UK: Student called ‘despicable’ by teacher after challenging peer who identifies as a cat

[Kamaji]

Student called ‘despicable’ by teacher after challenging peer who identifies as a cat

By Isabel Keane
June 19, 2023

A 13-year-old girl was called “despicable” by her teacher at a Church of England school in the United Kingdom on Friday after asking a classmate how she identifies as a cat.

The schoolgirl and her friend were reprimanded by their teacher at Rye College in East Sussex at the end of an eighth-grade “life education” class, where they were told that they could “be who you want to be and how you identify is up to you,” The Telegraph reported.

Following the lesson one of the students asked a classmate: “How can you identify as a cat when you’re a girl?”

The teacher told the students they were being reported to school administrators and would no longer be welcome at the school if they continued to express the view that only boys and girls exist, according to a recording of the exchange.

In the clip, taken by one of the students, the teacher starts off by saying, “How dare you, you’ve just really upset someone” by “questioning their identity,” according to The Telegraph.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/19/student-called-despicable-by-teacher-after-questioning-peer-who-identifies-as-a-cat/

[Kamaji]

In a Church of England school, no less.  The C of E is totally lost.

[GtHawk]

Did anyone point out to the moronic 'teacher' that she just really upset two people for for asking a perfectly reasonable question based in science from a mentally ill person?

[mountaineer]

a Church of England school

Well, that's kind of discouraging.

[Kamaji]

[PeteS in CA]

Since Cat Girl's DNA would prove she is not feline, does that make microbiology anti-Progressive and speciesist?

[Kamaji]

Since Cat Girl's DNA would prove she is not feline, does that make microbiology anti-Progressive and speciesist?

To a lib/prog?  Yes, just like math is white supremacist.