Orange is the new Burke

It's he still on the payroll? I remember there was a bit of confusion over that a few weeks back?

Imagine the conversation in the car goin and coming home. How was your day Enoch? Same old same old father.

He won Teacher with least absences 2022/23

Why is it so important that we ungender our language in its entirety? What is the aim here and do you really think the desired outcome/aim will be achieved?

What's wrong with the status quo with the addition of gender neutral terms/descriptors etc?

...Do you think the general populace/world outside of school will start ungendering their language as time goes by and words like boys/girls/mum/dad will cease to exist even though boys/girls/mums and dads wont?

I guess that's why I think its silly, not onerous, just silly. It's not going to gain any ground for trans people to focus on language like this imo....it will just serve as a minor irritant....if a boy or a girl exists in the future then there will be a gendered word used as a label for said boy or girl

Imo, It's the height of idiocy to ungender language in a school setting unless you think there won't be any such thing as gender at all in some future human society?? You don't think that do you?

Are there not much more sensible battles to be fought that would improve outcomes? I personally don't know if there are but it would strike me that this one doesn't even come up to the level of a storm in a teacup.

And yes, if an individual is getting upset that a teacher/coach/entertainer etc etc uses well worn phrases such as boys and girls, lads and ladies, ladies and gentlemen then that's a fragility that's a problem for that person imo....its going to happen in the wider world at some stage imo...

To be fair to Enoch Burke by all accounts he is actually a decent teacher and appeared to be well liked as things go.

The issue it seems for him and his family in general is that they find it very difficult when things don't go their way. His sister is another example of this. I don't being an actuary or any other job would change things long term. It's social skills he lacks which are required in any job.

That's the core issue here the school managment made a decision he disagreed with and he lost the plot. It doesn't matter what job you are in your boss/company/customers/suppliers etc are going to make decisions you disagree with. There is a mature adult way of dealing with this situation and then there is the Burkes way. The sad fact is that he has sabotaged his own case never mind wasted a year and made future employment in any job a lot more difficult.

True, but what merit do the catboxers have...?

At least the flat-earthers aren't trying to demonise people

Are catboxers people that believe students are going around pretending to be cats and the clickbait stories are true?

If so then I wasn't suggesting they had any merit either merely that flat earthers don't deserve any more respect...

I do think its possible a student or two might be inspired by the stories to pretend they identified as a cat for a laugh (after all people willingly poured buckets of sand/gravel over themselves and recorded it for others to see ...along with other moronic "challenges") ...but that is neither here nor there.

it is ok to admit you dont understand the catholic mass. most catholics dont.