offending them, but they don’t care about offending us?
Our beliefs are against their beliefs. What is the difference?
We should respect each other by respecting free speech.
How is it okay for others to add and promote the enforcing of views that would be against some other’s views/beliefs?
I’m trying to understand. I do believe that everyone is allowed free speech. But not in the K-12 education system. Kids are still young. I would never tell any children or my students what to think or expose them to any unnecessary information.
I feel that schools need to ensure students are safe and respect each other. Anything further than showing mutual respect is the parents’ decision and the responsibility of families to guide these pathways — not schools, and absolutely not governments or curriculum!
I believe that parents have the right to know what their children are learning and are being exposed to. We (parents) know what is best for our children even though many others might not understand, see or agree. Each of us comes from very different childhoods, families, cultures, religions, values, morals and more. This is what makes America an amazing place — the fact that we can all be so different and still be united in mutual respect and caring for our fellow Americans! When we unite the community instead of dividing it, we will all thrive.
It’s heartbreaking to see many wonderful communities being divided because of this. Please respect everyone and do not enforce anything beyond neutral education on children.
[We are] praying for our community, our children, and our future. All we want is [for] the community to respect each other and let parents decide how they want to raise their children.The author is a longtime teacher in Conejo Valley public schools.
If we were truly functioning as a Constitutional Republic (according to the laws of Our Constitution and our Bill of Rights-which apparently is no longer even taught in our government schools), then the “State” would no longer assume they have the “right” to determine what our kids are taught about sexuality – instead of leaving that to parents. How about teaching basic reading; math; science, and American History instead of propagandizing our kids? Marxist ideologies are antithetical to our founding documents and the tenets of freedom upon which our United States were founded. We are on the precipice of losing our children, and the way of life, that millions have died to establish and protect.