Society/Culture Drag Queen Story Time Cancellations

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

We don't exactly have an epidemic of school trekkings in Australia...

Because we’re trained from a young age how to go about trekking through Australian nature. Or at least it was the norm when I was growing up.

 

[bourbons]

Fair enough it’s a dangerous pastime but so is trekking in the outback.

Kinda the point for mine ie. DQST can't reasonably be classified as a 'dangerous pastime' (well I'm sure the usual suspects would classify it as such but you know what I mean).

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Because we’re trained from a young age how to go about trekking through Australian nature. Or at least it was the norm when I was growing up.

So do you think we should be trained about diversity from a young age?

 

[the_interloper]

So do you think we should be trained about diversity from a young age?

My son's Catholic school has had some recent new enrolments, apparently the (government) school they have come from are teaching about LGBT+ stuff, pronouns etc, didn't impress some parents evidently.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

My son's Catholic school has had some recent new enrolments, apparently the (government) school they have come from are teaching about LGBT+ stuff, pronouns etc, didn't impress some parents evidently.

These new bigot parents may effect your sons education.

You should send him to the inclusive school and save some money.

 

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

So do you think we should be trained about diversity from a young age?

I don’t know how diverse guns are but I think having some training in the use of them and the dangers they pose is best if you’re going to have regular access to, or be using them frequently.

 

[Gethelred]

My son's Catholic school has had some recent new enrolments, apparently the (government) school they have come from are teaching about LGBT+ stuff, pronouns etc, didn't impress some parents evidently.

Some of it's on the curriculum, they'll be getting it anyway.

 

[the_interloper]

Some of it's on the curriculum, they'll be getting it anyway.

In Catholic schools? I should probably know this of course, I mean a lot of it would be incongruent with Catholic teachings I guess, would be a hard one to navigate. They do a sexuality night (call it something different to that) but it's run by a third party, good way to stay out of I guess.

 

[Gethelred]

In Catholic schools? I should probably know this of course, I mean a lot of it would be incongruent with Catholic teachings I guess, would be a hard one to navigate. They do a sexuality night (call it something different to that) but it's run by a third party, good way to stay out of I guess.

Victorian curriculum. It isn't really a case of 'this is against my religion so I won't teach it', it's a case of 'if you want funding or to be listed as an educational institution at all, this is what you're agreeing to teach.'

 

[the_interloper]

Victorian curriculum. It isn't really a case of 'this is against my religion so I won't teach it', it's a case of 'if you want funding or to be listed as an educational institution at all, this is what you're agreeing to teach.'

Well 70% of the school's revenue is government funding so it makes sense I guess, it puts Catholic schools in a quandary though I'd say.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Victorian curriculum. It isn't really a case of 'this is against my religion so I won't teach it', it's a case of 'if you want funding or to be listed as an educational institution at all, this is what you're agreeing to teach.'

I see they are also offering these pronouns in Chinese and Arabic... that's going to go down like a lead balloon!

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Well 70% of the school's revenue is government funding so it makes sense I guess, it puts Catholic schools in a quandary though I'd say.

Maybe the Catholics should try and assimilate.

 

[the_interloper]

Maybe the Catholics should try and assimilate.

Maybe everyone else should!

 

[Gethelred]

I see they are also offering these pronouns in Chinese and Arabic... that's going to go down like a lead balloon!

Tell me, do you always ask Mohammed bin Salman for advice on what to teach your children?

 

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

Tell me, do you always ask Mohammed bin Salman for advice on what to teach your children?

Is the government gonna tell Islamic scholars or Muslim schoolteachers to host DQST for their children or teach about LGBT+ stuff, pronouns etc because it’s in the curriculum?

 

[Gethelred]

Is the government gonna tell Islamic scholars or Muslim schoolteachers to host DQST for their children...?

Was that what the post you quoted suggested?

... or teach about LGBT+ stuff, pronouns etc because it’s in the curriculum?

This is a silly question.

If it's in the curriculum, they have to teach it.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Tell me, do you always ask Mohammed bin Salman for advice on what to teach your children?

I wonder if Dan the Man has consulted his good buddy Xi on whether he approves this or not? Wouldn't want to do anything that opposes Xi Thought!

 

[Gethelred]

I wonder if Dan the Man has consulted his good buddy Xi on whether he approves this or not? Wouldn't want to do anything that opposes Xi Thought!

Yeah. Bye now.

 

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

Was that what the post you quoted suggested?

I’m just wondering if it’s an across the board decision or if encroaching on the Islamic religion is off limits.

This is a silly question.

If it's in the curriculum, they have to teach it.

Will be interested to see what Muslim schools and parents say about this.

 

[Gethelred]

I’m just wondering if it’s an across the board decision or if encroaching on the Islamic religion is off limits.

If you're here to look for hypocrisy, you're probably going to find it. Everyone's hypocritical in different ways.

You could also take the opinion of others as you find it, as opposed to trying to deepen the ideological divide. Just a thought.

Will be interested to see what Muslim schools and parents say about this.

I don't teach at one, so couldn't tell you.

 

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

If you're here to look for hypocrisy, you're probably going to find it. Everyone's hypocritical in different ways.

You could also take the opinion of others as you find it, as opposed to trying to deepen the ideological divide. Just a thought.

Do you think this should be forced to be taught in Islamic schools?

I don't teach at one, so couldn't tell you.

I’m still interested to see how it goes.

 

[Gethelred]

Do you think this should be forced to be taught in Islamic schools?

I think inclusion should absolutely be taught as a value within all schools. Do you not think so?

I’m still interested to see how it goes.

You'll have to ask someone who does, then.

 

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

I think inclusion should absolutely be taught as a value within all schools. Do you not think so?

Absolutely but do you think forcing it upon a religion that is strictly and vehemently opposed to it is the right thing?

 

[Gethelred]

Absolutely but do you think forcing it upon a religion that is strictly and vehemently opposed to it is the right thing?

We're probably in the wrong thread.

I'll quote you over in another that probably suits the conversation more.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Maybe the Catholics should try and assimilate.

Maybe everyone else should!

Honest question coming from a long-lapsed Catholic for the_interloper. How actually Catholic are you? Would there be stuff in the State Curriculum that might give the Catholic in you the heebie jeebies?