Teacher to Return After Having Sex Change

[Mrs Behavin]

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001/20060228/0418193875.htm&sc=1110

EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - To students at Eagleswood Elementary School, she used to be Mr. McBeth. Now, after undergoing a sex change, 71-year-old Lily McBeth is ready to return to teaching as Miss McBeth.
Despite criticism from parents, the school board on Monday stood by its decision to allow McBeth to resume working as a substitute teacher.

After two hours of public debate and a private meeting with McBeth and her lawyer, the board took no action on calls by several parents to bar McBeth from returning to the school where she taught for five years before becoming a woman.

``It was magnificent,'' McBeth said afterward. ``You saw democracy in action.''





My question is how do you explain this to a 7 year old? :dunno

 

[lemon]

um...

substitute teacher...

mr mcbeth fell down some stairs, and is very boobooed. me, being his wife, also a substitute teacher, has decided to take over his resposibilities, when needed as a substitute teacher. it is highly doubtful that mr mcbeth will return, due to his booboos.

:dunno

 

[sharpies]

Who the hell wants a 71 year old teacher? Does it really matter what sex he or she is if all she talks about is how bad things were during the American Civil war.

Allan

 

[Sim]

I would rather question the practices of performing sex changes on people of such older age...I understand she had the money, and money talks, but from a medical standpoint, it sounds too risky.

A person is a person, no matter what their apperances or genders might be. Anyone who doesn't look beyond the skin is nothing more than a closed-minded bigot who needs to reexamine the real issues in life. There's a war going on, but people are worried about how their kids will accept a person who had a sex change...well, here's a thought: Don't make a big deal of it in front of your children, and they'll grow up to be better people who won't think such things are so wrong...because there's nothing wrong with it at all.

For people to sit there and tell kids that it is evil and against the laws of their invisible gods is utter bullshit anyway. They should allow their children to find their own paths in life, and not worry about the paths others have taken.

Yes, I'm opinionated on this. Yes, I know people who have had sex changes. Did my kids turn out all fucked up because they knew their Auntie CJ was once living as a male? No. They accept her and love her for her personality, and not for what she wears or how she appears.

People can spout off "it's what's on the inside that counts" all day long...but if they don't live by that statement, then the meaning is forever lost, and they are forever the bigot.

 

[Rusteh]

I'ts a 7 year old...and after they leave the class they most likely won't see IT again since they are going to different teachers after 1st grade. As long as she doesn't "preach" her beliefs to the kids. If the kid's parents make a big deal about it with their kids then I really feel sorry for the kids because hatred is a learned trait...and i'm afraid it's not because she did the sex change but because the aprents are going to be ignorant and "retard" their children from understanding it's the teacher's choice and not a requirment or even an option they have to consider when their older if they don't want to.

 

[hhayes]

well to be a 71 year old substitute added with the whole sex change thing she/he must be really good with the children and in this case that is all that should matter.

 

[Mrs Behavin]

I agree that what this teacher does is her own business but I could see my daughter coming home from school one day saying, "Mommy, we now have to call Mr McBeth, Ms McBeth and now he wears make-up and dresses, yada yada yada."
And of course she is going to want an explanantion and Im not gonna deny her an explanantion about it. It just seems to me that it would be a lot of explaining for a 7 yr old mind. And yes, I know she is going to be faced with alot of things along her path of life but the fact of a 7 yr old child needing to know about sex changes and what not seems to be alot for her to know about just yet. I think teaching her things one small step at a time has been good so far, instead of one giant conversation about the whole ordeal at one time.
She came home the other day (she is in 1st grade) asking me what lesbians were. We had a small talk about that. I didnt go into details about all of it but I gave her the jist idea of what it meant. It has just been blowing my mind with the things that she is inquistive about. But we take it one small step at a time. And so far that has worked really well.

 

[Sim]

This is where we differ in our parenting...and that's fine. What works for me won't necessarily work for you, and vice versa.

My children don't have questions about much of anything which is considered taboo in society. We always have the news on (either MSNBC or CNN), and encourage discussion on whatever it is they question. We've done this since day one, and it makes for less jarring moments as parents.
We've also made certain they've been exposed to different things. A lot of parents won't allow children to witness death or attend funerals. Case in point, my father died in March of '97 in his hospital bed. I drove myself and my husband, and our three (at the time I was pregnant) children up to the hospital, and pushed the stroller right into his room. I was met with my mother's oldest sister at the door, and she attempted to push me back out. I told her to get the hell out of my way, that my children were to say their good-byes and know first hand what was going on. My oldest son still thanks me today for this. The others were a tad young to recall, obviously. And we've done the same throughout the years with each person who passes on.

The same goes for any kind of gender and lifestyle questions. We have many straight friends, and many gay friends. There are those, like Auntie CJ, who were born with both genitalia, and we've explained it all.

They're better for that. And don't get me wrong...I'm not saying my children are better than yours because of this. I'm simply saying that they are better in their situation than others would be in the same.

Wow...this turned out longer than expected... lol

 

[lemon]

well said sim :cool

 

[Sim]

Thanks, lemon. I'm rather surprised that anything at this hour comes out coherently... *smiles*

 

[Veronica]

i cant comment on this...

 

[Haus]

well you just commented on how you cant comment on this.

 

[Sim]

Re: RE: Teacher to Return After Having Sex Change

*turns on PW Police lights*

You are under arrest for post whoring on your own forum!!

<gay man voice>PULL OVAH!</gay man voice>

LMAO Just kidding...somewhat... hehehe

i cant comment on this...

 

[Veronica]

my bad---


everyone return to the topic! Gay guy getting sex change so he feels better about being gay.

 

[Sim]

Re: RE: Teacher to Return After Having Sex Change

It isn't about feeling better about being gay. It is about feeling as though you are one gender, trapped in the body of the opposite one, and doing something to change that so that there is peace and harmony within yourself. It's taking care of number one, rather than worrying what others think.

my bad---


everyone return to the topic! Gay guy getting sex change so he feels better about being gay.

:funnah :funnah :funnah

 

[AtlanticBlue99]

Re: RE: Teacher to Return After Having Sex Change

It isn't about feeling better about being gay. It is about feeling as though you are one gender, trapped in the body of the opposite one, and doing something to change that so that there is peace and harmony within yourself. It's taking care of number one, rather than worrying what others think.

my bad---


everyone return to the topic! Gay guy getting sex change so he feels better about being gay.

:funnah :funnah :funnah

i dont know 100% if they are gay guys seeking less turmoil and greater satisfaction or if they are confused gender-types seeking salvation. how could you know for sure?

but you cant deny her a job, as long as she doesnt molest the kids things should be okay.

 

[Veronica]

definally cant deny her/him a job.. But I dunno. I could care less what someone else does w/ their body.. but I dunno if I would be ok with her/him teaching my child. I dunno. I have many gay friends, and I love them with all my heart and would support them with everything, but never once have they wanted to be a chick. So I dunno since I have never handled the experiance personally.

 

[Sim]

Re: RE: Teacher to Return After Having Sex Change

Why do you assume it would be any different with this person teaching your child? There are all kinds of teachers that you almost swear have to be bending the gender rules, but as long as they can teach, there shouldn't be an issue.

It isn't about what people look like. It's what they can do...and if they do their jobs well, then they're fine by me.

definally cant deny her/him a job.. But I dunno. I could care less what someone else does w/ their body.. but I dunno if I would be ok with her/him teaching my child.

 

[BooFetus]

I really don't know what to say. I don't know a person who had a sex change personally, so I can't say. Me being the student, and you being the substitute, I'd probably give you a bit of a hard time as usual, but it wouldn't have anything to do with you once being a guy.

 

[Mrs Behavin]

Re: RE: Teacher to Return After Having Sex Change

Why do you assume it would be any different with this person teaching your child? There are all kinds of teachers that you almost swear have to be bending the gender rules, but as long as they can teach, there shouldn't be an issue.

It isn't about what people look like. It's what they can do...and if they do their jobs well, then they're fine by me.

definally cant deny her/him a job.. But I dunno. I could care less what someone else does w/ their body.. but I dunno if I would be ok with her/him teaching my child.

But children are not educated yet on issues, especially like that one, and children don't understand philosophy or individuality yet.