1. A Florida teacher is under STATE INVESTIGATION for showing a Disney movie in class.
The parent who complained, who is also a member of @[email protected] and the school board, SIGNED A PERMISSION SLIP ALLOWING HER CHILD TO WATCH PG MOVIES AT SCHOOL
We have the receipts
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@[email protected] 2. Florida 5th-grade teacher Jenna Barbee showed the PG-rated Disney movie Strange World to students after a day of standardized testing
It has no sexual content
But Shannon Rodriguez complained because the main character has a crush on another boy
https://popular.info/p/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation
After a long day of standardized testing, Florida fifth-grade teacher Jenna Barbee decided the students needed a break. She had the students watch a Disney movie, Strange World. Now, Barbee, a first-year teacher in Hernando County is being subject to a "misconduct" investigation by the Florida Department of Education.
@[email protected] 3. According to documents obtained by Popular Information, Rodriguez did not file a written complaint
She just called up the principal
This has resulted in a state investigation even though Rodriguez SIGNED THIS PERMISSION SLIP ALLOWING HER CHILD TO WATCH PG MOVIES IN SCHOOL
@[email protected] 4. Had Rodriguez not signed this permission slip, her child would not have been shown the movie.
Nevertheless, at a school board meeting, Rodriguez accused Barbee of "showing a PG movie without approval."
She said Barbee had "stripped the innocence of my 10 year old."
@[email protected] 5. At no point during the May 9 school board meeting did Rodriguez acknowledge she signed the permission slip.
Instead, she spend several minute berating Barbee, saying she had VICTIMIZED 5th grade students by showing them strange days
@[email protected] 7. Barbee, meanwhile, received a notice from the Florida Department of Education saying that "an investigation is warranted into allegations that you engaged in inappropriate conduct"
The department will "determine if disciplinary actions should be pursued."
@[email protected] 8. All of this seems to be based around Florida's Don't Say Gay law, which only prohibits instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity
Strange World is not instruction about sexual orientation and these are fifth graders
@[email protected] 9. The Florida Department of Education recently expanded the prohibition on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity to all grades but the rule doesn't go into effect until May 23.
https://popular.info/p/florida-teacher-under-state-investigation
After a long day of standardized testing, Florida fifth-grade teacher Jenna Barbee decided the students needed a break. She had the students watch a Disney movie, Strange World. Now, Barbee, a first-year teacher in Hernando County is being subject to a "misconduct" investigation by the Florida Department of Education.
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@[email protected] UPDATE: The Florida Department of Education will be visiting this teacher's school on Wednesday, May 17 to interview students about this incident.
This is not a joke.
Remind me again why Disney is still donating to Republicans?
Conservatives are totally ok with it. The less education, the better.
Yeah. This is a rapid decline in American civilization. Usually, you don't notice empires falling in real time, but American conservatives sure are speeding up the downfall of our country.
I will say it again:
What if a woman and a man kiss or express feelings for each other in a movie or in a book? Being straight is also a form of sexual orientation.
If this is the standard, NO movie or book containing any reference to personal relationships could ever be used in school any more.
This is insane!
How f'n embarrassing would it be as a fifth grader to have your mom get the entire state to go after your teacher because the existence of gay people was mentioned.
That's what I was thinking. She's worried about "innocence" being stripped away, but did she give any consideration to the trauma she might be imposing on the child through her actions?
No. This is the same crowd that devastate their families by going down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole. Their kids are tools for their march towards fascism and nothing more.
@juddlegum
To offer a contrast, I recently read And Tango Makes Three, about 2 gay penguins that adopt & hatch an egg and become a family, to my daughters, 7&8 yrs old. (Based on true story from the NYC Zoo). My youngest is all about babies (kittens, chicks, etc). She needed a bit of explanation about adoption & not having a mommy penguin, but both thought it was great that they made a happy family.
Kids don't care b\c bigotry must be taught.
What if a woman and a man kiss each other in a movie? Being straight is also a form of sexual orientation.
Oh God this is so stupid 🙄
@ASP Being straight is also a form of sexual orientation.
@juddlegum
but 'god' says that one is A-Ok.... and that is the ONLY acceptable choice allowed in their society.....
a woman legislator in NDakota?... said she'd rather her child commit suicide than shame and embarrass her family by being trans...
@thejerry_garCIA .. YES.. that was it... freaking kook... who hates that much... how sick..
@juddlegum
Reading, math, science, history. That's it.
We can celebrate that "science" finally made the grade? (But what are you going to read? *Whose history* are you going to study?)
Learning is a slippery, slippery slope.
[Also, the notion that *only parents* can teach their children "about relationships" is pathetically ignorant. I would not want to be that woman's child.]
What's up with "used your father as a sword against me"?!
@fortboise (But what are you going to read? *Whose history* are you going to study?)
@juddlegum
white Christian exceptionalism, divine rights for whites only, no societal integration... blacks and people of color had no part in the making of America...
This woman shouldn't be a parent. Moms for Liberty my ass
that 'mom' has probably already scarred her child for life... and that poor child will need therapy when a bit older....
This is a perfect example of a crazy parent, lol.
I hope she doesn't discover bubble wrap or she might try to wrap her son in it.
Ah ok, less of a lone agent and more of a covert attempt to make changes.
@PathWars yes, a clear republican conservative group that masquerades as grassroots, ever since covid started, there's a lot of info on their wikipedia page already
this is not about safety.. it's indoctrination.... the "mom's" are a danger to society and a cult of ignorance and hate... don't mistake insanity for protectionism....
@juddlegum First off, as a former 10yr-old, innocence is overated.
But a pg-rated movie robbed your child of their "innocence?" The reason why your local psychotherapist can buy a Lucid Air every year is because of moms like this!!!
@adrian
"stripped of her innocence"
@juddlegum
the child has likely already been molested by her youth pastor or minister...
The mum is just a bigot.
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