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Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling (Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities Series)

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Really you can't be serious. With all the problems of achievement in our education system we need to spend time on this?

Can you say indoctrination?

Are you kidding me? What ever happened to the 3 R's? With Americans trailing behind almost every other developed country when it comes to education, I cannot believe administrators and educators would actually have the time or interest to entertain this nonsense.

Children are their parent's responsibility, not the government's. Let parents teach their children what is morally right and wrong, not the government.

Teachers shouldn't need an education in biology, and the descriptions in this book that breach basic Judeo-Christian foundations, of our society, and government are at best whinny. Who is creating the stero-types here?
Every teacher should possess the ability to be fair and unbias for every aspect of their jobs. Sexual orientation curriculum doesn't fit the the job description. There are no feelings or emotions in Math. Reading is fundemental. Writing ability improves with the practice of putting words together, not content. Maturity of all varieties happens over long periods of time. This author want to promote "Change and Exploration Education" rather than dicipline and humility. There are no alternatives to pro-creation. Are kids in school to be tolerated or be taught tolerance? This publication is way off script. Grade: F (there is no F minus)

An interesting book that discusses why it is iportant to teach tolerence and inclusion to children in a world where this is not always true.

"Children don't need to hear about any sexual issues at their age, but I'm not a homophobe or anything." "Children are innocent, so I wouldn't bring up gay issues, but I'm not a homophobe or anything." "I don't challenge children that use homophobic words because they just mean 'jerk', but I'm not a homophobe or anything." Every gay elementary school teacher and every gay rights activist has heard these lies. Finally, there is a book that addresses such non-sense. And this is a book by teachers for teachers. This book explains how pervasive homophobia is in the primary school system and it offers valuable ways to stop the prejudice. Too many education texts are written by teachers that are only used to being read by their students. The writers here are good (or well edited, at least) and their work has been strongly influnced by multiculturalism, feminism, and upper-level academic theory. The anthology includes pieces by women and people of color. It even has a piece by straight educators and one by an Australian activist. I think the editors are going to lose many readers due to their overly easy use of the word "queer", but for those who choose to continue reading, they will like what they find.