Anonymous #2 1w

Stem isn’t really partisan outside maybe biology and ecology

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Anonymous #3 1w

Bruh these ppl don’t believe in how the weather works

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Exposure to LGBTQ themes is important. Those people exist, and they’re deserving of love and feeling included. If every story were to only have girl protagonists, boys would feel excluded. If only boys were included, girls would feel excluded. If only straight people were included, LGBTQ people would feel excluded

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Anonymous #3 1w

The class is about reading for children. She wants us to write paper about the lgbtq, race and things related. I have no problem with people being gay, but it’s not part of this class and if I don’t write what she wants to hear then I’ll fail. The whole class is supposed to be about how children read.

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Anonymous #3 1w

It shouldn’t be in books for kindergarteners either. I understand needing inclusion but no romantic themes should be presented until middle school. It’s not an important aspect on teaching children how to read and how to comprehend what they are reading.

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Anonymous OP 1w

Do you think that minority and lgbtq kids don’t also read books?

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Anonymous #6 1w

If you are 6 then you don’t know any better about who or what you like. You don’t understand that until you are older. And I 100% believe that books should have children of other races inside of them

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Anonymous OP 1w

Well then I’d argue your issue isn’t with the lgbtq stuff, it’s with the romance in general

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Anonymous #3 1w

You have to add climatology, geology, medicine, and arguably statistics in there too. So I guess… engineering is non-partisan then?

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Anonymous #3 1w

The biggest argument is that the class is about teaching kids to read and I haven’t learned a single thing about how to do that.

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Anonymous OP 1w

It is important for children both to see themselves represented in books and to be introduced to the lives of others though literature. Race in children’s literature is important because some readers will be minorities, and their experiences won’t be reflected without an understanding of their life experiences. And even if a young kid doesn’t know their sexuality yet, they may have friends who have gay parents. And do older kids not fall within the focus of this class?

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Anonymous OP 1w

It’s important for kids to be exposed to that stuff because a lot of them will have lgbt/ different race people in their families and stuff

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Anonymous OP 1w

Honestly if you’re consistent about the romantic thing with regards to age I’m cool with that. A lot of people take the attitude that romance is okay in kids media if straight but not if gay.

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Anonymous #6 1w

Not the class is for younger elementary. It’s only meant for below third grade. And race should be a key element in books. It’s important for children to see themselves and others in them. While they might have friends who have two parents of the same sex, it’s up the parents to explain that to them in an age appropriate manor.

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Anonymous #1 1w

If it’s in the family then the family can explain it to them.

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Anonymous OP 1w

Seems like you have a decent grasp on it and can articulate your perspective pretty well in a way that isn’t offensive. Why are you concerned that this would hurt your standing in class?

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Anonymous OP 1w

That just keeps it stigmatized

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Anonymous #6 1w

I will also say I don’t think having something like “Billy’s dads took him to the park” in the book requires a lot of explaining. Just treat it like straight parents, no explaining really needed in the book

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Anonymous #6 1w

I have voiced about it before not stronger just in a discussion post about a book that to me was too much and she failed me on it.

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Anonymous #1 1w

It doesn’t. Not if families are the ones talking about it until a certain age. It was never a big thing in books as a child or in TV shows and pretty much all of Gen Z are democrats.

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Anonymous OP 1w

Mmmm yeah that sucks. Grades should be based on engagement with the material and thoughtful work, not based on whether you agree with the prof (within reason of course)

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Anonymous #6 1w

Yeah she said overall I had a great discussion but the opinion needed work on and I’m like what

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Anonymous OP 1w

If you are an Ed major, your lived experiences will probably push you left. Just attempt to learn with an open mind. You might learn something new.

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Anonymous OP 1w

Also, LGBT kids exist, even at young ages (particularly homosexual kids, transgender kids usually begin to express their identity a little later than elementary school.) Exposure to these topics can be done in an age appropriate manner.

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Anonymous xi.jinping 1w

They shouldn’t be exposed to it through books but through family and experiences, once they hit an age where they can process things better. I’ve worked in an elementary school for three years now and if anything it made me lean more right. I was a raging democrat before starting there.

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