One of the scenarios that I chose to focus on this week was in relationship to the use of homophobic terms. My parents taught my sister and I from a young age the importance of not using homophobic terms. Throughout my sister's elementary school years, she was a huge tomboy. No one would be her friend and she was judged all day, every day at school. To me, it seemed as though the young children that were making fun of her did not realize that it was a bad thing. My sister would come home crying every day because no one would talk or play with her. After my parents talked to the teacher several times about the situation, the teacher said that she would address it with the class. The problem continued until she was in five grade. In fifth grade, my sister changed her appearance and she had several people that were trying to talk to her and be her friend. Even though I was not in her situation, it was still very hard for me to see her like this.
If I was informed by someone that they do not want their children interacting with them then I would try to find the reasons why they did not want me interacting with their child. I would make sure that I would do all that I could to treat them the same and I would not judge at all. Just because they have different sexual orientation than others, does not mean they are any different than me or other individuals. Lastly, I would make sure to respect their decision after talking to them if they really did not want tme teaching or interacting with their child.
