Appropriate homework for a 10 year old...............???
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Hi guys,
I'm looking for some genuine opinions on this please.
My 10 year old niece came home from school tonight with some homework. One of the questions is as follows.
"Research an inspirational LGBT person, and create a fact file about them, and why you find them inspirational".
Now is it just me that feels this is inappropriate to ask a class of 10 year olds? I actually had to ask my sister what the acronym stood for, and my sister tells me that my niece has no idea about the meaning of the question.
I'm genuinely miffed what to make of it!! My niece and I am sure most of, if not all, of the class are most likely completely oblivious to the meaning, as they are too caught up in their dolls, computers, skateboards, whatever else that typical 10 year old kids get up to! On the flip side, why should they expect a class of kids of any age single someone out for their sexuality or gender, when we're all meant to 'live and let live'.
I'm looking for some genuine opinions on this please.
My 10 year old niece came home from school tonight with some homework. One of the questions is as follows.
"Research an inspirational LGBT person, and create a fact file about them, and why you find them inspirational".
Now is it just me that feels this is inappropriate to ask a class of 10 year olds? I actually had to ask my sister what the acronym stood for, and my sister tells me that my niece has no idea about the meaning of the question.
I'm genuinely miffed what to make of it!! My niece and I am sure most of, if not all, of the class are most likely completely oblivious to the meaning, as they are too caught up in their dolls, computers, skateboards, whatever else that typical 10 year old kids get up to! On the flip side, why should they expect a class of kids of any age single someone out for their sexuality or gender, when we're all meant to 'live and let live'.
A 10 year old kid is able to easily establish who Teressa May is and at least write something. My niece doesn’t even know anything about being gay/bi/transsexual so would never be able to establish who is who. The fact that she even had to ask is enough. People are just people to her and her friends.
Although I detect you drafted a funny page for the Teresa May piece!? Haha.
Although I detect you drafted a funny page for the Teresa May piece!? Haha.
desolate said:
What is it about the homework that makes you feel "genuinely miffed"?
I’m genuinely miffed that they expect a class of 10 year olds to understand what an LBGT person is, let alone establish which people fall into any of these catergories, then decide which one of the people they have had to single out for their sexuality is an inspiration. rash_decision said:
I’m genuinely miffed that they expect a class of 10 year olds to understand what an LBGT person is, let alone establish which people fall into any of these catergories, then decide which one of the people they have had to single out for their sexuality is an inspiration.
Fair enough - I didn't even know Freddie Mercury was gay until I was about 20.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VRRWuryb4k
Puggit said:
desolate said:
What is it about the homework that makes you feel "genuinely miffed"?
Genuine question - has the class already been taught about heterosexual relationships? rash_decision said:
Hi guys,
I'm looking for some genuine opinions on this please.
My 10 year old niece came home from school tonight with some homework. One of the questions is as follows.
"Research an inspirational LGBT person, and create a fact file about them, and why you find them inspirational".
Now is it just me that feels this is inappropriate to ask a class of 10 year olds? I actually had to ask my sister what the acronym stood for, and my sister tells me that my niece has no idea about the meaning of the question.
I'm genuinely miffed what to make of it!! My niece and I am sure most of, if not all, of the class are most likely completely oblivious to the meaning, as they are too caught up in their dolls, computers, skateboards, whatever else that typical 10 year old kids get up to! On the flip side, why should they expect a class of kids of any age single someone out for their sexuality or gender, when we're all meant to 'live and let live'.
If you don't know what LGBT stands for, and it's 2018, I think you might be a little backwards...I'm looking for some genuine opinions on this please.
My 10 year old niece came home from school tonight with some homework. One of the questions is as follows.
"Research an inspirational LGBT person, and create a fact file about them, and why you find them inspirational".
Now is it just me that feels this is inappropriate to ask a class of 10 year olds? I actually had to ask my sister what the acronym stood for, and my sister tells me that my niece has no idea about the meaning of the question.
I'm genuinely miffed what to make of it!! My niece and I am sure most of, if not all, of the class are most likely completely oblivious to the meaning, as they are too caught up in their dolls, computers, skateboards, whatever else that typical 10 year old kids get up to! On the flip side, why should they expect a class of kids of any age single someone out for their sexuality or gender, when we're all meant to 'live and let live'.
rash_decision said:
Puggit said:
desolate said:
What is it about the homework that makes you feel "genuinely miffed"?
Genuine question - has the class already been taught about heterosexual relationships? 
king mental. Let kids be kids.I don't have kids yet but if my kid come home with this as homework I would be having words with the school/teacher.
GroundEffect said:
rash_decision said:
Hi guys,
I'm looking for some genuine opinions on this please.
My 10 year old niece came home from school tonight with some homework. One of the questions is as follows.
"Research an inspirational LGBT person, and create a fact file about them, and why you find them inspirational".
Now is it just me that feels this is inappropriate to ask a class of 10 year olds? I actually had to ask my sister what the acronym stood for, and my sister tells me that my niece has no idea about the meaning of the question.
I'm genuinely miffed what to make of it!! My niece and I am sure most of, if not all, of the class are most likely completely oblivious to the meaning, as they are too caught up in their dolls, computers, skateboards, whatever else that typical 10 year old kids get up to! On the flip side, why should they expect a class of kids of any age single someone out for their sexuality or gender, when we're all meant to 'live and let live'.
If you don't know what LGBT stands for, and it's 2018, I think you might be a little backwards...I'm looking for some genuine opinions on this please.
My 10 year old niece came home from school tonight with some homework. One of the questions is as follows.
"Research an inspirational LGBT person, and create a fact file about them, and why you find them inspirational".
Now is it just me that feels this is inappropriate to ask a class of 10 year olds? I actually had to ask my sister what the acronym stood for, and my sister tells me that my niece has no idea about the meaning of the question.
I'm genuinely miffed what to make of it!! My niece and I am sure most of, if not all, of the class are most likely completely oblivious to the meaning, as they are too caught up in their dolls, computers, skateboards, whatever else that typical 10 year old kids get up to! On the flip side, why should they expect a class of kids of any age single someone out for their sexuality or gender, when we're all meant to 'live and let live'.
GroundEffect said:
If you don't know what LGBT stands for, and it's 2018, I think you might be a little backwards...
Or perhaps doesn't hang around with right on uni types. Most of us just get on with our lives without obsessing about this sort of stuff. Let people be what they want to be without making a fuss about it.
Remove the LGBT part and you have a perfectly reasonable assignment.
10 year olds, who have yet to hit puberty will have no concept of sexual orientation, not in a real world sense so the inclusion of the LGBT part is wholly inappropriate. Is this saying that non LGBT people can't also be inspirational?
My gut instinct is this is indicative of the insidious infliction of left wing politics within the education system and the need to insert the LGBT part to satisfy a pro-equality agenda.
Education has to be 'age appropriate' and introducing LGBT to 10 year olds is not age appropriate; this would be acceptable for someone age 15/16. Not 10. The mere fact she is clueless about the acronym is evidence in itself; does she even know what transgenderism actually is, let alone understand it? I can think of dozens of inspirational people, yet I wouldn't have the first idea which camp they belonged to. Nor, to that extent, would I even care. There's more to being an inspirational person than simple sexual orientation.
Ignore the LGBT part and do the assignment anyway. Then have a quiet word with the teacher who set the work and ask them if the age inappropriate indiscretion was a mere slip of professional standards, or whether the teacher has an ulterior motive in promoting left wing ideologies and deliberately included age inappropriate concepts in to the assignment.
That will put the cat among the pigeons
See how this one pans out. The teacher might have simply used material from an educational aids service without even bothering to read it; alternatively the school is trying to breed mini communists and you've opened the lid on the can of worms and about to visited by state controlled agents to cart you off to a siberian gulag. Now here's your hammer and sickle, go and harvest some turnips for dinner.
Getting back to a serious note though, what do the other parents think about the inclusion of the LGBT part? Or don't they care?
10 year olds, who have yet to hit puberty will have no concept of sexual orientation, not in a real world sense so the inclusion of the LGBT part is wholly inappropriate. Is this saying that non LGBT people can't also be inspirational?
My gut instinct is this is indicative of the insidious infliction of left wing politics within the education system and the need to insert the LGBT part to satisfy a pro-equality agenda.
Education has to be 'age appropriate' and introducing LGBT to 10 year olds is not age appropriate; this would be acceptable for someone age 15/16. Not 10. The mere fact she is clueless about the acronym is evidence in itself; does she even know what transgenderism actually is, let alone understand it? I can think of dozens of inspirational people, yet I wouldn't have the first idea which camp they belonged to. Nor, to that extent, would I even care. There's more to being an inspirational person than simple sexual orientation.
Ignore the LGBT part and do the assignment anyway. Then have a quiet word with the teacher who set the work and ask them if the age inappropriate indiscretion was a mere slip of professional standards, or whether the teacher has an ulterior motive in promoting left wing ideologies and deliberately included age inappropriate concepts in to the assignment.
That will put the cat among the pigeons
See how this one pans out. The teacher might have simply used material from an educational aids service without even bothering to read it; alternatively the school is trying to breed mini communists and you've opened the lid on the can of worms and about to visited by state controlled agents to cart you off to a siberian gulag. Now here's your hammer and sickle, go and harvest some turnips for dinner.
Getting back to a serious note though, what do the other parents think about the inclusion of the LGBT part? Or don't they care?
GroundEffect said:
rash_decision said:
Hi guys,
I'm looking for some genuine opinions on this please.
My 10 year old niece came home from school tonight with some homework. One of the questions is as follows.
"Research an inspirational LGBT person, and create a fact file about them, and why you find them inspirational".
Now is it just me that feels this is inappropriate to ask a class of 10 year olds? I actually had to ask my sister what the acronym stood for, and my sister tells me that my niece has no idea about the meaning of the question.
I'm genuinely miffed what to make of it!! My niece and I am sure most of, if not all, of the class are most likely completely oblivious to the meaning, as they are too caught up in their dolls, computers, skateboards, whatever else that typical 10 year old kids get up to! On the flip side, why should they expect a class of kids of any age single someone out for their sexuality or gender, when we're all meant to 'live and let live'.
If you don't know what LGBT stands for, and it's 2018, I think you might be a little backwards...I'm looking for some genuine opinions on this please.
My 10 year old niece came home from school tonight with some homework. One of the questions is as follows.
"Research an inspirational LGBT person, and create a fact file about them, and why you find them inspirational".
Now is it just me that feels this is inappropriate to ask a class of 10 year olds? I actually had to ask my sister what the acronym stood for, and my sister tells me that my niece has no idea about the meaning of the question.
I'm genuinely miffed what to make of it!! My niece and I am sure most of, if not all, of the class are most likely completely oblivious to the meaning, as they are too caught up in their dolls, computers, skateboards, whatever else that typical 10 year old kids get up to! On the flip side, why should they expect a class of kids of any age single someone out for their sexuality or gender, when we're all meant to 'live and let live'.
GroundEffect said:
If you don't know what LGBT stands for, and it's 2018, I think you might be a little backwards...
Typical BMW driver.I wouldn't be happy about that homework. If they are trying to teach equality then why are they singling out a sexuality group? It also sounds like they've been given absolutely no context about it which is just wrong, I'd be having a chat with the teacher to understand when the kids will get the context.
Ari said:
GroundEffect said:
If you don't know what LGBT stands for, and it's 2018, I think you might be a little backwards...
Or perhaps doesn't hang around with right on uni types. Most of us just get on with our lives without obsessing about this sort of stuff. Let people be what they want to be without making a fuss about it.
When these things are ignored you get the issues we had from the majority of the 20th century - horrific persecution.
And lo-and-behold, my generation (millennial) and whatever the new generation is called are generally positive around people being LGBT or fundamentally themselves. Correlation, maybe, but the continued education isn't harming anyone.
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