Back to School in DeSantis' Florida, as
Teachers Look Over Their Shoulders
New York Times,
by
Sarah Mervosh
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
8/28/2022 9:55:13 PM
Erin Brown, a teacher in St. Johns County, Florida, typically keeps a gay pride flag hanging up in her classroom. As the faculty sponsor of a Gay-Straight Alliance club at her high school, she wants her students to know they are safe with her. This year, Brown found herself quietly repurposing the flag. No longer on full display, it now hangs as a “rainbow background,” partially obscured among posters, photos, a calendar and other trinkets on her class bulletin board. The change is emblematic of the fear, uncertainty and confusion many educators in Florida say they are feeling this school
Reply 1 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 8/28/2022 10:02:41 PM (No. 1261990)
Here’s a novel idea, teachers. Why not concentrate on teaching subjects that prepare the students for getting a good job, and shut up about the gay, lesbian nonsense.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
TJ54 8/28/2022 10:13:44 PM (No. 1261999)
The Slimes aka Hell’s Bible!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
MissGrits 8/28/2022 10:14:16 PM (No. 1262000)
Gosh … that would really make me feel safe to be in that classroom! IDIOTS!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Northcross 8/28/2022 10:14:49 PM (No. 1262002)
Count on the New York Times to overdramatize the situation. Most teachers are focused on their classes and all the political buzz will be well in the background for them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 8/28/2022 10:16:41 PM (No. 1262004)
Teach reading, writing, and arithmetic and you won't have a problem.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
downnout 8/28/2022 10:31:50 PM (No. 1262012)
And I always thought school was about learning to read, to spell, learn mathematics, geography, study history, etc.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Californian 8/28/2022 11:55:50 PM (No. 1262034)
There should be no fear or uncertainty for school teachers.
Do not bring your sex life into the classroom.
Do not discuss sex with my child.
Teach the topic you were hired to teach and it better be a traditional one like math, reading, history, etc and not gender and race studies.
That's it! Very clear and you're very safe!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 8/29/2022 12:31:12 AM (No. 1262041)
Get rid of this teacher.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 8/29/2022 1:06:09 AM (No. 1262052)
The Slimes would have written EXACTLY the same puff piece - - if the teacher had a Q-Anon flag or a Proud Boys flag.
Yes - - I know they would have.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rinktum 8/29/2022 1:31:22 AM (No. 1262060)
Oh, puhleaze…school is for teaching children to gain the knowledge needed to prepare themselves to make a life in this world. Whether it is to prepare for higher education, or to learn a trade through an apprenticeship program, it should be a safe environment and not one filled with all kinds of sexual confusion. Leave that for elsewhere.
If libs are so insistent upon shoving the LGBTQ+ agenda down the throats of students, then let them start liberal private schools and then they will get no hassle from anyone. Conservative or traditional minded people for decades have built private schools with the purpose of teaching their values to their children. It should be the same for sexually liberal parents. Build your own schools to teach your values, but do not think you can bring your liberal garbage into public schools. Tax payer schools should be a place of safety away from liberal indoctrination. If libs don’t agree with that, there is something they can do. No tax payer should be asked to send their child to a school where there is a sexually charged atmosphere that caters to alternative lifestyles.
The reason we don’t hear of a liberal private schools is because it is part of their agenda to indoctrinate as many children into an alternative sexuality as possible. You can’t do that unless you have access. It’s time to cut off that access. Libs have plenty of money, to fund this blatant indoctrination, but notice they never want to use it. They prefer to have the rest of us to fund and celebrate, I might add, their grooming facilities. Enough. They should spend their own money just as religious and conservatives have had to do, but keep this garbage out of public schools.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
jerrodmason 8/29/2022 1:41:08 AM (No. 1262061)
Big DeSantis fan here, but this is a mistake. His first, but a really big one.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Highlander 8/29/2022 3:30:21 AM (No. 1262083)
Reply 11;
Doing the right thing is not a mistake, friend.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Trigger2 8/29/2022 4:18:57 AM (No. 1262090)
Now you know why public school kids graduate dumber than a door knob, but hey they know everything there is to know about sex.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
mifla 8/29/2022 5:04:28 AM (No. 1262102)
If our public school teachers put as much effort into teaching as they do political activism, we would have the smartest kids on the planet.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Krause 8/29/2022 5:55:59 AM (No. 1262115)
The gay NYT weighs in on the most successful state in the union.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 8/29/2022 6:21:01 AM (No. 1262123)
Oh, my goodness, interfering with their grooming of our children, can civilization survive?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Msquared112 8/29/2022 6:57:50 AM (No. 1262136)
If teachers were not doing something shady, let alone perverse, they wouldn’t have to be “looking over their shoulders.” Nice try by the NYT but no cigar.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Daisymay 8/29/2022 7:31:29 AM (No. 1262152)
Gov. DeSantis has put his program out for all to see and understand. If the Teachers in this State can't do their Job, according to the NEW Rules, they should look for a Teaching position in a Blue state where they can teach all the Trash they want with no fear at all! DeSantis is fearless. The Left will try to use this against him, but the Right loves what he's doing and they are the ones who VOTE! I will proudly vote for him again! He's doing a great Job running our State!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 8/29/2022 8:01:09 AM (No. 1262185)
You people need to check your six and clean up your act. Go peddle your crap outside the classroom. Teach, if you even know how. You might even find it rewarding.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque 8/29/2022 9:40:19 AM (No. 1262307)
The rainbow was God’s promise to always be there for His people, not “Ill misuse my genitals if you will.”
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Pammie 8/29/2022 10:17:13 AM (No. 1262354)
Help me understand why people feel the need to shove their beliefs down anyone's much less children's throats? The rainbow is God's gift to his creation to never destroy his earth again. We, the American people, should thank those who fly the rainbows for reminding us of God's gift! Until we continue to counter those who are anti-God and anti-America, we will never rest!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
bpl40 8/29/2022 10:28:23 AM (No. 1262365)
Teachers should be primarily concerned with one letter only - R, as in Reading, 'Riting ,and 'Rithmetic! Leave all other (like LGBTQRST etc) to parents who are the only guardians children should have.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
red1066 8/29/2022 10:31:43 AM (No. 1262368)
Schools in general should have only one flag in each classroom. The American flag. Also, there is no need to have a gay club in any school. These days, anyone who is gay is pretty much out in the open. What exactly do members of this gay club do on school property, and if this teacher is so worried about the safety of her gay students, shouldn't being a member of a gay club be dangerous to those members?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Talk2 8/29/2022 10:32:45 AM (No. 1262370)
Poor thing is finding it difficult to teach because she is afraid someone might interfere with her grooming of children.
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How dense are these people? Flying a rainbow flag in your classroom is not appropriate or what parents want for their children.