When I was a kid, Kindergarten was where you went to learn the alphabet and how to count. That is no longer the case. Next year, kids as young as 5 in Washington schools will now be learning about gender fluidity, the differences between gender and sexual identity.
The new "health and physical education standards", released by the Washington "Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction" (OSPI), will be put into effect in schools across the state in 2017.
http://www.k12.wa.us/HealthFitness/Standards/HPE-Standards.pdf
The Daily Caller reported, The new model will require students to learn about gender identity and gender expression starting in kindergarten.
starting in Kindergarten, the chlidren will be taught about ways to express gender. "Gender expression education" will teach about the exhibition of traits that are usually associated with one gender. Crossdressing is one of the forms of gender expression.
•3rd graders will be learning the concept of gender identity. The kids will also be taught they can choose their own gender.
•4th graders will be expected to “define sexual orientation,” that is whether a person identifies as cis, homo, or bi. kids in 4th grade will be told that they can choose their sexual orientation.
•4th and 5th graders will be taught about the relativity of gender roles and why gender roles are social constructs that are not ingrained to who we are as male or female.
•7th graders will be expected to “distinguish between biological sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation.”
•High school students will “evaluate how culture, media, society influence the perceptions of gender roles, sexuality, relationships, and sexual orientation.”
http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/01/washington-state-to-teach-transgenderism-to-kindergartners/
The changes to education standards will change public schools into a channel for promoting the newest gender theories plaguing colleges across the USA.
The most worrying element about the new standards is that OSPI has NO plans to tell parents of these tendentious changes. OSPI communications manager Nathan Olsen confirmed the changes and said that the state does not plan to make a press release or to let parents know of the changes.
The Daily Caller asked “whether a student who rejects the idea that ‘gender identity’ is distinct from ‘biological sex’ could end up failing a course on account of their beliefs, OSPI communications manager Nathan Olsen said that it “would be handled at the district/school level.’”
Parents should be worried if these standards are age-appropriate and if the manner in which these topics will be taught might undermine the values of their family. It is scary to think that kids who hold traditional ideas about gender and sexual identity may have to choose from accepting politically correct gender talking points or failing assignments and being exclude by the school.
You can sign the petition to show your objection:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/push-back-on-washingtons-radical-new-education
We set ourselves up to be like the frog in a pot and the water starts out cool but before we know it, we are in boiling water over our heads! It is even worse, when we send our kids to schools in this environment, we set our children up to be the frog!