The Wisconsin English teacher, Jordan Cernek, argues in the suit that the district violated his freedom of religion and free speech in mandating the use of the students' preferred names and pronouns.

The Wisconsin English teacher, Jordan Cernek, argues in the suit that the district violated his freedom of religion and free speech in mandating the use of the students’ preferred names and pronouns.

A high school English teacher is suing a Wisconsin school district, alleging it did not renew his contract last year because he refused to use the preferred names of two transgender students.

Jordan Cernek’s federal lawsuit alleges the Argyle School District violated his constitutional and civil rights to be free of religious discrimination and to be able to express himself according to his religious beliefs when it did not renew his contract because he refused to abide by a requirement that teachers use the names or pronouns requested by students.

  • Samvega
    5·
    1 month ago

    Teachers don’t actually have to do all of that though. Their job is to impart their knowledge of the subject they were hired for. Everything else is just extra, an option they should be allowed to refuse.

    Hi, I’m a teacher.

    You’re not instructing non-reactive objects using units of learning that are produced mechanically from blocks of pure fact.

    It’s an inter-personal job.

    • lath@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 month ago

      An interpersonal job doesn’t require personalized care. It helps and it’s recommended, but it’s not obligated.

      And what’s wrong with being a non-creative object for about an hour or so? It helps clear and reorganize the mind.

      • Samvega
        2·
        1 month ago

        And what’s wrong with being a non-creative object for about an hour or so?

        You come across as an autistic person who masks to such extremes that you lose all contact with being human. If this is the case, please get support.