Well, it’s nice to see the reactionary, narrow-minded tea party politics that served Cedra so well in her recent election are back in full force. Though once again she is 100% wrong!
The National Day of Silence does not promote the morality of homosexuality. It’s designed to expose the immorality of bullying students— for whatever reason. Every child in America deserves to go to school in an environment that is free from bullying, except apparently in Cedra-land. In Cedra-land, you believe what she believes or by God you will suffer the consequences.
The reality is no students are being forced to participate. No class time is being devoted to it. No schools in the district are even openly endorsing it. The students are just being allowed to exercise their right to participate (if they want to) on their own time. The organizers are not the ones condoning disrupting classroom activities, Cedra is by trying to pull students out of classes.
What’s next Cedra? Are you going to pull kids out of school on Ash Wednesday because some kid may show up with ashes on his or her forehead and you think that will promote Catholicism in our public schools?
Again, the National Day of Silence is NOT some nefarious way to promote the gay agenda. Just as Black History month is NOT some nefarious to promote the black agenda or classes on women’s studies to promote the feminist agenda or holocaust studies to promote the Jewish agenda.
The National Day of Silence is just a way to bring attention to the very real problem of bullying in our schools - PERIOD. But I guess reactionary, narrow-minded, bullies like Cedra just don’t care about that, as long as they are the ones doing the bullying.
5. Parents have a right to know about the Day of Silence so that they can be proactive about their children’s education. If a parent objects to this politicizing of the classroom they have the option to pull their children out of school. If a parent chooses to pull their children out of school – that is their right.
6. GLSEN’s educator’s guide is full of detailed, week by week suggestions for organizing, media relations, fundraising, and community outreach. GLSEN recommends that teachers “start planning for your Day of Silence at least six weeks before the event, but you can always start earlier.” Teachers are told to “Discuss the Day of Silence with your students!” and that their “active support can help build awareness and generate support among other school staff in a way students may not. Tell school staff at a faculty meeting, during lunch time, write a letter or e‐mail to school staff or hold a forum for discussing the event.” The Day of Silence is a stealth political campaign aimed at children - impressionable captive audiences in our public schools. Parents are more than justified to call this nefarious, since they send their children to school with the reasonable expectation that they will engage in academic instruction, not be the subject of political campaigns.
7. The Day of Silence is all about promoting the gay agenda. GLSEN’s educator’s guide states “The Day of Silence brings awareness to the issues that LGBT students face, you can use this opportunity to take the next step to create changes in your school’s climate.” The next steps teachers are recommended to take include using the “Safe Space Kit’s LGBT‐Inclusive School Checklist as an easy way for you and your students to assess the school’s climate” then “Implement comprehensive anti‐bullying/harassment policies… that specifically enumerate sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as protected characteristics…” and policies that don’t force them [LGBT] “to conform to what is considered “normal””. Other events which promote the gay agenda include but may not be limited to Ally Week, Spirit Week (GLAAD), No Name-Calling Week, National Coming Out Day, and the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
8. The Day of Silence Walkout is just a way to bring attention to the very real problem of GLSEN’s homosexual political agenda in our schools – PERIOD. It’s easy to bully young impressionable minds, but not parents. To the chagrin of GLSEN and their sympathizers – PARENTS ARE STILL IN CHARGE.
1. “GLSEN, and virtually every other homosexual activist organization believes that moral disapproval of homosexual acts is the ultimate cause of bullying and they seek to use public education and legitimate anti-bullying sentiment to eradicate conservative moral beliefs. It is simply dishonest of GLSEN to assert that the Day of Silence is solely about ending bullying. GLSEN seeks to end bullying by silencing conservatives. They want to make students feel that their belief that homosexual acts are not moral is the cause of bullying.” Laurie Higgins, IFI Director of School Advocacy
2. GLSEN which sponsors the Day of Silence suggests that teachers plan "lessons or activities that can be conducted in silence and cover topics related to the Day of Silence, censorship, discrimination and other social justice issues" and create "a classroom display of Day of Silence materials or books and other materials that explore LGBT topics.” and “Use your class time to educate other students about the Day of Silence, and how they can participate.” and “Make yourself visible as a supporter of the Day of Silence. Wear Day of Silence buttons, shirts or stickers. Display a Day of Silence poster in your classroom or office.” and “begin or end your class with five minutes of silence to show support and solidarity for the students participating in the Day of Silence.” When teachers support the Day of Silence, it tells students exactly what those teachers hold to be true about the nature and morality of homosexuality, which, in turn, makes students reluctant to express their views.
3. Without officially endorsing the Day of Silence, schools can still be complicit in the disruption of instructional time if a teacher(s) does even a fraction of the GLSEN suggestions and/or permits students to remain silent during instructional time.
4. Many teachers and administrators who believe that the Day of Silence is disruptive and controversial are afraid to demand that students speak for fear of being accused of intolerance, and they're afraid of personal or professional repercussions. Many teachers, whether or not they agree with the gay agenda, simply want to teach their subject matter and not be subjected to the controversy and disruption of the Day of Silence.
The Day of Silence website she cites clearly says that the silence campaign DOES NOT include allowing students to NOT respond in class.
The school officials she interviewed all said EXACTLY the same thing. No class time is being devoted to it. Students will be required to respond in class just like they would on any other day. The only thing that is happening is that students will be allowed (if they wish) to express themselves through silence ON THEIR OWN NON-CLASSROOM TIME.
So there is NO potential for Day of Silence to disrupt classroom activity.
There is, however, a great chance of disrupting classroom activity if reactionary tea baggers like Cedra start encouraging parents to pull there children out of school for no legitimate reason.
Cedra did make one interesting revelation though - she quoted Laurie Higgins saying "GLSEN seeks to end bullying by silencing conservatives. They want to make students feel that their belief that homosexual acts are not moral is the cause of bullying."
So apparently, according to Cedra and those who think like her, bullying children is a free speech issue. It's their right to bully children because they are trying to bully them "straight".
She believes that she has the right to force her beliefs on others and yet she is protesting the right of students to silently express their own beliefs outside the classroom.
Simple answer - NO
ReplyDeleteWell, it’s nice to see the reactionary, narrow-minded tea party politics that served Cedra so well in her recent election are back in full force. Though once again she is 100% wrong!
ReplyDeleteThe National Day of Silence does not promote the morality of homosexuality. It’s designed to expose the immorality of bullying students— for whatever reason. Every child in America deserves to go to school in an environment that is free from bullying, except apparently in Cedra-land. In Cedra-land, you believe what she believes or by God you will suffer the consequences.
The reality is no students are being forced to participate. No class time is being devoted to it. No schools in the district are even openly endorsing it. The students are just being allowed to exercise their right to participate (if they want to) on their own time. The organizers are not the ones condoning disrupting classroom activities, Cedra is by trying to pull students out of classes.
What’s next Cedra? Are you going to pull kids out of school on Ash Wednesday because some kid may show up with ashes on his or her forehead and you think that will promote Catholicism in our public schools?
Again, the National Day of Silence is NOT some nefarious way to promote the gay agenda. Just as Black History month is NOT some nefarious to promote the black agenda or classes on women’s studies to promote the feminist agenda or holocaust studies to promote the Jewish agenda.
The National Day of Silence is just a way to bring attention to the very real problem of bullying in our schools - PERIOD. But I guess reactionary, narrow-minded, bullies like Cedra just don’t care about that, as long as they are the ones doing the bullying.
More facts:
ReplyDelete5. Parents have a right to know about the Day of Silence so that they can be proactive about their children’s education. If a parent objects to this politicizing of the classroom they have the option to pull their children out of school. If a parent chooses to pull their children out of school – that is their right.
6. GLSEN’s educator’s guide is full of detailed, week by week suggestions for organizing, media relations, fundraising, and community outreach. GLSEN recommends that teachers “start planning for your Day of Silence at least six weeks before the event, but you can always start earlier.” Teachers are told to “Discuss the Day of Silence with your students!” and that their “active support can help build awareness and generate support among other school staff in a way students may not. Tell school staff at a faculty meeting, during lunch time, write a letter or e‐mail to school staff or hold a forum for discussing the event.” The Day of Silence is a stealth political campaign aimed at children - impressionable captive audiences in our public schools. Parents are more than justified to call this nefarious, since they send their children to school with the reasonable expectation that they will engage in academic instruction, not be the subject of political campaigns.
7. The Day of Silence is all about promoting the gay agenda. GLSEN’s educator’s guide states “The Day of Silence brings awareness to the issues that LGBT students face, you can use this opportunity to take the next step to create changes in your school’s climate.” The next steps teachers are recommended to take include using the “Safe Space Kit’s LGBT‐Inclusive School Checklist as an easy way for you and your students to assess the school’s climate” then “Implement comprehensive anti‐bullying/harassment policies… that specifically enumerate sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as protected characteristics…” and policies that don’t force them [LGBT] “to conform to what is considered “normal””. Other events which promote the gay agenda include but may not be limited to Ally Week, Spirit Week (GLAAD), No Name-Calling Week, National Coming Out Day, and the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
8. The Day of Silence Walkout is just a way to bring attention to the very real problem of GLSEN’s homosexual political agenda in our schools – PERIOD. It’s easy to bully young impressionable minds, but not parents. To the chagrin of GLSEN and their sympathizers – PARENTS ARE STILL IN CHARGE.
The facts about GLSEN and the Day of Silence:
ReplyDelete1. “GLSEN, and virtually every other homosexual activist organization believes that moral disapproval of homosexual acts is the ultimate cause of bullying and they seek to use public education and legitimate anti-bullying sentiment to eradicate conservative moral beliefs. It is simply dishonest of GLSEN to assert that the Day of Silence is solely about ending bullying. GLSEN seeks to end bullying by silencing conservatives. They want to make students feel that their belief that homosexual acts are not moral is the cause of bullying.” Laurie Higgins, IFI Director of School Advocacy
2. GLSEN which sponsors the Day of Silence suggests that teachers plan "lessons or activities that can be conducted in silence and cover topics related to the Day of Silence, censorship, discrimination and other social justice issues" and create "a classroom display of Day of Silence materials or books and other materials that explore LGBT topics.” and “Use your class time to educate other students about the Day of Silence, and how they can participate.” and “Make yourself visible as a supporter of the Day of Silence. Wear Day of Silence buttons, shirts or stickers. Display a Day of Silence poster in your classroom or office.” and “begin or end your class with five minutes of silence to show support and solidarity for the students participating in the Day of Silence.” When teachers support the Day of Silence, it tells students exactly what those teachers hold to be true about the nature and morality of homosexuality, which, in turn, makes students reluctant to express their views.
3. Without officially endorsing the Day of Silence, schools can still be complicit in the disruption of instructional time if a teacher(s) does even a fraction of the GLSEN suggestions and/or permits students to remain silent during instructional time.
4. Many teachers and administrators who believe that the Day of Silence is disruptive and controversial are afraid to demand that students speak for fear of being accused of intolerance, and they're afraid of personal or professional repercussions. Many teachers, whether or not they agree with the gay agenda, simply want to teach their subject matter and not be subjected to the controversy and disruption of the Day of Silence.
The only one politicizing anything is Cedra.
ReplyDeleteThe Day of Silence website she cites clearly says that the silence campaign DOES NOT include allowing students to NOT respond in class.
The school officials she interviewed all said EXACTLY the same thing.
No class time is being devoted to it. Students will be required to respond in class just like they would on any other day. The only thing that is happening is that students will be allowed (if they wish) to express themselves through silence ON THEIR OWN NON-CLASSROOM TIME.
So there is NO potential for Day of Silence to disrupt classroom activity.
There is, however, a great chance of disrupting classroom activity if reactionary tea baggers like Cedra start encouraging parents to pull there children out of school for no legitimate reason.
Cedra did make one interesting revelation though - she quoted Laurie Higgins saying "GLSEN seeks to end bullying by silencing conservatives. They want to make students feel that their belief that homosexual acts are not moral is the cause of bullying."
So apparently, according to Cedra and those who think like her, bullying children is a free speech issue. It's their right to bully children because they are trying to bully them "straight".
She believes that she has the right to force her beliefs on others and yet she is protesting the right of students to silently express their own beliefs outside the classroom.
That certainly sounds like a bully to me.