The largest teachers union in America recommended educators include ‘Gender Queer’ in their summer reading

[seafoam1 2,798]

Liberals are so stupid and so sick.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/largest-teachers-union-america-recommended-educators-include-gender-queer-summer-reading

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The National Education Association (NEA) on Monday recommended that teachers include the controversial book "Gender Queer" on their summer reading lists.

The book was featured in the NEA's "Great Summer Reads for Educators!" list that showcased 11 books. Among those books are "White Fragility," a book that insists that White Americans use anger, shame and guilt to avoid taking responsibility for racial inequality. 

Other sections included "books to help you forget about work" and "books to celebrate or help you understand Junetheenth."

Under the "banned books" section, Gender Queer is recommended as a reading. 

"Gender Queer" has as courted major controversy among America parents for being in public school libraries throughout the U.S. and has been challenged for its depictions and descriptions of oral sex as well as discussions on masturbation.

Fox News Digital previously reported on Gender Queer’s author, Maia Kobabe, defending the sexually explicit graphic images in the memoir during an interview with NPR in January.

"And I honestly think the book is a lot less explicit than it could be," Kobabe told NPR. 

"The topic of gender touches on identity… and it touches on sexuality," Kobabe continued. "And it’s hard to fully explain I think what like how a gender identity can impact every facet of life as an adult without touching at least a little bit on sexuality. And I wanted to at least not to like shy away from that."

The book also discusses Kobabe's journey of self-discovery towards identifying outside the "gender binary." 

This list of books comes after the president of the National Education Association declared that racial and social justice is a "pillar" of the NEA's efforts.

"For us at the NEA, education justice must be about racial justice, it must be about social justice, it must be about climate justice. It must be about all of those things," president Becky Pringle said. 

 

[Voltaire 5,181]

Disgusting but not surprising. They're cancer.

[JustinCharge 2,397]

well the way to fix this would have been to go the way of the Amish and create your own isolated community. It would be hard work and its not without problems, but at least you control your own destiny.  if you dont do that, the machine is too big to not tear you apart.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,912]

It’s not happening 

[BuckSwope 654]

Oh no! 

[Cloaca du jour 2,147]

Nauseating

[Sean Mooney 1,936]

It's understandable why Utilt99 (and his idiot brethren I guess) would freak out about someone being recommended to read a book. Dude hasn't read a book in 50 years.

 

The book is designed to help teachers understand some of the kids they might have in class. Also, it's not like the NEA sent some big e-mail to their members suggesting reading the book. Also, I'll treat this the same way I treat Netflix recommending a movie I have no interest in seeing.

[squistion 1,944]

 It's The End Of The World As We Know It   

 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,912]

Teachers still need help to understand the kids in their class? 

[FrancieFootball 96]

Most of this board's members should read this book and get a better understanding of our community. It will neither make you gay, nor will it make your children gay. It's all going to be OK. Life is too short to spend it with all this hate and paranoia. 

[Sean Mooney 1,936]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Teachers still need help to understand the kids in their class? 

I know you won't understand this because you have your head buried far up Tucker Carlson's behind but...

not all teachers have a solid understanding of the stuff that surrounds LGBTQ students....because you know they aren't "grooming" them. 

HTH

[Cloaca du jour 2,147]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Teachers still need help to understand the kids in their class? 

There are 30 genders and the mental illness is real.  

They dont teach that it college...well maybe now....but not 10 yrs ago

[BuckSwope 654]

2 hours ago, Sean Mooney said:

It's understandable why Utilt99 (and his idiot brethren I guess) would freak out about someone being recommended to read a book. Dude hasn't read a book in 50 years.

 

The book is designed to help teachers understand some of the kids they might have in class. Also, it's not like the NEA sent some big e-mail to their members suggesting reading the book. Also, I'll treat this the same way I treat Netflix recommending a movie I have no interest in seeing.

I think even you take it to far - look at the link.  It's recommended simply because it's on a "banned"/challenged list, just like Ready Player One.  

I don't think it has to be more complicated than that.  Libraries and book stores do this all the time. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,912]

Any books on that list about kids not reading or writing at grade level? 

[posty 2,609]

Big deal, it is a book...  If solid parenting is there, it won't matter...

[Sean Mooney 1,936]

8 minutes ago, BuckSwope said:

I think even you take it to far - look at the link.  It's recommended simply because it's on a "banned"/challenged list, just like Ready Player One.  

I don't think it has to be more complicated than that.  Libraries and book stores do this all the time. 

I mean my larger point holds though....the book is  "recommended", that doesn't mean it is being read, or that it even has to be read

[posty 2,609]

1 minute ago, Sean Mooney said:

I mean my larger point holds though....the book is  "recommended", that doesn't mean it is being read, or that it even has to be read

Correct...  My children would have received a list of like 15 books for summer reading, but only had to read 3-4 of them at a minimum...

Of course, with the ones on there that seem to objectionable, they might gravitate towards wanting to read, but as I said above, if the solid parenting is there, it shouldn't matter...

[Dizkneelande 1,085]

You guys are right it is totally normal to recommend a book that depicts 2 boys sucking each other with graphic images. Well done. 

[seafoam1 2,798]

37 minutes ago, posty said:

Correct...  My children would have received a list of like 15 books for summer reading, but only had to read 3-4 of them at a minimum...

Of course, with the ones on there that seem to objectionable, they might gravitate towards wanting to read, but as I said above, if the solid parenting is there, it shouldn't matter...

What if solid parenting isn't there? Be damned with the kid? Let the kid go down whatever hole the liberals push them toward? 

Great take by you. 

[BuckSwope 654]

2 hours ago, Sean Mooney said:

I mean my larger point holds though....the book is  "recommended", that doesn't mean it is being read, or that it even has to be read

I get that, just pointing out that I don't think the book has much value in understanding students.  

[Sean Mooney 1,936]

2 minutes ago, BuckSwope said:

I get that, just pointing out that I don't think the book has much value in understanding students.  

I mean...very little of what the people in the decision making process- either at a national, state, or local level has any idea about what actually helps inside the classroom. 

But I could definitely see some teacher reading a book like this to try to "understand" an LGBTQ student.....you know as opposed to just trying to understand any student regardless of orientation. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,912]

9 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

I mean...very little of what the people in the decision making process- either at a national, state, or local level has any idea about what actually helps inside the classroom. 

But I could definitely see some teacher reading a book like this to try to "understand" an LGBTQ student.....you know as opposed to just trying to understand any student regardless of orientation. 

So the the teachers union doesn’t know what helps inside a classroom? 

[Sean Mooney 1,936]

3 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

So the the teachers union doesn’t know what helps inside a classroom? 

They have a better sense than what politicians try to say

 

[BuckSwope 654]

34 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

I mean...very little of what the people in the decision making process- either at a national, state, or local level has any idea about what actually helps inside the classroom. 

But I could definitely see some teacher reading a book like this to try to "understand" an LGBTQ student.....you know as opposed to just trying to understand any student regardless of orientation. 

I would bet quite a bit of money that most people on both sides of the debate about that dumb book haven't taken the time to read it.  

I don't think it should be in schools or the school library because of it's content and graphic nature of the pictures.   It's not age appropriate at all.   But where I think these idiots in the threads get it wrong, is I would encourage more teacher and educators to read it, because I think most would agree with my take and maybe there would be more people aware of what is actually in it, instead of just reacting from whatever crap their SM is feeding them about it.   I'm sure most here haven't stepped foot in a library or book store in years, so they also don't understand just how common it is to see recommendations or just shelves of books that are just the banned/challenged books.   95% of the time I think the people asking for it to be addressed are being stupid, but IMO Gender Queer is a slam-dunk case of something that shouldn't be in a school.   

But yeah, suggesting a book because it's being banned/challenged <> endorsement of the book or agreement with it <> it is going to be given to kids to read.   People have largely lost their mind about this crap. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,912]

Blah blah blah blah 

[seafoam1 2,798]

35 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

They have a better sense than what politicians try to say

 

So you are comparing two idiotic destructive liberal groups in the attempt to try and make a point that you don't even know you are trying to make. 

Liberals are so stupid.