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. 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? 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'.
andyxxx said:
Wiccan of Darkness said:
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?
In total agreement10 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?
So a quick update form my side.
My sister approached the assistant head teacher this morning, with concern over the content of my niece's homework. Mainly on the the fact that as a 10 year old she never had a clue what the acronym was, let alone really understood when my sister tried to explain things as delicately as she could. (This is my niece's situation, so appreciate that kids can differ, and adult opinions, but for the purpose of this update we'll keep it on my niece's situation.
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The assistant head agreed categorically that this should not have been rolled out to the Primary 6 pupils, as the content was aimed at secondary school pupils. Equally, there is a policy in place that calls for the (secondary) school in question to seek the parent's permission, depending on year group, prior to rolling this out. The assistant head apologised, offered to speak to the teacher in question, and get back to my sister. There was an agreed concern over the suggestion to 'research', and there was a worry over what content could have been unearthed on the WWW, regardless of adult filters etc on web browsers within this age group.
So, thanks for the views, it seems that the school agrees it wasn't suitable content for the class and shouldn't have been rolled out.
My sister approached the assistant head teacher this morning, with concern over the content of my niece's homework. Mainly on the the fact that as a 10 year old she never had a clue what the acronym was, let alone really understood when my sister tried to explain things as delicately as she could. (This is my niece's situation, so appreciate that kids can differ, and adult opinions, but for the purpose of this update we'll keep it on my niece's situation.
) The assistant head agreed categorically that this should not have been rolled out to the Primary 6 pupils, as the content was aimed at secondary school pupils. Equally, there is a policy in place that calls for the (secondary) school in question to seek the parent's permission, depending on year group, prior to rolling this out. The assistant head apologised, offered to speak to the teacher in question, and get back to my sister. There was an agreed concern over the suggestion to 'research', and there was a worry over what content could have been unearthed on the WWW, regardless of adult filters etc on web browsers within this age group.
So, thanks for the views, it seems that the school agrees it wasn't suitable content for the class and shouldn't have been rolled out.
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