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Letters: Education is a must on transgender issue

Started by Shana A, May 12, 2008, 05:58:51 AM

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Shana A

May 12, 2008, 05:58:51 AM
Letters: Education is a must on transgender issue
M. Elizabeth Armistead

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/pa/20080512_Letters___Education_is_a_must_on_transgender_issue.html

Marybeth Hagan's May 8 commentary, "School's sensitivity is off-target," left me with this message: that a transgender child poses some kind of threat to the school and would be better off "separated" from his peers or "hidden" at home.

As an early childhood education administrator, I and my colleagues constantly challenge ourselves to serve all children because the early years are so critical in forming social constructs that will persist for a lifetime. The Chatham Park Elementary school, the principal, and the school's counselor are clearly trying to do the same.

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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