at the Stop Kavanaugh protest I attended. The boy was transgender and spoke with such confidence and poise. I don't know when I heard such a wonderful speech delivered in such a profound way. Afterwards I made my way through the crowd and shook his little hand and his mom's and told them how impressed I was.
I was an elementary school teacher and never had to deal with this issue in my classroom but I am glad that you are will be there for students at you school. The closest I came to this was when I taught 6th grade and half of the class harassed a new student who was smart, talented and beautiful but she had a slight personality disorder that wasn't diagnosed properly at that time. One day in my room I was eating lunch at my desk (I never had time to take a real lunch break) and this girl came to me and asked me why she had to live. I went home that weekend and called my principal and master teacher for advice. I was afraid she would kill herself if the bullying continued. They both told that the other kids were bullies who picked on her since they didn't like themselves. I wrote a speech, which I worked on for a whole day. I kept half the class in at recess and gave them my speech. Most of them ended up crying. The bullying stopped and at parent conferences their parents told me they heard what I had done and thanked me. My student moved away after the school year but managed to get in touch with me through My Space. We became pen pals and she dedicated a book of poetry to me. I know you will make a difference to a student's life by doing what you are already doing. Thank you for being a good person and teacher.
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