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.
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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.
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