Tuesday's commentary by Robert Kelty, head of development at the International Baccalaureate Organization, promotes education reform efforts that involve parents, educators and students.
Calling for a complete restructuring of South Carolina's education system means students need to break out of outdated models and join a collaborative global community, creating an education that brings joy to the learning process. It may or may not be transformative.
If applying it to the real world fosters curiosity, ownership, and collaboration, we should consider changing our current systems.
But it's also important to ensure that the process prepares students for college, career, and life.
Careful consideration of what is best for parents, educational leaders, and students must remain a top priority.
And that means ensuring pay increases for our nation's educators.
Safety is also an important factor for the health of both students and teachers.
Certainly, this proposed improvement could redefine education as a force for good, but it would require careful consideration of what is best for students, educational leaders, and parents. is needed.
Dennis J. Donahue JR.
island of palms
Leave your health to the professionals
The state legislature is considering a bill regarding gender dysphoria, H.4624.
It should be noted that no minor in South Carolina has undergone surgery to reassign to the opposite sex.
Despite the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Endocrine Society, and American Psychiatric Association all recommending certain guidelines, states prefer to leave medical and mental health decisions to families and their children. I was shocked by what I was thinking. Peer-reviewed research and data on children expressing gender dysphoria.
Why would states override these guidelines?
What experts and established medical associations did state legislators research before making their decision? Whose guidelines would they follow if they had a family member battling childhood cancer?
Additionally, parents of children with gender dysphoria have lost, and continue to lose, children to suicide and depression. These medical association guidelines and research have improved mental health outcomes for children.
For families, a successful conclusion to this issue is for the child to work with family members, caregivers, mental health professionals, and physicians to determine the best course of treatment.
A child undergoing treatment may decide, “This isn't for me.'' I'm not actually transgender. ”
No one transitioning should live in a state where who they are is seen as something that requires regulation.
I urge people to contact their legislators and ask how they arrived at their decisions.
Chris Allolfi
somerville
Sammy's port job
Former North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey has no intention of joining the ranks of the homeless and hungry.
The state Port Authority pays him $5,000 a month, so he should be able to survive.
don watts
goose creek
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