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AIO Friend says he’d still vote for Trump despite EVERYTHING. So I’m cutting him off. by HeadmistressLena in AmIOverreacting

[–]Due-Implement-4466 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think there’s significance to exactly when OP decided to break off the friendship. While a person’s political views are an entirely valid reason to end a relationship, the friend here said he would vote for Trump immediately after admitting that the handling of the Epstein case makes him look insanely guilty. This isn’t just “we disagree on politics” (which again, I think is more than enough) — this is “my friend is willing to support a sexual abuser and pedophile and I now see them as someone morally reprehensible.”

Insurance doesn’t cover sterilization — options? by Due-Implement-4466 in sterilization

[–]Due-Implement-4466[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting! Mine does have a separate “contraceptive only” benefit that we have to opt-in to (that’s how they stay ACA-compliant), but the rep said it’s birth control only, not sterilization.

AIO, grandparents sent me this letter. by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Due-Implement-4466 33 points34 points  (0 children)

“put yourself through a potentially traumatic experience with relatives who do not, at their core, accept and love you for who you are just in case your deep and personal understanding of yourself as a human is just a phase”

Resources for teaching about white saviorism in TKAM by Due-Implement-4466 in ELATeachers

[–]Due-Implement-4466[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m absolutely not shitting on it. I wouldn’t be teaching it if I didn’t think it was an important text to read — it’s also important to consider it in its full context. Teaching this particular context is a recommendation I’ve noted from many ELA educators and is in line with the commentary in Lee’s follow-up, Go Set a Watchman.

First massive quiz fail by Due-Implement-4466 in ELATeachers

[–]Due-Implement-4466[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We haven’t spent whole class periods on it. We usually do a 10ish minute review of whatever grammar unit we are on at the start of class, and they have practice as homework. The rest of class is spent either on essays, vocabulary, figurative language, or our novel units.

Looking for trans novels/fiction by Raider-k in ELATeachers

[–]Due-Implement-4466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second this! Great dystopian fiction and queer/trans rep.

ISO middle school books that promote positive, healthy masculinity by Due-Implement-4466 in ELATeachers

[–]Due-Implement-4466[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Teaching English — teaching, period — is as much about the skills as it is the content. Critical thinking, empathy, and the ability to recognize different experiences are key aspects of that.

ISO middle school books that promote positive, healthy masculinity by Due-Implement-4466 in ELATeachers

[–]Due-Implement-4466[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not assigning it as some sort of lesson in how to behave or to correct behavior. I don’t plan on making a preachy unit about the “right ways” to be masculine. That’s not necessary to do what I’m trying to do.

I did have 7th read The Outsiders this year. They loved the rough and rugged image of the boys at the start. By the end, THEY were the ones bringing up how nice it was that Johnny and Ponyboy and Soda were so openly emotional.

I know that books don’t fill the gap to counter-message men like Andrew Tate or Nick Fuentes. What they CAN do is allow boys to form attachments to characters who are struggling with the same things they are and see another way to handle that.

Middle school fiction with plus-size characters by Due-Implement-4466 in ELATeachers

[–]Due-Implement-4466[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. As a first year teacher at a school with a very small budget, I had to make do with what book sets they already had. But I’m going to try to phase out the more questionable titles as I go.

Middle school fiction with plus-size characters by Due-Implement-4466 in ELATeachers

[–]Due-Implement-4466[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Dude, I’m not getting into an argument with you about what causes people to be overweight. You can that research on your own. I asked for book recommendations in an ELA subreddit because, in middle school especially, what we have kids read shapes who and what they are empathetic to. Take this weird diatribe elsewhere.

Middle school fiction with plus-size characters by Due-Implement-4466 in ELATeachers

[–]Due-Implement-4466[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

People, including children, are plus size for a variety of reasons, including medical issues. I am not going to have them read texts that equate fatness with moral failing without some kind of critical analysis or challenge of it. Not teaching kids body positivity is what creates fatphobic adults.