tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3448972377202976818..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Recent Issues of California Educator MagazineDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-14771935139282513392011-03-28T18:44:55.928-07:002011-03-28T18:44:55.928-07:00But that doesn't mean their art is any more di...But that doesn't mean their art is any more different than their math or science or foreign language. So why are they entitled to special segments that address just their world view? If we did this with religions, the ACLU would have a field day.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-72955848509811202992011-03-28T09:55:26.872-07:002011-03-28T09:55:26.872-07:00@maxutils, are you kidding me? If you're defi...@maxutils, are you kidding me? If you're defining "transgender" as a post-operative male-to-female (or vice versa), then you're probably right. But that doesn't mean that there aren't kids in high school, even earlier perhaps, who feel like they may not belong in the gender they were born into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-71038566496106960332011-03-27T23:05:56.771-07:002011-03-27T23:05:56.771-07:00I am willing to bet that there has never, not once...I am willing to bet that there has never, not once, ever been a transgender K-12 student.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-68875538396702783972011-03-27T18:48:39.380-07:002011-03-27T18:48:39.380-07:00I have found that most teachers' organization ...I have found that most teachers' organization that label themselves as "national" feel the compelling need to address the rights of groups they consider to be politically marginalized. For example, I belong to the National Art Education Association and the Texas Art Education Association. The only reason I belong to either is because as sponsor of the National Art Honor Society I must be nationally affiliated and because I want my students to be able to compete in state art competitions, I have to be affiliated with the state organization. Whenever I get publications from these groups, their different attitudes are clearly revealed. The State pubs are based on what people are actually doing in the region at every level from elementary through college. But the national publication seems to need to address minority issues, gay issues, transgender issues as if art produced by such people is somehow different. Excuse me, isn't that stereotyping? And by that right, do they deserve access to grants, scholarships or other funding that is blocked to teachers who are limited by the fact they are not minority and not gay?Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.com