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Teachers are told they can't call students 'boys and girls' because it might be insensitive to transgender children

• North Carolina teachers have been given a new 57-page training manual
• The document highlights the problems faced by transgender students
• Teachers are advised against using gender specific pronouns in class
• Students are encouraged to wear the clothes they feel comfortable in

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The new policies have been introduced by schools superintendent Ann Clark, pictured

Teachers in North Carolina have been warned against gender-specific pronouns when referring to students as it may offend transgender children.

In a 57-page training manual for teachers and classroom assistants, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools have urged teachers to take care when addressing their pupils.

Instead of 'boys and girls', teachers are asked to refer to the youngsters as 'students and scholars'.

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools have produced a 57-page training manual to help teachers deal with any students who may be transgender to enable them feel included in school life

Also, the document said all students must be made to feel comfortable in school, with them being able to dress in accordance with the gender they feel rather than the one noted on their birth certificate.

The document claims LGBT students are four to five times more likely to attempt to take their own lives compared with their heterosexual peers - with between 40-50 per cent of them attempting suicide by age 20.

Teachers in North Carolina have been told LGBT students have reported they are more likely to be excluded, or attacked than their heterosexual colleagues.

The North Carolina Values Coalition has attacked the new policy claiming it will endanger school pupils.

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As part of the new instructions, teachers are asked to avoid 'gender specific classroom management techniques' such as lining students up or addressing them as 'boys and girls'

Executive director of the conservative group Tami Fitzgerald attacked the school's board.

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Document:Transgender 101

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (abbreviated CMS) is a local education agency headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the public school system for Mecklenburg County. With over 135,600 students enrolled, it is the second-largest school district in North Carolina and the eighteenth-largest in the nation.[2] The system is best known nationally for its role as the respondent in the landmark 1971 Supreme Court decision Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

CMS operates 20 high schools, not including alternative schools or "schools-within-a-school".

CMS also operates 94 elementary schools and 32 middle schools.

Several CMS high schools have been recognized by Newsweek as being among the 100 best high schools in the United States, a statistic based on the number of advanced classes that are offered to students.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlo...enburg_Schools

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nooooo

[T-Swizz]

[GreasyBruce]

Transgender people are about 0.5% or less of the population, this is completely and utterly unnecessary Educating children about transgender people and teaching acceptance and love, absolutely 100%. But pretending like they don't have a gender? Why does the regressive left hate gender differences SO much? This is the same kind of ridiculous thinking that has created education policies and teaching methods that cater to girls' needs and negatively affect boys, hence the widening gap in academic achievement between boys and girls, in exams, high school graduations, college attendance, college graduations and all kinds of metrics.

[katycat737]

This sounds so extra

[Bangerzzz]

Aren't transgender people either male or female though ?

[NewRihannaStan]

I am for the trans people but omg this is just kinda confusing.

[King Maxx]

Okay I guess. When you introduce the class, you say "students" instead of "boys and girls".

That's not so bad. But knowing teachers, they won't listen and students won't care.

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Gaga's Highway Unicorn (Road To Love) ha local impact

at least somewhere

[NewRihannaStan]

Originally posted by Bangerzzz

Aren't transgender people either male or female though ?

This is why I'm confused

[KiiPopHunty]

North Carolina though?...

If the teachers do it and it helps students feel more comfortable, then it sounds like a good thing.

[Komet blu]

these shenanigans have GOT to stop

[Yndda]

I mean it's not really like it's the end of the world to refer to them as "students"

[Nikolai.]

Omfg this world is literally getting worse by the day. Children do NOT need to be taught these things
All this will do will make them more confused and maybe even encourage them to change even though they never thought about it in the first place

[ShouldersSideways]

It might seem a little extra but since this is north carolina I encourage it tbh

[Ryanicorn]

This is great


It's too "sjw!!1" for the gays, so the negative comments in here are expected

[Callisto.]

2016 is so edgy and fun.

[Airhead]

And teachers will continue to call them boys and girls. This is so stupid.

[T-Swizz]

Just refer to people by their names, why is it so complicated

[Diarrhoea]

Good for them.