tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205147049740549737.post3420094515529407547..comments2023-10-20T03:36:16.402-07:00Comments on The Safe Schools Coalition Blog: Don't Take it Personally...Safe Schools Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12888406342613125865noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205147049740549737.post-18955418200080149742008-06-09T19:24:00.000-07:002008-06-09T19:24:00.000-07:00i don't think you're crazy, either.as usual, readi...i don't think you're crazy, either.<BR/><BR/>as usual, reading things you have written fills me with a mix of hope and apprehension. as a future teacher who identifies as queer and gender-variant and is out as such at my university, i look to you and think "wow, look what Loren's doing; i hope i can be that strong." just the same i think to myself, "will the same thing happen to me?" probably. but knowing there is another person out there who understands, and who's survived, public education as a queer and gender-variant teacher... i figure i'll be okay, somehow, even if it's difficult.<BR/><BR/>i wonder about the implications of bringing "personality difference" as an excuse for a student's poor performance in relation to other identities, and how an administrator would go about addressing that.<BR/><BR/>it also worries me that discussing Lawrence King's murder is "too mature"... when he was right around the age your students probably are. obviously, the incident itself was not out of the scope of actually happening in your students' lives, which for me, is all the more reason to discuss it in a sensitive, critical context.<BR/><BR/>as a pre-service educator, i of course don't really have any advice to offer. but i just think you should know that you are probably an inspiration to more people (like myself) than you realize, and that we're with you, even if we don't have much actual power 'where it counts' (not administrators).c.j.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14384935973489542281noreply@blogger.com