The Girl And The English Teacher

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A mother in Grapevine, Texas, accuses an English teacher of persuading her child to change genders. The teacher and her student tell a different story.

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0:00.0	We're going to call the special meeting for August 22nd, 2022, to order.
0:12.5	It's the start of another school board meeting in Grapevine, Texas. Historically,
0:17.3	monthly meetings in this small, wood-paneled boardroom have been low-attend
0:21.9	sleepy affairs.
0:23.5	But tonight, residents are packed shoulder to shoulder as district staff open the proceedings.
0:29.4	We will start with public comment.
0:31.7	Next on the agenda, can y'all hear me?
0:33.5	Can you hear me?
0:34.2	Can you hear me now?
0:37.1	We're going to need this microphone tonight.
0:39.9	They're going to need that microphone because nearly 200 people have signed up to comment on the school board majority's new plan for fighting what some of their supporters have been calling woke gender ideology.
0:52.7	Can you hear me?
0:54.5	After a moment of silence and both the U.S. and Texas pledges, the board president tells
1:00.5	everybody to behave.
1:02.2	The presiding officer may request assistance from law enforcement officials to have the
1:06.2	individual removed from the meeting.
1:07.7	Things start out cordial.
1:10.0	These ideologies don't belong in the classroom or the
1:13.1	library. Why does it matter what pronouns a person uses? But eventually, the gloves come off.
1:20.2	There's only two genders. Guess what? Teacher shouldn't be forced to use your freaking made-up fantasy pronouns.
1:27.3	Our 110th speaker is...
1:29.3	You do not embrace Christ's teachings.
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