Sugar, Spice and Puppy Dog Tails
Timberlake Christian School (TCS) in western Virginia buried the lead in their letter to the guardian of eight-year-old Sunnie Kahle.
The last sentence was the most true and the most telling.
"We believe that unless Sunnie as well as her family clearly understand that God has made her female and her dress and behavior need to follow suit with her God-ordained indentity, that TCS is not the best place for her future education."
No kidding, it's not the best place for Sunnie's future education.
Like, I'd pull that child out of there yesterday.
Sunnie is an eight-year-old girl, but by her own admission and her grandmother's (Sunnie's legal guardian) own acknowledgement, Sunnie likes a lot of "boy stuff"---such as autographed baseballs and hunting knives, according to CBS-TV affiliate WDBJ.
But Sunnie also digs jewelry and stuffed animals, too.
"It's fun," Sunnie says of her varied interests---some of which don't seem to fit TCS' characterization of what a little girl should be.
Hence the letter, apparently quoting school policy, sent to Sunnie's grandmother, Doris Thompson.
The letter began ominously.
"You’re probably aware that Timberlake Christian School is a religious, Bible believing institution providing education in a distinctly Christian environment," the letter started, and nothing good usually follows a sentence such as that in a letter sent home from school.
And, nothing good did.
Why is it, that supposedly Christian entities---organizations based on ideals that are supposed to espouse and embrace inclusion rather than exclusion---seem to be the least tolerant?
And, from an educational standpoint, what happened to encouraging children to broaden their horizons and open up their worlds a little bit?
So an eight-year-old girl is sometimes confused for being a boy, as Sunnie told WDBJ. Is that the worst thing in the world?
For their part, school administrators told ABC 27 that they have not accused Sunnie of any wrongdoing; they just want the family to follow all guidelines set for students.
Good thing that the TCS folks are educators, because they certainly think we're all pretty stupid.
"Sunnie realizes she's a female but she wants to do boy things," Thompson told WDBJ.
How ironic that TCS is discouraging that, because it seems like a pretty damn good life lesson to me---that girls can do "boy things."
I mean, heaven forbid Sunnie grows up to be a CEO or a soldier or a fireman or something.
"We believe that unless Sunnie as well as her family clearly understand that God has made her female and her dress and behavior need to follow suit with her God-ordained indentity, that TCS is not the best place for her future education."
No kidding, it's not the best place for Sunnie's future education.
Like, I'd pull that child out of there yesterday.
Sunnie is an eight-year-old girl, but by her own admission and her grandmother's (Sunnie's legal guardian) own acknowledgement, Sunnie likes a lot of "boy stuff"---such as autographed baseballs and hunting knives, according to CBS-TV affiliate WDBJ.
But Sunnie also digs jewelry and stuffed animals, too.
"It's fun," Sunnie says of her varied interests---some of which don't seem to fit TCS' characterization of what a little girl should be.
Hence the letter, apparently quoting school policy, sent to Sunnie's grandmother, Doris Thompson.
The letter began ominously.
"You’re probably aware that Timberlake Christian School is a religious, Bible believing institution providing education in a distinctly Christian environment," the letter started, and nothing good usually follows a sentence such as that in a letter sent home from school.
And, nothing good did.
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Why is it, that supposedly Christian entities---organizations based on ideals that are supposed to espouse and embrace inclusion rather than exclusion---seem to be the least tolerant?
And, from an educational standpoint, what happened to encouraging children to broaden their horizons and open up their worlds a little bit?
So an eight-year-old girl is sometimes confused for being a boy, as Sunnie told WDBJ. Is that the worst thing in the world?
For their part, school administrators told ABC 27 that they have not accused Sunnie of any wrongdoing; they just want the family to follow all guidelines set for students.
Good thing that the TCS folks are educators, because they certainly think we're all pretty stupid.
"Sunnie realizes she's a female but she wants to do boy things," Thompson told WDBJ.
How ironic that TCS is discouraging that, because it seems like a pretty damn good life lesson to me---that girls can do "boy things."
I mean, heaven forbid Sunnie grows up to be a CEO or a soldier or a fireman or something.
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