The video argues about how you have to talk about people with their preferred pronouns. The person in the video reads a book. The book goes through the alphabet and says the kids name, their pronouns, and something they like to do. For example, "Kelly can kick super high. His heart lives in the sky." The person in the video says how even though Kelly looks like a girl, he likes using he/him pronouns. Ki says how this might be confusing to younger kids but tries to explain it to them. Some other pronouns she talks about is "tree, she, him, they, ze, and all pronouns". The whole video, Ki is talking at a high pitch voice to keep the kindergarteners engaged. She also says questions to the kids for them to answer.
I disagree with this video. Students at this age should not be informed with this confusing information. It's very damaging to the students. I talked to my mother about this video because she used to teach kindergarten, and she told me how her students didn't even know the difference between a boy and a girl. They would call their boy classmates "she" and girl classmates "he". Throwing different pronounces at them like "they, zi, and tree" will just confuse them instead of helping them. Kids at this age like to follow trends of what people are doing. This video can severally confuse them to think that they want to go by something that they don't know anything about. Topics like this are too complex for this age group. We should leave that up to them to discover at a different stage of their life. Kids shouldn't have to deal with this stress about what they identify as. Teaching this to students can also cause a lot of controversy. Parents might not agree on issues like this which can cause you, as the teacher, to get in a lot of trouble as well as the school itself. Students should be able to explore topics like this on their own time once they grow up to understand stuff like this more.
Hi Lena! I found your post super interesting. Thanks for sharing your opinion.
ReplyDeleteHey Lena, I totally agree. Teaching pronouns and including "tree" is far too confusing for anyone without an understanding of these concepts. I found it interesting that you mentioned how a teacher could find themselves in trouble with parents or administration for addressing topics like this as well, I totally agree and would expect this.
ReplyDeleteHey Lena! I somewhat agree with your points! I think introducing more than she, he, they can be confusing for young children to understand. I think they should be taught the basics (the ones people use most commonly) and they they can further their understanding of other not-so-common pronouns. Without the "basics" of pronouns I feel like kids would start making up random pronouns and use them incorrectly which would harm their future learning.
ReplyDeleteHi Lena! I completely agree with everything you say. As I was reading I was connecting my blog to yours as teaching new pronouns can be confusing for both the child and the teacher!
ReplyDeleteNice job
Hi Lena, I totally agree with your blog. I think if your mother who is a teacher disagrees with this video as well then there must be a serious issue regarding pronouns. I looked at Emma’s blog and she discussed how if you said “tree is sitting under a tree” it grammatically would make no sense. This blog was eye opening, good job.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your blog. It is not a bad thing for students to learn different pronouns but introducing them at young ages where they are not able to process fully is not a good idea. I think teaching students these things beginning in eighth grade before high school where self-identity exploration occurs is a better idea.
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