What I hate about much of the progressive/be kind/woke narrative is that it is totally void of reality. I recall back in around 2014/15 I was still working in education. A very awkward girl in what would have been year 8 or 9 was discovered to have an alter ego on line masquerading as a boy let’s call the ‘boy’ Jack. Not the real name.
Our head of pastoral care had the girl in for a chat and within a week her parents had been brought in and told that school would honour the girls wish to be a boy. The parents were horrified and wanted school to help. It all happened so fast it was quite unbelievable. I recall her class being sat down and told that from now she would be going by the name Jack and referred to as he.
The kids were respectful but I recall at the time as a body of staff we did raise the issue with the head and head of pastoral. They put down any concerns we had - we had already been concerned this pupil was vulnerable- and handed us Stonewall leaflets on gender etc.
I pinpoint this as my slow withdrawal from the workplace leaving in 2021 when I peaked at having to watch girls mainly, get referrals to endocrinologists. Solid teachers just being silenced if they raised concerns but the woke ‘look at me ones’ playing along with the tragic situation. This made me question their integrity as adults. One common retort was ‘why does it affect you?’. Nothing you say to clarify is ever valued just derided as you being regressive.
Tragic period of history we should be ashamed of.