So we continue our discussion on Gender Bias....
Gender stereotypes are what we started this class on and granted, they set the foundation for many of the topics we are currently talking about.
Browsing through the Huff Post, I came across this article about a third-grade girl failing an assignment dealing with gender stereotypes.
This assignment was apparently a follow up to a story the class had read dealing with a young girl wanting to play basketball and being made fun of for wanting to play a "boy's" sport.
The worksheet asked the students to categorize several items into "boy, girl or both" categories. When the young girl categorized most the items into "both" the teacher called her out by writing on her paper, "We talked about how each square needs to be filled in."
Her father blogged about this experience, he caused a large viral uproar and later blogged about the teacher's explanation for the worksheet.
Many people thought the father was exaggerating but many others were outraged at the blatant attempt of an instructor to enforce gender stereotypes.
After reading the article, what do you guys think? Was her dad simply making a big deal out of nothing or is this a prime example of how the public education system is failing us!!! (Ok, maybe not that dramatic, but you catch my drift.)
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