Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Signs are the answer
So... you think these will work?
Art teacher Tom Laughlin, who is gay and who oversaw the poster's design by students in the Gay-Straight Alliance, said he was surprised by the level of intolerance for homosexuality that he perceived when he started teaching at the high school five years ago. He said he recognized that it was critical when a student called him a "fag."
"There was a real need to do this," he said. "A lot of students didn't know about gay people in general."
Gay art teachers? What's the world coming to? My question to this dude, though, is whether he really thinks that a sign is going to solve the problem about folks not knowing about gay people. It's not even addressed to straight folks.
Everyone knows the real way to deter assholishness in schools is to make sure everyone is aware that the school actively supports the victim in question. It's the same reason why everyone loves teachers' pets.
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