Florida Teacher fired for violation of state law for calling a student by their preferred name without parental permission

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

https://www.flvs.net/docs/default-source/district/flvs-consent-form-to-deviate-from-student-legal-name-flex.pdf?sfvrsn=831f4d2a_2

 

[laughing dog]

The Florida law prohibits K-12 teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronouns if it differs from their assigned sex at birth without parental permission.

The OP didn't say that.
Tom

It wasn't a secret. Just remember that stupidity driven by ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.

 

[TomC]

The Florida law prohibits K-12 teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronouns if it differs from their assigned sex at birth without parental permission.

The OP didn't say that.
Tom

It wasn't a secret. Just remember that stupidity driven by ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.

Yeah I know that.
Lots of people and their opinions are driven by ideology.
Including the people who caused major looting and violence because drug addled black guys fucked with the cops, and the cops had the misfortune of being white.

One is doing prison time because a black guy ODed while being restrained the way he demanded. A lot of prison time.

No, ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.
Tom

 

[Axulus]

The Florida law prohibits K-12 teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronouns if it differs from their assigned sex at birth without parental permission.

The OP didn't say that.
Tom

It wasn't a secret. Just remember that stupidity driven by ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.

Yeah I know that.
Lots of people and their opinions are driven by ideology.
Including the people who caused major looting and violence because drug addled black guys fucked with the cops, and the cops had the misfortune of being white.

One is doing prison time because a black guy ODed while being restrained the way he demanded. A lot of prison time.

No, ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.
Tom

Congrats on being able to repeat right wing talking points.

 

[laughing dog]

The Florida law prohibits K-12 teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronouns if it differs from their assigned sex at birth without parental permission.

The OP didn't say that.
Tom

It wasn't a secret. Just remember that stupidity driven by ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.

Yeah I know that.

Perhaps you know it intellectually, but your between your initial response in this thread and then

Lots of people and their opinions are driven by ideology.
Including the people who caused major looting and violence because drug addled black guys fucked with the cops, and the cops had the misfortune of being white.

One is doing prison time because a black guy ODed while being restrained the way he demanded. A lot of prison time.

No, ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.
Tom

it doesn't appear to have operationally sunk in.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The Florida law prohibits K-12 teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronouns if it differs from their assigned sex at birth without parental permission.

The OP didn't say that.
Tom

It wasn't a secret. Just remember that stupidity driven by ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.

Yeah I know that.
Lots of people and their opinions are driven by ideology.
Including the people who caused major looting and violence because drug addled black guys fucked with the cops, and the cops had the misfortune of being white.

One is doing prison time because a black guy ODed while being restrained the way he demanded. A lot of prison time.

No, ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.
Tom

So... is this going to be Higgins Law.... in that conversations that last long enough will eventually have the Floyd Riots brought up... if not the Nazis.

 

[thebeave]

The Florida law prohibits K-12 teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronouns if it differs from their assigned sex at birth without parental permission.

The OP didn't say that.
Tom

It wasn't a secret. Just remember that stupidity driven by ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.

Yeah I know that.
Lots of people and their opinions are driven by ideology.
Including the people who caused major looting and violence because drug addled black guys fucked with the cops, and the cops had the misfortune of being white.

One is doing prison time because a black guy ODed while being restrained the way he demanded. A lot of prison time.

No, ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.
Tom

So... is this going to be Higgins Law.... in that conversations that last long enough will eventually have the Floyd Riots brought up... if not the Nazis.

You forgot Trump.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

You are the first to mention Trump in this thread.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

The Florida law prohibits K-12 teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronouns if it differs from their assigned sex at birth without parental permission.

The OP didn't say that.
Tom

It wasn't a secret. Just remember that stupidity driven by ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.

No, but we can say there is far more of it on one side than another.

 

[TomC]

The Florida law prohibits K-12 teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronouns if it differs from their assigned sex at birth without parental permission.

The OP didn't say that.
Tom

It wasn't a secret. Just remember that stupidity driven by ideological madness is not limited to any particular ideology.

No, but we can say there is far more of it on one side than another.

I see a lot more than two sides.
Tom

 

[Bomb#20]

Sometimes it's the parents that are the problem.
Somewhere around here there was a kerfuffle over a couple who named their son Adolph and middle name Hitler. It became a news story when a grocery store staff refused to decorate a cake "Happy Birthday Adolph Hitler".
Tom

Yeah, I had forgotten about that. Or maybe I subconsiously remembered it. I believe you're referring to this story:

New Jersey Couple Loses Custody of Son Named Adolf Hitler

How not to beg for your life:

Neonazi terrorist: I have a kid! A baby boy. And a wife. I'm so sorry!
Becky: What's his name?
Nnt: Huh?
Becky: Your son. What's his name?
Nnt: It's Adolf.​

- The Wrath of Becky

 

[Politesse]

This law will eventually be struck down, as it is obvious discrimination on the basis of sex.

 

[Derec]

I presume they aren't firing teachers for, say, referring to Robert as Bob? Since they are not ashamed of hypocrisy?

 

[Loren Pechtel]

That said, the law certainly goes too far in insisting that the kids be referred to by their legally given name instead of a shortened name or a benign nickname (e.g. William, versus Bill). Hell, even Theodore Cleaver was referred to as Beaver by his teacher, Ms. Landers. Ask me how I know. Though, I do wonder if Beave's friend Whitey would be allowed to go by his nickname in present day schools, though. Especially, if there were black kids in the class. That could get awkward.

Yeah. People with names that are hard for Americans to pronounce very often take Americanized nicknames. And some people simply don't like their name and want to go by something else.

I suspect most of it is covered by the parental permission bit but that doesn't cover names that are simply disliked.

 

[bilby]

some people simply don't like their name and want to go by something else.

Virgil Grissom and Edwin Aldrin spring to mind. It's very common. And the idea that a law should prohibit a teacher from supporting that preference is frankly obscene.