Colleen27
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- Mar 31, 2007
If you read the law, the law says TEACHING...not discussing. And certainly no law is going to stop a 7-8 year old from saying whatever comes to their mind to another kid.
Yeah, but that's another one of those hair-splitting things that becomes a potential quagmire in the application. An example a teacher friend of mine posted today: She had a student (1st grade) who was using "gay" as an insult, so she took a few minutes to talk to the whole class about what that word means and why it is wrong to use it as synonymous with "stupid" or whatever other insipid insults early elementary school kids sling at one another. Now, is that teaching or is it discussing? Obviously it wasn't part of the curriculum, but things do come up in classrooms that aren't "book learning" but still need to be addressed. The law would specifically prevent using moments like that as applied lessons in tolerance/kindness.