This is a weird one
A teacher at a Durham private school underwent a sex change over the summer, sparking a debate among school administrators and at least one parent over how to approach the issue in class.
Leslie Webster has taught music at Duke School for Children for 12 years as a woman but started the new school year Wednesday as a man.
The parents of all 460 students at the private elementary and middle school, which isn’t affiliated with Duke University, received a letter this week notifying them of Webster’s sex change and outlining plans to inform students on Sept. 4.
School headmaster Dave Michelman said in the letter that "children will be told that Leslie was born a female but felt like a male" and became a man with doctors’ help.
The parents rightly pitched a fit. And surely, some liberals will spin it around, start their "bigot!" talk, yada yada yada (can’t believe I just wrote that), but will, as usual, be wrong. The point is, as one parent in the story points out, that children do not need to be informed of these issues. Hell, schools are already doing enough to rob them of their childhoods, do they really need one more?
This isn’t about Leslie getting a sex change. If he/she wants it, hey, that is his/her right. And it happened. Whatever. The world will go on. Don’t drag the children into this. And I do mean children. Kids in the 11th and 12th grades might understand; elementry kids certainly won’t, and should not have to.
Think about it: Leslie’s friends and family are probably very confused over this. Leslie’s coworkers are certainly confused, too. How would you react? Now put yourself in a kids place.
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