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I'm the author of Momfidence! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting, and a mom of four in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (where you cannot even buy Oreos at the two groceries nearest to my home).
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What You Might Hear When You Ask "What Happened in School Today?"April 25, 2008
Ask your middle-schooler or high schooler what happened in school today and you might be surprised. I know I was this time last year. That's because today is the "National Day of Silence."
Kids across the country are being encouraged to come to school NOT SPEAKING all day long (my middle-schooler saw some with taped mouths last year). They're to hand out "speaking cards" explaining why they can't talk. And why can't they talk? Why it's the 12th annual "nationwide, student-led event during which thousands of high schools and colleges protest the oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth." That's a direct quote from the organizing hoodlums, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network. Let's set aside for a moment the dubious premise that lesbian and gay students are "oppressed" in today's public schools. About the only oppressed group in schools today are the teachers who love to teach the subject they were trained in (not bullying, recycling, respect for all mankind et al) and in their own styles (and not to a test). And as for the bisexual and transgendered, these self-perceptions are irrelevant in the under-18 population, much less during school hours. Not talk in school? Why there's a really wise and free-spirited (and here I actually mean boneheaded) approach to educating anybody about anything! I should hope that any student trying such a stunt gets sent to the principal's office for failure to participate and disruption of class time. Although I know for a fact that doesn't happen by instructors cowed by PC BS. make that HS PC BS. |
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