My Grandaughter attends a small to medium sized secondary School with 40 full time teaching staff. At a recent Fund raising event at which the Teaching staff were in attendance with their spouses & partners. It transpired 3 of the Male teachers had male-live-in partners & no less than 7 female teachers had female partners.
All of these Teachers were seen dancing with their partners, whilst 4 of them were openly cuddling & kissing their partners.
Addmittedly no pupils attended this fundraiser; However my granddaughter says the whole school is aware of ‘Gay/ Lesbian relationships within the school’ and wishes to leave the school as to use her words “Some of the female teachers make her skin crawl when they are close to her in class”.
21 responses so far ↓
1 Lisa
well the reason these teachers make her ‘skin crawl’ is a result of her ignorant upbringing
Teachers have lives outside of teaching and you and your family are too ignorant to realise that then the school is well rid of your granddaughter
2 peter p
Where the hell is this school, no way should they or hetorsexual partners be kissing in front of small children at a fund raising event,
3 agius1520
sorry this is the 21st century, get used to it, we don’t want your bigotry here, teach your grand children some respect.
4 Buffalo Bill
It would be good for her to grow up to accept others.
5 preggers
is this a joke? on the off chance that your being serious….this is the 21st century, whatever and whoever the partners are that these teachers choose has nothing to do with their teaching ability, and if your granddaughter has the attitude that lesbians make her skin crawl then i can only presume she has been brought up in a homophobic attmosphere, which by the sounds of your question appears to run in the family. i would feel ashamed if one of my children wished to leave the school because of the sexuality of a minority of the teaching staff, which to be honest, is no ones business but their own.
6 Firefoxy
you’re a bigot and you’re teaching your grandchild to be a bigot
7 LINDA M
What is important, is the standard of education, the teachers home lives are irrelevant. having a more mixed society where people can be open about their sexuality would hopefully make for a more tolerant world, unfortunately there are still too many prejudiced people around.
8 kdee
You can apply to send your child to any school you like, it depends on whether the school has room for pupils not in their catchment area. You can’t just remove your child from school however, unless you intend to provide approved education for them at home. It is a legal requirement that all children have an education so I suggest that if you are that unhappy you should start applying to other schools nearby. You should be aware though that in todays society you may find it very hard to find a school with no gay teachers.
9 Slartibartfast
Contrary to belief, gays do not go round pinching little boys bottoms. They are usually far safer to have around kids than hetrosexuals.
And no, I’m not gay.
However I do live in Brighton, the ‘Gay Capital’ and I’ve never heard of any gay stealing kids or worse.
And don’t try to tell me it upsets kids knowing their teacher is queer. They can handle it (in the nicest possible way) better than adults. It’s YOU who are upset.
10 Rich S
Oh My,
I hope that they dont have any Black, Asian or Chinease or even somone on the teaching staff with a disability at this school.
Its the 21st Century, Grow up and stop being so intolerant of people that are different from yourself, they are not doing anything wrong. Thats life, some people are gay, some arnt, deal with it.
11 mommanuke
You can legally remove your granddaughter (or rather her parents can) any time you provide for an alternative education. However, what will YOU teach her by this action. Gays exist and have from the beginning of time and will to the end of time. Will she have to quit every job she takes because there are gays working there? Will she refuse treatment from a doctor or nurse because she finds out (or simply perceives) that they are gay? Will she refuse to shop at any stores that employ gays? She will have to live in a cult community to avoid gays, so she should learn to accept them now!
12 brandy G
The teachers should not make her skin crawl, but you do need to realize that homosexual realations are becoming more open in society. She needs to realize that everyone is different, different race, different religion, and different sexuality. Do you really want your grand daughter growing up thinking because someone is christian or catholic that it makes them a bad person. We are all intitled to have own opinion. And if you feel she really needs to be taken out of this school you will probably have to pay a tution fee. But think about what morals you are teaching her and that is to judge people by her actions. Is that something you want her to do?
13 andy c
are YOU aginst gays.? i have seven kids between age 30 and 9, none of them are for or aginst i all ways taught them it takes all sorts to make the world go round, each to there own. try it.
14 jack of all trades
Were you at the fundraiser? If not, this is pure here-say, and somebody may have just made this up. Have the girl’s parents call the school’s principal and ask if this came to pass. If so, the principal should discipline the teachers for inappropriate behavior. Gay or straight, a school fundraiser is not the place for public displays of physical affection.
If the principal says this didn’t happen, give it up. Since your granddaughter is in high school, she must know about homosexuality. It is a fact of life. She might just be trying to get some teachers in trouble. It’s happened before.
15 Paul S
if she isnt confortable there, apply to another school in the area and move her at the end of year in june/july
you dont need an excuse to move schools.
everyone has a right to their own opinion and those who scold others (as have those above done) for not agreeing to their opinion are a bigot as much as they are they are calling you and your grand daughter, they dont realise that not everyone is comfortable around people who are gays and nor should they have to be.
its a free world, people should be able to do what they wish as long as it dont affect anyone else.
16 Nexus6
The question really is are these people good teachers? What they do in their private lives is, well, private. It’s unfortunate that your Grandaughter dislikes these people because of their sexuality – which really is not important and it might be worth discussing with her why she reacts this way.
At the end of the day we cannot be forced to accept anything, but it’s important to take people at face value. A persons sexuality should not bother anyone – it’s just something that is – it’s not all of who they are. These people are in relationships – that’s pretty much all there is to it – why would the fact the relationships are same sex be a threat to anyone?
As for removing her from school, you and your family will know the implications of that better than I do.
17 Teeshirt
I would suggest you and your daughter worry about the education rather than the sexual preferences of the teachers. What difference does it make if the teachers are in same sex relationships? It’s 2007, time to throw out bigotry.
18 swatthefly
unfortunately, i dont know of any legal way to remove them. your only option might be to put your daughter in a private school.
one thing you could try, go to the superintendant. talk to them and say that your daughter is having trouble with some of the teachers, and see if they will make an exception. chances are, they probably wont, but it cant hurt to try.
i really feel for you. i can be tolerant of people, regardless of their orientation. but people who are homosexual tend to flaunt it in a way that can make other people really uncomfortable. im straight, but i would never try to get really physical with my wife in front of kids i dont know. thats just rude.
19 Crystal *Proud USMC wife*
How would you feel if you moved schools and a straight married person harmed your child??? Just because people are gay or lesbian doesn’t mean they are after your precious granddaughter.
It’s VERY sad that nobody attended this fundraiser!!! People should be treated as human beings and looked at for who they are on the inside—I’m sure if you actually talked to her teachers they are wonderful people who care for your granddaughter.
Of course kids are going to say their teachers make their skin crawl—hello straight teachers do the same thing.
Ohh and it’s granddaughter (it has 2 d’s)
20 futuretopgun101
No, you could take her out of that school and get her a place in a new school though. You would have to pay for transportation because its not the closest school and the local authority will not pay anymore.
There is nothing in the law that says that teachers cant be gay and its completely right. Gay people are not perverts and are no more likely to be inappropiate to a pupil then a straight teacher. In fact far more straight teachers abuse their responsability then gay teachers.
If you really want to move your child then you can, but you must find her a place at another school first.
But consider this, maybe it will do her good to be around gay people, maybe it will make her more comfortable with them so she doesnt grow up seeing them as different, but seeing them as the human beings they are.
You quite rightly dont have any legal protection just because her teachers are gay because they are not perverts or sick, just people.
Her parents can move her but it will cost them money to get her to school etc.I hope you can encourage your grandaughter to look past it though, it will help her in real life to work with gay colleagues when her parents cant do anything about it.
21 Rad
Your granddaughter needs to be more tolerant of other people choices, and I think maybe you do too.
In my opinion your granddaughter is lucky to be in such an accepting school. Accepting peoples differences is one of the most important life lessons, and if she is not being taught this at home, maybe she can get the benefitsof it from school.