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¶ … Kids (and teachers) not to hate
Gender Identity/Roles and Sexual Orientation and Teachers of Young Children
In this article, the author discusses how teachers of young children can answer and address questions regarding sexual orientation and identity. The article suggests that these topics may arise through student questions and/or behavior, as well as questions raised by parents. Despite the fact that these questions are very common, the article suggests that some teachers are afraid to deal with these topics; they are concerned with parents' opinions, the community, and confusing a student, in addition to the possibility of harming a student by making that student think that it is only OK to have one type of sexual orientation. The article suggests reading literature, asking other teachers, and having discussions with students, whose parents are fully informed, as ways to handle these issues.
It does seem true that children are pushed into one gender identity and into certain gender roles by society. I believe that both girls and boys should be able to explore attitudes, toys, and games that may be considered of the opposite gender. In addition, I believe society pushes children into one sexual orientation by often making statements that refer to a heterosexual lifestyle, the way Janice told Maria to hold her boyfriend's hand. Because of this, I think teachers should address this very challenging issue even at this young of an age. Teachers can show their students that different people believe different things, making sure to state that family and religious views on the topic are valid ones. I think that children who can work out their own gender roles and sexual orientation will probably thank teachers and parents when they are older. Teachers' job is to encourage children to grow, learn, and explore in who they will be. It makes sense that teachers should play a role in encouraging students in developing their gender roles and sexual orientation as well.
This is the goal of struggling readers. A dependent reader takes only a peripheral interest in the text. He gives it the minimum of his attention and approaches it only because he is forced. It is as though he is reading against his will and fighting all the way. Beers provides an anticipation guide, but I don't necessarily agree that such a guide is very constructive or helpful. It deals
In this sense, each of the four children did achieve a certain progress. Thus, Lori, despite the strong efforts, she never learned to read. Still, she made progresses which cannot be quantified for her own personality and state of mind. Boo, the autistic boy managed to speak coherently. Claudia graduated valedictorian, while Tomaso became a hero after saving the lives of four children and an infant. Even if they
United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the union that represents teachers in the New York City public schools, which is the largest public school system in the United States. The public school system in New York City serves 1.1 million students in more than 1,800 schools; the system pays 75,000 teachers and operates with a budget of about $24 billion[footnoteRef:1] (NYC Department of Education). The task of running 1,800 schools
These by standers usually come in form of cheerleaders, protector for the victim and the silent onlookers. It is worth noting that all those involved in the chain, and even those not directly mentioned here still get affected by the vice of bullying. It is therefore important to look at what forms of conflict are manifest from a bullying scenario and experience among the little children in school. There is
Free-Range Kids Skenazy introduces to the reader a (supposedly) profound "new" way of raising children in the United States, which is the Free-Range way. Her point-of-view stems from the new parenthood phenomenon of sheltering children to the point of exhaustion: no longer do children walk or bike to school, play in the park with friends, go to the grocery store alone or sleepover at a friend's house. Skenazy suggests that because
medicate kids with ADHD? Answer is Yes Children with ADHD have basic behavioural problems and are uncontrollable. In such cases the care givers face a big problem and often are victims. Having an ADHD child at home is being tied up to the child, and to prevent the parent getting mental problems some methods have to be resorted to keep the balance. In 1991 the amount of children treated with