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Teacher bans boys from playing with legos
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Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
I doubt she's trying to turn them into lesbians by playing with legos. I don't think sexuality works that way.
As far as force them into proper behavior, well yeah, that's her job. That's every teacher's and parent's job.
I don't think she had any malicious intent, and I don't see anything wrong with pushing kids to broaden their interests and skills. I just think she went about it the wrong way. She should have adopted a policy of inclusion not exclusion. So yeah, I agree with her motivations, just not her methods.
I think everyone, including her at this point, recognize that.
She saw something she thought she could improve. She chose a poor method. But it is not like she was shuffling the boys off to the coal mines or something. It's a policy about legos in a kindergarten, and it's gone now.
Tom
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
I think it's more than just "a policy about legos", they're not just taking away a toy, they're depriving one group of students of a great learning tool (at least I think it's a great learning tool) in favor of another group. And females actually do better in school than boys in all subjects, even math and science. So I don't think this is as harmless as it appears, I think it's more a symptom of a bigger problem. This is really just an example of the disposable male. You know, the boys will get their turn "when hell freezes over", we have girls that need help, nevermind that the boys are actually lagging behind the girls.
Well, the world I live in doesn't quite have the disposable male just yet.
But I am old. I never got to play with Lego in kindergarten. I had to chip my own toys out of flint.
Tom
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
Not yet? Never heard "women and children first"?Well, the world I live in doesn't quite have the disposable male just yet.
But I am old. I never got to play with Lego in kindergarten. I had to chip my own toys out of flint.
Tom
You say you're old, so how about something that immediately effects you. 1 in 7 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, making it the most common form of cancer behind skin cancer, 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer. Prostate cancer receives the least amount of funding, per case, than any other type of cancer, breast cancer receives the most. Congratulations, you're a disposable male.
Yes, the pseudo-feminist notion of rigid gender roles.
(I hope the "pseudo" prefix keeps the feminists from getting me banned.)
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
Did anyone read the actual article? She's running an experiment to encourage girls to use the things, of which making it a "girl's only club" was one of the enticements. She's not making a blanket statement about who should be allowed to use what. And I'm sure a healthy dose of internet rage has gotten the poor woman fired or force to change by now, so it has likely become a moot issues
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
And if I didn't do it right I couldn't kill the squirrel I brought for lunch
We could only dream of squirrels! You were lucky!
Experimenting on kids this way doesn't make her look any better.
I wouldn't necessarily fire her over this, but she would need some
extensive sensitivity training at the least.
I've heard of it.
But I have never seen it in action. Mostly what I see is lip service.
And no, 1 in 7 men is not diagnosed with prostrate cancer each year. But I do know that Viagra is more likely to be covered by insurance than birth control pills, etc.
Tom
That seems appropriate.
The former cures a disorder.
The latter only prevents one.
If health care moves more in the direction of prevention of illness, this would change.
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
You're right, it's not each year, that's my mistake, but 1 in 7 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and 1 in 8 women with breast cancer.
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-key-statistics
http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
It might be because breast cancer is usually more aggressive than prostrate cancer.
That article smells fishy. I have trouble believing that a teacher knowing that she would be quoted by a newspaper would say stuff like that.
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
If aggressiveness or deadliness were a factor we would expect lung cancer to get the most funding or skin cancer, since lung cancer kills more people of any gender than either prostate or breast cancer, and skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, but that's not the case.
And whenever I finally managed to chip the knife and kill the squirrel, some girl would wander over, bat her eyes and jiggle her boobs. If I didn't give her my dang squirrel everyone would say I was gay.
Tom