BlogPost 5

I went to one public school my entire life and now I am here at John Carroll. My school was in a very small town not very far from here. Throughout my whole education at that school there was very few LGBTQ people so there was not much of problem with harassment or homophobia. I do remember one guy that came out as gay after he graduated. Although he never came out until after everybody knew it already. They did not ask him about it or harass him in any way, everybody respected how he was and let him be, or even if someone was not accepting of how he was they did not say anything to him. My school did practically nothing to address any homophobia or heterosexualism at hand, but it was not completely necessary for them to do so.

When Rofes discusses childhood he talks about how children have no rights and how as soon as the child is born they are characterized as either boy or girl. When this happens boys can only do boy this and girls can only do girl things. If someone breaks this social characterization they are looked at like they are odd or bizarre and will often receive harassment or some sort of social stigma that reflects badly on them. People have not addressed homophobia or hetersexualism for a very long time, so most people are actually unaware of how it happens and what are the consequences. Liberal distinctions would be to raise a child as it is born and then when it gets older it will know their gender identification. A radical distinction would be to raise the child gender neutral until it is ready to decide. 

I believe that someone should be able to be whatever they want and not have to deal with any persecution for who they are. I believe that someone should do whatever makes them happy and that nobody else's opinion should matter. I think that schools and society should accept everybody for who they are or who they want to be. If there is a little boy who wants to be a girl, or a little girl that wants to be a boy they should let them be. I think it is terrible that people would deny someone who they want to be just because it is against the social norm, and that is another problem itself. Society as a whole needs to be more accepting of other peoples view's, orientation, or anything. There is to much discrimination. 

When/ If I become a teacher one day my vision for a school that I hope to work at would be completely accepting of everyone no matter what their orientation is. If i cannot work at a school like this then i hope that i will be able to help get the school to that point so everyone can be comfortable in their own skin and create a safe learning environment for all. 



What do you believe and what is your vision for the school where you hope to be teaching in the next four years? (250 thoughtful words).