Three Talking Points
1. "All people, including students, have the right to privacy, and this includes the right to keep one's transgender status private at school." "Disclosing information to other students, their parents, or other third parties may violate privacy laws. such as FERPA." I picked this quote out because i think this is a great addition and very important. With today's climate there are some states that are passing laws are regulations stating the opposite of this. stating that if a child were to disclose a transgender status to their teach that teacher would then have to tell that students parents. adding this to these laws and policies is a great remainder that even students are protected by law and have their right to keep their medical information private.
2."This may include the addition of privacy partition or curtain, permission to use private restrooms or office, or a seperate changing schedule." i felt compelled to use this as a talking point as it directly relates to the article that i chose from rethinking schools. in the article that i read a transgender teacher was speaking about the fact that when he came out in high school he was met with a conversation saying that he really wasn't safe to use any bathroom. and this shows the importance of allowing students to feel comfortable to function in school.
3. RIGL 16-2-17 Right to a safe school "each student, staff ,teacher, and administrator has the right to attend and/or work at a school which is safe and secure and which is conductive to learning, and which is free from threat, actual or implied, or physical harm by a disruptive student". I pulled out this as it relates to my last point. as an educator most, if not all, of us have come across the hierarchy of needs and at the very bottom of that is safety. a student cannot learn or even attempt to learn if that's student is not safe.
4. I also wanted to touch upon the woke kindergarten video. This video was really great at teaching kids about pronouns in a simple way. But i really wanted to point out the pause the author/ person took. they made a mistake on a characters name and paused the video to state that they made a mistake. This was a great real life way to teach kids that we aren't perfect but that we need to admit when we made a mistake and keep working on getting better.
Argument: The articles for this week have information that supports the argument that all students have the right to feel safe and seen in their classrooms.
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