Credit for this article goes to my fellow UNC Alum, Eugene Turner Scott; who is now doing his thing at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, AZ.

This article, posted on Yahoo! news states that teacher Mr. McBeth was allowed to return to the classroom; only this time going as Miss McBeth- due to a sex change operation that took place last year.

This has been quite controversial- parents are saying that they don’t want an issue of transgenderedness (if that’s even a word) in their schools for their children.

I think that it’s a bit much to handle for the elementary/lower middle school students. In a high school setting, I think that the students would make it a topic of gossip, which may or may not be a problem. It could be difficult for Miss McBeth to manage her classroom- but I’m sure that in the scheme of things, it just might be the least of her worries.

At any rate- do y’all think that’s okay? How would you feel if that were your school, or the school that your children went to?

By the way…does anyone else feel like Miss McBeth looks like a real live Mrs. Doubtfire?

Putting the ‘scholar’ back in the title of scholar-athlete – Opinion

The above article, from today’s DTH talks about the issues with the current scholar-athletes coming through the system.

As an educator (well, future educator), I maintain that we should emphasize the importance of education when we are recruiting athletes to our schools. While they are bringing in lots of revenue to the school, they are also expected to be a student. Does adjusting our standards for these students affect our academic credibility?

I think you can argue that either way. However, I’ll also maintain that perhaps we should be encouraging these students to achieve at the level that we are expecting, instead of just saying “they’re athletes” and shrugging it off as if they don’t have the ability to perform academically as well as everyone else. For most of their lives, they probably haven’t been expected to perform well, so it might not be an issue of having the academic capability, but just being encouraged to use it in conjunction with their athletic ability.

Just my thoughts…and I’m sure there are people who disagree. I’d love to see your comments…

Be encouraged all…