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Firecrotch2014 OP t1_j7imn7d wrote

Reply to Community comes together to support outed School superintendent by Firecrotch2014

I really want people to understand the significance of what happened. I lived a good chunk of my life in Coffee County which is basically the next county over from where this happened.(I live in Cali now with my long term partner) My sister used to work in the school district as a teacher where this happened. All these communities are interconnected. What happens in one county has rippling effects through all the rest. Growing up as a gay kid there was rough. I had to be so deeply in the closet no one ever knew I was gay. You have to understand this is prime MAGA/Trump/Republican territory too. Even before Trump was Trump they hated everything and everyone who wasn't straight white and male. Trump just gave them permission to say it outloud instead of keeping it behind closed doors in their homes. To see a school board and community come together to support an outed person is so heart warming it literally made me tear up. To hear someone say that your sexuality has no bearing on your ability to be a good educator to children is so good to see. We have people trying to claim that gay teachers are some kind of pedophile predators who are just out to get your children or "turn them gay." This is just historic in my mind. I hope this action will help change at least a few hearts and minds about the lgbtq community.

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Abradantleopard04 t1_j7gu83y wrote

Reply to comment by Evignity in Adoption: Son finally meets birth mum after 58 years by Mrloler70

Maybe it's none of your business and you should just move on and let other people decide for themselves what they need for them instead of passing judgment. Maybe he had crappy adoptive parents. Don't know, don't care; it's not my business.

He's happy and that's all that matters. Lord knows there's enough unhappiness in the world. Keep scrolling if this bothers you that much..gg.

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Viet_Conga_Line t1_j7gtw86 wrote

Reply to comment by Evignity in Adoption: Son finally meets birth mum after 58 years by Mrloler70

Having parents is probably one of the most universal, preeminent human experiences. It’s so common that it overlooked. For those of us who don’t know our parents / don’t know our nationality, it’s very important to our ego and identity and to ourselves that we make sense of our place in this world.

It can hardly be explained to someone who has parents or who has their family intact. I could type all afternoon about it but it doesn’t matter because most people cannot place themselves in the shoes of an adoption triad. They can’t imagine their lives without their family and their identity so it’s pointless to try to explain.

Your backlash against adopted kids knowing birth relations is misguided and sad though. People are naturally curious about their origins, both in terms of people and places - it’s a common trait of modern man to wonder how the fuck we arrived here.

You said it yourself, “you’ll never get it”, exactly - you won’t EVER get it because it’s a problem you don’t have to deal with it. I’ll never get what it’s like to be a dog but I sure as hell aren’t outside calling them pricks when they bark.

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FrattyMcBeaver2 t1_j7gtnp4 wrote

Reply to comment by borkyborkus in Targeted efforts in Oregon led to substantial gains for students who have historically graduated at lower rates. by OregonTripleBeam

The real story is Gov. Kate Brown signed a law to allow Oregon students to graduate without proving they can write or do math

www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/08/gov-kate-brown-signed-a-law-to-allow-oregon-students-to-graduate-without-proving-they-can-write-or-do-math-she-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-it.html%3foutputType=amp

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