todays teachers

Did you just gender assume my child? They/them are only in the fifth grade. They/them have yet to identify as anything, let alone my daughter or my son. I simply call they/them my child. Have some respect.

That said, if I showed up and they were teaching my child, I’d projectile vomit all over their face.

See, I take my kid to private school, so my money says who will be teaching. Feel bad for those who can't afford to home school or private school their kids.

I go to a private school and same. Except there a a bunch of kids like this who go there now because otherwise they’d be online. One of my friends is genderfluid and pansexual. Several of the people I used to hang out are bi, and five of my friends are straight (at least four of them are the fifth one I’m not sure) but they all support it. And I go to a Christian private school with an extremely conservative principle. This is getting ridiculous. Not to mention the constant vape smell in the girls bathroom and the fear that you might accidentally say something about your beliefs that offends someone else- when it should be a school where everyone has similar beliefs.

Not the one my kid go to. Very strict, they are even mandatory uniforms. Then again I live at the Bible belt. But I was VERY intentional when selecting a school. Stay strong.

Well then again I live in Portland Oregon so. Also so was I, and although the new principle is very conservative, he is a lot more lenient on who he lets in school than our old one. It used to be like 200 people in the school for all four grades, now there are almost 80 kids in just the freshman class and a whole bunch of new sophomores came in as well.

Homeschool

Homeschool is better whether or not the teacher is a lib.

Wake myself up from my nightmare and remember that if I ever have children they will not be sent to a public school.

Use a vacation day once or twice a month and sit in the class for the day.

Tell the person that dropped them off that they were meant to go to a homeschool and never drop them off at public school again.

If the teacher doesn't understand English then why would you want her.. excuse me, it to teach your children?

If you're referring to "they", it's not just a plural pronoun. The word "they" also refers to a single person of unspecified gender. You seriously need basic English taught to you?

Hey!! Stop it. You're ruing my joke.

They and them are not singular. The only reason they and them are being used as singular today is to accommodate the left's insatiable deserve to remove gender from our language. It started long before this insane notion that there are more than 2 genders and that genders can be anything you want them to be.

"They" has always been used as a singular pronoun when a person's gender is not known. Example: There's a patient downstairs. They need medical attention.

It was considered improper English until becoming more accepted as a gender neutral pronoun.

All languages change over time. The vast majority of the time it happens naturally. But for the left it is forced. It started before the phrase "politically correct" was coined to explain it.

I do not believe language changes should be forced. Especially when it all comes from one specific political party.

I see absolutely no reason to remove gender from our language. I see no reason why to strike certain words or phrases because one person in that political party finds it offensive. It is not long before the replacement word is also replaced for the exact same reason.

The latest example of this forced change is making they and them third person singular. It simply makes no sense, as do all of these forced changes that come from the left.

In other words I find them double plus bad.

Almost. It was actually the Quakers who decided it should be considered improper English, before they came along nobody had any kind of problem with it. Even at the time, there was a lot of discussion centered around the argument that since people use it all the bloody time, overly inflexible grammaticists can sit their assess down.

Epicenes have been part of standard English since the 14th Century. Shakespeare was not accommodating today's leftists when he did it. Geoffrey Chaucer was not accommodating today's leftists when he did it. That is complete nonsense.

English was never a strictly gendered language. Some words are gendered, some or not. It is not like Spanish were nearly every word is gendered and the gender of the word many times determine it's meaning.

What I oppose is the forced neutering of our language for the sake of one political party. Nearly all of the changes in the English language since perhaps the 60's maybe longer ago have come from the left. The party that has fully embraced socialism over freedom. These changes, then, are much like Nuspeak in Orwell's novel 1984.

The changes that are not based on politics I have no objection to. That is just the natural evolution of language.

What I am essentially saying is I will not be dictated to speak in any manner for political reasons. I will not refer to someone as they/them when it is clear that the person is a he/him or a she/her. It is insanity to refer to them by some make believe gender and even more egregious when it is forced by law.

If you want to play make believe with your life that is your choice, just do not force me to play along.

You seem to be arguing with yourself at this point so I'll leave you to it. When you've figured out your own contradiction, let me know.

1. Wash my eyes out
2. Wash them again just to be sure
3. Pull her out of school

why? what is wrong with this teacher?

You know what? You're right. I'd give her a chance. And if I hear one peep about CRT, gender theory, or how "socialism works", THEN I'd start homeschool.

Good for her.

I've actually had teachers like that and they are always the most fun teachers to have.