Saturday, February 28, 2009

I was talking to my cooperating kindergarten teacher yesterday, and she was emphasizing just how much her students have learned this school year. "When I got them in September, some of them didn't even know if they were a boy or a girl!" Clearly, this is the most important thing we can teach in kindergarten. Ugh.
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  1. Jaye SchmusFebruary 28, 2009 at 10:31 PM

    The more I learn about this, the more I think that we should allow children more say in their identity. At that age, I'd be more worried that they can recognize colors, and shapes, and recite the alphabet.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    Or, some of them DID know whether they were a boy or a girl--but their gender identity just didn't match up with how they were assigned at birth.

    ~ The Kid Who Insisted He Was a Boy and Be Called "Jose" in Third Grade

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