C123S105L wrote:
>
> Yes, I have suspected for a long time that when a teacher refused to present a
> non-biased non-discriminatory curriculum to her/his class it would be a
> ''thorny'' issue
> in terms of treating it as a ''legal'' issue. That is Totally unfortunate
> because this
> kind of refusal is in fact ''denying'' my daughter and the other girls the
> right to be
> educated with the same treatment that their male counterparts automatically
> enjoy. That is why TITLE IX is confusing. AS long as we don't find or have
> some kind of legal backing to compell the schools to teach without prejudism
> and sexism we are
> in big trouble. The question of Sexual discrimination and sexual harrasment is
> prety much ''under the rug'' and I see this discrimination as strong as ever
> with
> the exception that ''everyone ''is carefull ''to do it'' quietly'' But the
> fact remains that
> discrimination is as ''there'' as ever and as ''lethal'' as ever. As long as
> we can't
> change it from the root, meaning through ''educationn in our schools'' we have
> not
> gone as far as we should. So it remains a FACT that when the music teacher
> refuses to give information to her female students because of her own sexism
> we have no legal remedy. ???except of course to try other means to ''change
> the
> school's mind'' by ways that are carefull no to go too far or we will be told
> where
> to go ?? Because we get a sense here that the school my daughter goes to will
> as soon as they find that we, the parents of this girl, ''have gone too far''
> I certainly
> would not take this incident to court because Iam almost sure it would not
> stand
> although Iam not an attorney. For what I understand TITLE IX does not protect
> my
> daughter against the sexist practices of this teacher. Do I understand this
> clearly?
>
> <C123S105L@aol.com>