This
article made me think about when I was a child in elementary school and what I
thought or how I perceived the LGBT community. I feel I did not know about the
LGBT community, or if I did know anything it was very little. Just like this
article discussed; books, conversations, activities, and everything in the
classroom never addressed LGBT. As a child when things are never discussed it
is typically because people want to hide you from it or it is not widely
accepted. Due to the fact that LGBT was not discussed I grew up not understanding
it and seeing those people as “odd or weird.” As a child you become ignorant if
you are not taught about the LGBT community. It wasn’t until about junior high that
I fully grasped the idea of the LGBT community, and to this day I am still
learning new things about it. I feel that in schools children should be made aware
of everything going on in the world, including the LGBT community. I do not
expect every story and conversation in elementary school to be about LGBT because
then that would be overkill, but it should be included as it is now a large
part of society. Children should be educated on everything going on around them
and then they can decide how they feel about it or understand how their parents
and family feel about the topic. I would never want to be told what to do or
brain washed what to do, I would just want to know all the options and points
of view before deciding what to do. I feel elementary school is the best place
to start educating our children about everything and not hiding information
from them. With all this being said I hope the education system will start to
educate students about everything going on in the world, including the LGBT community,
with fair and equal mindsets and attitudes towards the topic so that the children’s
thoughts will not be influenced.
Do you agree with me about starting
to educate children early on about the LGBT community?
The following hyperlink/video is
about women and women’s rights and it correlates indirectly with the LBGT community
because it is also a big issue that still needs to be worked on just like LGTB,
and it deals with people and acceptance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwJRFClybmk#t=19
This picture is self-explanatory. 