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im with you that its counterproductive. if its going to become a new trend to create schools geared towards those who are bullied to give them a safer learning environment.. they are going to be very very busy indeed. schools on down the line public and private are wrought with their cliques and wannabe tuff guys.. and anyone not within said clique.. is gonna catch hell from those who are. i was bullied.. they gonna create schools just for kids whos parents are farmers and poor? or just for fat kids? kids who wear glasses? short? tall? black? chinese? adopted? its illogical. i say create a school or two and put the parents who teach their kids to hate within the halls.. teach them to not be such bigoted idiots, thatd be more productive.

So what happens when some nutjob decides to do damage because they realise most of the 'homos' are gathered all in one spot? Really, seriously, this is America and as we know, if you can do it here, it will be done.
This is absolutely stupid that youth cannot go to school in peace, ANY youth at all..what is wrong with this culture here?
God save us all. oxoox Hugs

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Hi Tee, This is a very interesting discussion, and all that you say here does make a lot of sense. After all not a long time ago, whites and blacks could not attend the same school, and that eventually had to end. Although as you say it will be a safer environment for Gay and Lesbian youth, it will not solve the problem of intolerance. I'm afraid that if this idea catches on, it will create even more narrow mindedness than exists today. The answer is to teach the young that there is nothing wrong with being gay and that would help erase hatred and encourage respect and acceptance. Of course I believe the problem in many cases starts in the home, and it will take at least a couple of generations to turn that around,as things stand now. If however the schools would start teaching what they know is the truth, it may not take as long to end this terrible ignorance. Blessings.

I think that it is good that there is at least an effort being made to keep these students safe, but no, it will not help to teach tolerance and eliminate the underlying problem.

Tolerance should be taught in all and any schools, starting with the elementary level and continuing on through to completion. It would be even better if tolerance were also taught at home, but unfortunately for now, that is not going to happen with all kids.

Further more, I think that there should be a law passed that makes it mandatory for anyone, child or adult, that is caught bullying, harming or otherwise harassing another person because of race, color, sexuality, religion or any other reason stemming from ignorance, to take a tolerance class. Kind of like people caught driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol have to take alcohol/drug classes for X amount of hours, well there should be a tolerance class for hate crime offenders.

I hope that someday, in the not to far future, that everyone will be able to live together, with all of their similarities and differences, in peace.

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