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<blockquote data-quote="Panin" data-source="post: 1424265" data-attributes="member: 52431"><p>For cripes sake:</p><p><a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/education/purplepenguins.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/politics/education/purplepenguins.asp</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Don't use phrases such as 'boys and girls,' 'you guys,' 'ladies and gentlemen,' and similarly gendered expressions to get kids' attention," instructs a training document given to middle-school teachers at the Lincoln Public Schools.</p><p></p><p>"Create classroom names and then ask all of the 'purple penguins' to meet on the rug," it advises.</p><p></p><p>The document also warns against asking students to "line up as boys or girls," and suggests asking them to line up by whether they prefer "skateboards or bikes/milk or juice/dogs or cats/summer or winter/talking or listening."</p><p></p><p>"Always ask yourself ... 'Will this configuration create a gendered space?'" the document says."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Panin, post: 1424265, member: 52431"] For cripes sake: [url]http://www.snopes.com/politics/education/purplepenguins.asp[/url] "Don't use phrases such as 'boys and girls,' 'you guys,' 'ladies and gentlemen,' and similarly gendered expressions to get kids' attention," instructs a training document given to middle-school teachers at the Lincoln Public Schools. "Create classroom names and then ask all of the 'purple penguins' to meet on the rug," it advises. The document also warns against asking students to "line up as boys or girls," and suggests asking them to line up by whether they prefer "skateboards or bikes/milk or juice/dogs or cats/summer or winter/talking or listening." "Always ask yourself ... 'Will this configuration create a gendered space?'" the document says." [/QUOTE]
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