• Mirshe@lemmy.world
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    This feels more like a scholastic version of malicious compliance. Since the bill requires parents to be notified if a student wants to go by a different name (obviously aimed squarely at outing trans and enby kids), school admin decided to cover their bases and say “fine, we’ll do it for every last little bit, nicknames, etc”.

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      The school is doing this because they’re required by the state to. It isn’t malicious compliance. They’re literally required to report every single kid that wants to go by a nickname.

      It’s an enormous inconvenience for teachers, (who are already drowning in their workload) but the state doesn’t care so long as it makes life harder for trans and nonbinary kids.

      I’m guessing this is in Florida, but there might be one or two more states that are pulling this shit too.

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      There has been talk banning pronouns, which would cause chaos in schools. That would mean that these words couldn’t be said in schools: I, me, you, him, her, his, hers, mine, yours, it, its, they, them, theirs, he, she, one, this, these, that, who, and which among many others.

      Speaking in a classroom would become very difficult avoiding the list of banned words.

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    Image Transcription:

    X/Twitter post by user Senator Liz Bennett @LizBennettIowa reading: ‘“Yes, hello, are these the parents of Kimberly Reynolds? We are required to tell you that your child has requested to use the gender neutral nickname of ‘Kim.’”’ Attached is a screenshot from an email reading: 'Dear [redacted]

    In accordance with Senate File 496, we are required to inform you of students who are requesting to go by a nickname or name that is something other than what is listed in Infinite Campus.

    Today, Joseph requested that he be called Joe in class.

    However, because that nickname was not provided in Infinite Campus, we need your permission in order to grant the request. Please complete this form to grant consent and get the correct nickname approved.

    Thank you for your support,’

    [I am a human, if I’ve made a mistake please let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for ease of use. Thank you. 💜]

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    Does anyone know a SysAdmin for Infinite Campus? They should submit a feature request where it links to lists of names, nicknames, dictionaries, etc., and parents can just select all, allowing their kid to be called whatever the f they want. Or maybe just all the letters and a checkbox for “Any combination of the following characters.”

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    Haha, what backwards ass country is that from?

    I know I shouldn’t laugh, people in places like that have it tough, it’s just still kinda wild that we live in such a modern world and yet there’s places that might as well be the middle ages again, usually thanks to religious cults.

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      To be fair, this is kind of tame compared to the more common school shooting / sexual assault news we are used to hearing. Still stupid as fuck but at least Joe is alive and unraped.

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    I’ve had multiple language classes where we picked nicknames commonly used in the language of study to help us practice (like José in Spanish class). You think all those count too?

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    Does this mean that I can finally let my child go to school with the nickname Giant Schlong as long as I fill out the form?

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    It’s only a matter of time before the students start to exploit that system :D