Response to transgendered article

I really liked reading what Katie felt about this article and her input on how she would handle this situation if she was part of that school. After reading this article and Katie’s response to it I realized the need for these situtations to be part of the educational system. It’s great for kids to experience this different types of people at a young age. The more diversity that a child is exposed to the more tolerant they are.

As a principal at that school I would push how valuable a teacher like this is to their kids. These children are going to get more positve things out of this teacher than negative. It has never been proven that gay parents or gay teachers turn out gay kids, the same findings also apply to transgendered individuals. Much of the population has its preconcieved notions about homosexuals and of course religion plays a huge role in acceptance. None of these reasons should ever prevent someone from being an educator. Articles like this one are extremly exciting to me because they are proof that society is moving forward and that discrimination and homophobia are no longer preventing individuals from pursuing their dreams, what ever they may be.