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I'm 19 years old. I grew up in North Attleboro. I'm majoring in special ed. I love sports, reading, playing field hockey, chilling with my friends, and just being outside. Live life with a passion.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Dennis Carlson

Premise:
gay
lesbian
oppression
individuality

Carlson's Argument:

Carlson argues that students who are gay have always been oppressed and that it is a teachers job to make students and society aware that they too have a voice that needs to be heard, and it is the teachers job to give those who feel voiceless a chance and speak up for them.

Evidence:

"but we have a responsibility as public educators in a democratic society to engage them in a dialogue in which all voices get heard or represented and in which gay students and teachers feel free to "come out" and find their own voices"

This shows that Carlson feels that it is the teachers responsibility to give these students who are gay a voice in an otherwise straight society.

“Three techniques of normalization and (hence) marginalization have been of primary importance in this regard: (1) the erasure of gayness in the curriculum, (2) the “closeting” and “witch hunting” of gay teachers, and (3) verbal and physical intimidation for gay teachers and students”

People need to be made aware that gayness is not a bad thing, it's just another way of life. And to do this they need to be exposed to it, by voicing it in schools, and society.

Comments:

We need to be more accepting of different lifestyles, and more open to differences. It's not right that a gay couple has to hide their partner and way of life, while someone who is straight does not have to go through the ridicule. One way of helping this idea spread is by talking about it in the classroom like any other subject.

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