If you've watched Fox News lately, you'd know many parents aren't happy with Burlington Public Schools in Massachusetts..That's because the town provided its Marshall Simmonds Middle School students, generally ages 11 to 14, with a highly inappropriate Youth Risk Behavior Survey. It was even administered to several students whose parents opted them out of it.Thankfully, the Massachusetts Family Institute brought the survey to light, prompting justified outrage.Here are three of the worst questions the survey asked (they're italicized): 1. Fringe Sexual IdentitiesWhich of the following best describes your sexual orientation? We understand that there are many different ways you may identify, please pick the one that best describes you. o Straight or heterosexual o Lesbian or gay o Asexual o Bisexual o Pansexual o Queer o Questioning o I don’t know what this question means o I prefer not to answer Do you know when the word "pansexual" should come up in K-12 public schools?Never.Why should the sexual attractions of children ever come up in a school setting? And why does the school want this information?Using "pansexual" is particularly egregious because it's a term that promotes woke gender ideology. "A pansexual is someone who can be attracted to males, females, transgender people and those who identify as non-binary (not female or male)," Merriam-Webster says.It's just a weird way of saying bisexual since there are only two sexes. But then again, asking kids that isn't appropriate, either. 2. Promoting TransgenderismWhich of the following terms best describes your current gender identity? We understand that there are many different ways you may identify, please pick the one that best describes you. o Cisgender girl or woman o Cisgender boy or man o Transgender girl or woman o Transgender boy or man o Nonbinary or genderqueer o Questioning o I don't know what this question means o I prefer not to answer Schools should be rooted in truth. There are two sexes, male and female, and they're rooted in biology.Schools shouldn't promote the idea that children can be born in the wrong body and must drastically change who they are to fit in or be happy. They also shouldn't promote woke gender ideology -- like the idea that more than two genders exist -- as fact. Most Americans reject the premise -- 71 percent of Americans say there are two genders, according to a recent NBC poll) -- with the exception of the some left-wingers.Schools should focus on education, not political or ideological agendas that confuse children and undermine their grasp of biological reality. 3. Explaining Anal SexHave you ever had sexual intercourse? Sexual intercourse includes vaginal sex which is when a penis goes inside of a vagina, oral sex which is contact between the mouth and genitals, anal sex which is when a penis goes inside an anus (butt), and use of toys or props (vaginal or anal). o Yes o No Not only should 11-year-olds not be having sex of any kind, but why is the school, in its questionnaire, teaching pre-teens about anal sex? There's absolutely no reason for children to have that information -- and these aren't things schools should normalize to children. Out of all of the useful things schools could teach children, anal sex isn't one of them..To be fair, Burlington isn't the first and is far from the only public school district in Massachusetts to distribute a survey that is age-inappropriate and content-inappropriate. New Boston Post reported on a comparable survey in Milton in April 2021, for instance, and there have been many others.School officials know that parents will find out about such surveys, and that many parents will be upset about them. So why do they do it anyway?Apparently, some public education bureaucrats think that schoolchildren are their kids, and not their parents'.Think about that the next time someone claims that public schools are free.
If you've watched Fox News lately, you'd know many parents aren't happy with Burlington Public Schools in Massachusetts..That's because the town provided its Marshall Simmonds Middle School students, generally ages 11 to 14, with a highly inappropriate Youth Risk Behavior Survey. It was even administered to several students whose parents opted them out of it.Thankfully, the Massachusetts Family Institute brought the survey to light, prompting justified outrage.Here are three of the worst questions the survey asked (they're italicized): 1. Fringe Sexual IdentitiesWhich of the following best describes your sexual orientation? We understand that there are many different ways you may identify, please pick the one that best describes you. o Straight or heterosexual o Lesbian or gay o Asexual o Bisexual o Pansexual o Queer o Questioning o I don’t know what this question means o I prefer not to answer Do you know when the word "pansexual" should come up in K-12 public schools?Never.Why should the sexual attractions of children ever come up in a school setting? And why does the school want this information?Using "pansexual" is particularly egregious because it's a term that promotes woke gender ideology. "A pansexual is someone who can be attracted to males, females, transgender people and those who identify as non-binary (not female or male)," Merriam-Webster says.It's just a weird way of saying bisexual since there are only two sexes. But then again, asking kids that isn't appropriate, either. 2. Promoting TransgenderismWhich of the following terms best describes your current gender identity? We understand that there are many different ways you may identify, please pick the one that best describes you. o Cisgender girl or woman o Cisgender boy or man o Transgender girl or woman o Transgender boy or man o Nonbinary or genderqueer o Questioning o I don't know what this question means o I prefer not to answer Schools should be rooted in truth. There are two sexes, male and female, and they're rooted in biology.Schools shouldn't promote the idea that children can be born in the wrong body and must drastically change who they are to fit in or be happy. They also shouldn't promote woke gender ideology -- like the idea that more than two genders exist -- as fact. Most Americans reject the premise -- 71 percent of Americans say there are two genders, according to a recent NBC poll) -- with the exception of the some left-wingers.Schools should focus on education, not political or ideological agendas that confuse children and undermine their grasp of biological reality. 3. Explaining Anal SexHave you ever had sexual intercourse? Sexual intercourse includes vaginal sex which is when a penis goes inside of a vagina, oral sex which is contact between the mouth and genitals, anal sex which is when a penis goes inside an anus (butt), and use of toys or props (vaginal or anal). o Yes o No Not only should 11-year-olds not be having sex of any kind, but why is the school, in its questionnaire, teaching pre-teens about anal sex? There's absolutely no reason for children to have that information -- and these aren't things schools should normalize to children. Out of all of the useful things schools could teach children, anal sex isn't one of them..To be fair, Burlington isn't the first and is far from the only public school district in Massachusetts to distribute a survey that is age-inappropriate and content-inappropriate. New Boston Post reported on a comparable survey in Milton in April 2021, for instance, and there have been many others.School officials know that parents will find out about such surveys, and that many parents will be upset about them. So why do they do it anyway?Apparently, some public education bureaucrats think that schoolchildren are their kids, and not their parents'.Think about that the next time someone claims that public schools are free.
