AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UTAH IS CATCHING A LITTLE BIT OF HEAT
BECAUSE OF A POLICY THAT THEY HAD FOR THEIR ST.
VALENTINE'S
DAY DANCE.
THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS BELIEVE THAT IT
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO LET THE FEMALES IN THE SCHOOL KNOW THAT
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY NO TO THE BOYS WHO ASK THEM TO
DANCE AND ONE OF THE PARENTS WAS JUSTIFIABLY OUTRAGED BY THIS.
WHEN NATALIE RICHARDS REACHED OUT TO
THE PRINCIPAL:
SHE ALSO SAID:
OKAY, SO BASICALLY THESE LITTLE GIRLS ARE NOT ALLOWED, BASED ON
THIS GROWTH POLICY, NOT ALLOWED TO SAY NO WHEN A BOY ASKS HER TO
DANCE BECAUSE THE FEELINGS FOR THE LITTLE BOYS TEND TO BE A
LITTLE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE FEELINGS THAT THE LITTLE GIRLS
HAVE.
THIS IS SUCH A BAD IDEA AND I AM GLAD THAT THE PARENT
HERE CALLED THEM OUT ON IT.
I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY
ARE PLANNING ON CHANGING THE POLICY BUT IT SENDS A REALLY BAD
MESSAGE BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE ARE
SEEING WITH THIS ME TO MOVEMENT IS THE FACT THAT THE MEN
WHO ARE BEING ACCUSED OF PREDATORY BEHAVIOR OR ANY
TYPE OF MISCONDUCT HAD A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT AND I THINK
THAT IT IS SOCIETAL CONDITIONING.
IT IS THE TYPE OF CULTURE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE UNITED
STATES FOR A LONG TIME WHEN MEN HAVE BEEN TOLD TIME AND TIME
AGAIN THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN THINGS AND ALSO ON
THE FLIPSIDE, YOU ARE TELLING WOMEN THAT THEY SHOULD FEEL BAD
IF THEY SAY NO TO A GUY, THAT THEY SHOULD BE MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE GUYS FEELINGS AS OPPOSED TO THEIR OWN FEELINGS.
THIS SETS A REALLY DANGEROUS STANDARD AND I HOPE THAT
THE SCHOOL CHANGES THEIR MINDS ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE OR CONSERVATIVE THING BECAUSE IT
MIGHT BE PROGRESSIVE IN THAT YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL BAD OR
FEEL LEFT OUT SO IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN THEY CANCELED HUGGING A
GRADUATION AT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, REMEMBER WE DID A
STORY?
I DON'T. BECAUSE OF HOW THE UNHOOKED FELT.
I'M SERIOUS,
THAT IS A REAL STORY GOT SO I DO NOT KNOW IF WE ARE NOT YOUR
RUN-OF-THE-MILL LIBERALS OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A LIBERAL POLICY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY POLITICS BEHIND THE STUCK.
AND IT IS UTAH WHICH IS OVERALL VERY CONSERVATIVE BUT
ANYWAY, IT IS OKAY IF EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SOMEONE SAYS NO,
ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT AND IS TALKING ABOUT.
THESE ARE
SIXTH-GRADERS AND YOU ARE TEACHING THEM.
THE RULE IS
LITERALLY CALLED JUST DON'T SAY NO.
THIS IS CRAZY.
IT'S
INSANE.
FOR THE SAKE OF THIS CONVERSATION, LET'S EXTEND THIS
TO A BROADER DISCUSSION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY DIDN'T
BELIEVE OCCURRED BUT ACTUALLY DOES OCCUR AND I FEEL LIKE WE
NEED TO ADDRESS IT, THE CODDLING THING BECAUSE CODDLING IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
WE'RE SINGING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
RIGHT NOW WERE STUDENTS ARE LOSING THEIR MINDS OVER SPEAKERS
WHO DO NOT AGREE WITH THEIR POLITICS.
WE CANNOT HAVE THIS
HAPPEN.
WE CAN'T BE OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE FEELING
OFFENDED OR PEOPLE GETTING THEIR FEELINGS HURT OR CRUSHED.
THIS
IS LIFE.
LIFE BASICALLY PRESENTS YOU WITH A BUNCH OF
APPLES.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE SHELTERED FROM THE MEANIES FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH REALITY.
YES, BOYS AND GIRLS BOTH NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AT SOME
POINT IN YOUR LIFE YOU'RE GOING TO FACE REJECTION.
WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A JOB, WHEN YOU APPLY TO GO TO CERTAIN
SCHOOLS.
REJECTION IS JUST PART OF LIFE.
WE NEED TO ACCOMPANY KIDS UP A LITTLE MORE.
AND LOOK, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE OVERSTATED BUT THERE ARE
SOME PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE THE SAFE PLACES, ETC.
BUT IT
DEPENDS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT SHOULDN'T BE SAFE SPACES.
THERE
SHOULD BE SPACE FOR YOU CAN RELAX AND KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOING
TO BE HARASSED OR ASSAULTED.
IT'S NICE TO GO HOME AND HAVE
YOUR PARENTS TAKE CARE OF YOU OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR EVEN IN A
DORM TO FEEL LIKE A, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO
DEBATE OR GET ATTACKED BUT THAT IS NOT THE WHOLE WORLD.
THE
WHOLE WORLD IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE AND
REJECTION AND SURPRISES AND CURVEBALLS IN TOUGH TIMES AND
YOU ARE GOING TO GET KNOCKED DOWN.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS
WHETHER YOU GET BACK UP.
THAT IS NOT GOOD AS A HALLMARK CARD IS
IN IS, THE WORLD IS FULL BATH.
THAT IS THE REALITY.
THE OTHER
DAY MY SEMINAL KID WAS AT A SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND I WAS
WORRIED THAT THEY WERE ALL GOING TO GET METALS BECAUSE THEY ARE
ALL SEVEN AND IT TURNS OUT THEY WEREN'T AND ONLY THE CHAMPIONS
WERE GOING TO GET THE TROPHY AND MY SON WAS SO EXCITED TO GET THE
TROPHY.
HE WANTED TO PLAY SO HARD AND THEY GOT IT, NOT A BIG DEAL.
AND HE FINALLY TOOK A PICTURE WITH THE TROPHY, THAT IS
HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AND THERE PLENTY OF TIMES WERE
HEAT IN WINTER I DIDN'T WIN, YOU FIGHT HARDER NEXT TIME AND
THAT IS LIFE.
I JUST FEEL LIKE IT BUILDS CHARACTER AND WILLPOWER.
I
DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW THAT I'M CONSIDERED A MILLENNIAL BUT I
JUST GREW UP IN A DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD WHERE MY IMMIGRANT
PARENTS BASICALLY TOLD ME IF YOU FAIL AT SOMETHING IT IS NOT
EVERYONE ELSE'S FAULT, IS PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT
WORKING HARD ENOUGH, MAYBE YOU NEED TO DO THIS OR DO THINGS
DIFFERENTLY.
IF I GOT REJECTED BY ANYTHING, I DID BALLET
GROWING UP.
IF I DIDN'T GET THE SOLO I WANTED, THEY WOULDN'T
GOING YELL AT THE DANCE INSTRUCTOR ABOUT HOW I DIDN'T
GET THE SOLO.
THEY WOULD TELL ME, YOU NEED TO WORK HARDER AND
PRACTICE MORE.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS CULTURE THAT WE ARE SETTING UP
WHERE EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYONE
ELSE'S FEELINGS IS A BAD IDEA.
LAST TWO THINGS ON THIS.
THIS WHOLE IDEA, AND I'VE SEEN
OTHER LIBERALS HONESTLY TEACH, THEY NEVER WANT TO SAY NO TO THE
KIDS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS NEGATIVE AND NOT THE RIGHT WAY
TO GO.
MY PARENTS AND OATMEAL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW WHY QUESTION
WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY.
CAN I BUY THAT?
NO DOUBT CAN WE GET A
BIKE?
NO DOCUMENTED TV QUESTION NO DOUBT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
MONEY AND THAT IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND THAT IS OKAY.
YOU
WORK HARD AND YOU GET IT.
I DO WORK UNTIL I COULD PAPER MY OWN
BIKE AND COULD PAPER MY OWN BLACK-AND-WHITE TV, THAT IS HOW
OLD I AM AND THEN FINALLY I'M GETTING THOSE FROM WOMEN.
THE
HUNDREDS OF THOSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS IT?
IT HELPS ME TO GET
BETTER AND BETTER SO YOU GO ACROSS YOUR THAT A HIGH SCHOOL,
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IS HE REALLY SAID DOESN'T WORK THAT YOU GO UP
AND SAY CAN I GET IT IS AND THEY SAY NO, THAT DOESN'T WORK AND
SLOWLY YOU GET BETTER AT IT YOU FIGURE OUT HEY, HOW DO I MAKE
THIS PERSON HAPPY AND WANT TO GO OUT WITH ME WESTERN MARK
AND IF YOU NEVER GET THAT YOU JUST GET BIG GUESSES IT
DOES NOT HELP YOU.
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