TALKIN POINTS #3 CARLSON

TALKING POINTS #3 CARLSON

ARGUMENT: Carlson argues that the public school system is in denial about homosexuality, and that they should reform the curriculum in order to include it and make existence of it.


Quotes

# 1 “Throughout this century, one of the primary means of ensuring that gayness was an invisible presence in the school was through the dismissal of teachers who were found out to be homosexuals.”
When I read this I was honestly shocked, never had it crossed my mind that this would be possible just because of someone’s sexual orientation. I than wondered if there is any written documents that states that “non straight” people can’t be teachers and if not how are these teachers taken away from there positions? I then laughed when I got to the part of the “ridiculous crushes” is it not possible for straight women to fall in love with one of her male students? Is this impossible? No therefore that shouldn’t be a reason why homosexual teachers be dismissed from their jobs.


#2 “In 1993, for example, the gay rights movement claimed a major victory in the signing into law of a Minnesota bill that makes it illegal to discriminate against lesbians and gay men in employment and housing. Yet what got ignored in all the celebrating was a provision in the bill that prohibits teaching about homosexuality in the public schools.”
Honestly this I believe is childish why would they celebrate about a bill that prohibits teachings about homosexuality? Why would they even pass this? If I was a parent I would want my child to learn about this simply because it’s an issue many people face. Well idk if it’s an issue but that’s the only word that comes to mind. I would like my child to know about the different types of sexualities there is just like the different races there are its not all about being pink, straight, wealthy, or incapable. There are different “combinations” and someone shouldn’t be treated unfairly if there “combination” isn’t the ideal one. Lol I know I really worded this funny comment if you need any clarifications.


#3 "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, where it is associated with disease.”
WHY???? I do kind of understand how it fits into the health curriculum, but why is it that it’s only being associated with disease?

#4 “We cannot and should not attempt to impose "politically correct" beliefs 0n students; but we have a responsibility as public educators in a democratic society to engage them in a dialogue in which all voices get heard or represented and in which gay students and teachers feel free to "come out" and find their own voices.”
I totally agree with that because not everyone agrees to what is “politically correct” anyways so why not teach them about the “politically incorrect” as well?


About the reading…. Reading Gayness, Multicultural Education, and Community by DENNIS CARLSON, was not a difficult reading what so ever. I was really into throughout the entire reading; I “loved” the examples that were given on how public schools try to incorporate homosexuality into the curriculum by not doing so at all. It’s like there faking the students about its existence . I could just imagine how hard it would be for these students (GLBT) to even bother waking up in the morning to go to school knowing that they have to live in fear. Another thing I was thinking about through the reading was about private schools? If its this bad in public schools I can’t even begin to imagine how much worst it is in a private school?