Should I teach this class or no?

I dunno but I'm reminded of a quote from the movie How High

"How did I fail Women's Studies? I love B&$*@s"

 

Can you talk to anyone who teaches it at another high school or maybe the person who taught it last year. I know nothing about the issues here. Talking to people who have seems like a good place to start.

 

So are we talking about a course that covers significant women through history like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Queen Elisabeth I, Catherine the Great, Queen Victoria, etc and how their achievements impacted and help shape history?

I think you should be OK as long as the cut off is around the 1920’s. The closer you get to present day the more contentious things get. I don’t think you want to start getting into Margret Sanger.

 

Understand your hesitancy. There is a risk. OTOH, if you got into the aftermath of Seneca Falls and the split over the 15th Amendment, they might like the tone, see it (falsely, to mind), as undermining CRT

 

I hope you do just based on what I know about you.

 

It depends on how the class is described. If it is Women in History from Rome to WWI, then stopping prior 1920 makes sense. If you are saying it is women in history up to present day, then you might get some blowback. Do you really want to be getting into what Hillary Clinton’s role is in history?

 

I think you may get some push back if you get into women in politics from ‘88 onward as most parents have lived through that time and have formed their own opinions about them. Obviously, anything dealing with Roe v Wade is going to stir up some passions. I think as long as you cover what both sides think, you will have your bases covered.

 

So like a 1 hour class

 

Why don't people like Moms for Liberty just home school their kids if they don't want the guvment getting its dirty hands on them?

 

I was asked on many occasions to coach sports that my daughters played. I did it for my sons but never for my daughters. My concern with my daughters is all it would take to destroy my life and family is one complaint. For that reason I declined every time.

I assume the class is open to everyone and not just women. In any case it's your call whether or not it might have detrimental effects on your career is a decision only you can make.

 

Current environment aside, I think the students can benefit from your thoughtful and giving approach to issues. You may also gather some perspectives that may be shared when discussing current world events.

 

Will the first question on the first quiz be “Can you define what is a woman?”

 

I would start the class with a Q&A about Adam and Eve.

Q: What did Adam say to God when he first laid eyes on Eve?

A: "Lord, she's just what I had in mind."

 

Is this the equivalent response to "love it or leave it"? I don't have a clue about who Moms for Liberty is but I would think they have the right to express their opinions about public/government schools.