A Georgia school board voted along party lines Thursday to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class.

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    I don’t care what you feel, if the parents tell you “don’t read that to my kid” and you do it anyway, you get what you get.

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      No genuinely, 100%, actually, fuck that. Forget gender, lgbt, and all that for a moment. In a very general sense, a teacher has a duty to society to challenge children and teach them to be better people. Sometimes that will clash with the bigotry and racism held by their parents, and that’s a good thing. The moment we prevent teachers from trying to make a better world is the day our society ends.

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        Until the pendulum swings, like it always does, and the right wing grabs hold of all of these tools that the left has created. And then you’ll be told that you have no choice regarding the changes they will make. It’s best to leave that authority with parents.

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      Don’t teach my kids reading!

      Don’t learn my childrens ‘bout no demonic algebra.

      Don’t read that evil evolution book to my offspring.

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        It doesn’t matter how backwards you think it is, the parents have the authority. If you want the kids to start learning a topic, get the parents to agree.

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          Oh, my bad. I didn’t realize the parents were all experts in education and also made the rules and could even change reality to fit their whims.

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              Says the person doing exactly that.

              Like it or not, parents don’t own children, nor do they have an absolute authority over them.

              If parents abuse or neglect their child (and yes, depriving them of an education is both) then the other responsible adults in that’s child’s life have not only every right, but the absolute responsibility, to override the abusive parents’ instructions or demands, and intervene in the child’s best interest.

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                Then take the next step and vote to get those kids taken away, if you think it’s that much harm.

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          one of the man benefits of public education are having the kids taught by people who actually know what they are teaching, rather than random parents who think they know. yeah, its not perfect, but parents generally make worse teachers than, ya know, trained teachers.

          its classic micromanagement of the kid. let go