{"id":191343,"date":"2019-07-11T06:34:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T06:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=191343"},"modified":"2019-07-14T07:36:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T07:36:37","slug":"teenager-who-argued-with-teacher-that-there-are-only-two-genders-barred-from-finishing-his-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=191343","title":{"rendered":"Teenager who argued with teacher that there are only two genders barred from finishing his education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bonnie Christian \u2013 Evening Standard July 3, 2019<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_190240\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Scotland_bully_teacher_810_500_75_s_c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190240\" class=\"wp-image-190240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Scotland_bully_teacher_810_500_75_s_c1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Scotland_bully_teacher_810_500_75_s_c1.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Scotland_bully_teacher_810_500_75_s_c1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Scotland_bully_teacher_810_500_75_s_c1-768x474.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-190240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The teacher who kicked the student out of class for saying there were only two genders, male and female. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A teenager\u00a0who went viral after arguing with his teacher that there are only two genders will not be allowed to return to the school where he filmed the confrontation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/uk\/teenager-thrown-out-for-class-for-saying-there-are-only-two-genders-a4171786.html\"><strong>The unnamed 17-year-old\u00a0secretly filmed the moment he was reprimanded by a teacher at Mearns Academy in Aberdeenshire, who said his view on gender was not in line with school policy.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The video, which was uploaded to Reddit,\u00a0was shared tens of thousands of times online. It later\u00a0emerged that the student was suspended after the video emerged, and his school has now confirmed that he will not be allowed to return<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A fundraising page has also been set up for the boy, in an effort to raise up to $10,000 to cover getting him into new education and his living costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The boy has claimed staff told him not to return to the school in the wake of\u00a0the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5DkC6qowltU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A man claiming to be the teenager\u00a0has\u00a0given a recorded phone interview to the\u00a0YouTuber who initially shared the story,\u00a0explaining why he decided to film it and what happened afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The YouTuber\u00a0who first highlighted the boy&#8217;s story\u00a0said the money will go to him &#8220;to help him with whatever he needs, which may include finishing his diploma at a private institution, tuition for college, or even rent and other basic expenses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The page has raised more than $2,000 of a $10,000 goal since it was set up on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In the interview, the boy said the\u00a0issue first came up in class when they had been asked to sign up for a website and the teacher pointed out there were only two gender options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cHe basically started going off on a tangent about how bad that was and how old fashioned it was and I said: \u2018But sir there\u2019s only two genders,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cHe instantly snapped back and said \u2018are you really going to go there\u2019 and I was like yeah there&#8217;s two genders and he said \u2018Murray if you want to have this discussion we can have it outside.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The teenager said he was waiting outside feeling \u201cshocked and angry\u201d for 30 minutes before the teacher came out to speak with him, during which he decided to hit record on his phone to &#8220;capture his explanation&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The video shows the teacher telling Murray the opinion that there are only two genders is \u201cnot acceptable\u201d to the school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He also says to the teenager: &#8220;You&#8217;re entitled to your opinion&#8221;, to which the boy responds: &#8220;If I am, then why did you kick me out of class? It&#8217;s not very inclusive.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The teacher replies: &#8220;No, I&#8217;m sorry, what you were saying is not very inclusive. This is an inclusive school.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The teacher later asks: &#8220;Could you please keep that opinion to your own house? Not in this school.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Murray said that, after the exchange went viral, his mum called to say the school had been in contact and \u201cthey were not happy\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">During a meeting with Murray and his mum he said the school \u201cemphasised that I wasn\u2019t getting into trouble for what I said but for recording a teacher, which is fair enough because its a known rule not to record your teacher.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He said they suspended him for one week and told him he would have \u201cstrict rules on his phone use\u201d from that point on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/uk\/teenager-thrown-out-for-class-for-saying-there-are-only-two-genders-a4171786.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>He said they later extended the suspension\u00a0by another two weeks and told him he could return after the summer break.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cWe got called back in for another meeting and they said after having lots of talks with people higher up they said it&#8217;s not ok for me to finish my education at that school effectively and they told me there\u2019s no chance I can return,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">An Aberdeenshire council spokesperson said Murray was not permanently excluded from the school, but that he had reached the end of his time in compulsory education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Students cannot be permanently excluded when no longer in compulsory education, which ends at the age of 16 in Scotland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cThe young man in question has not been permanently excluded from Mearns Academy, but rather at the age of 17, has reached the end of his time in compulsory education,&#8221; they said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cStaff from the school are working hard to ensure that the young man has a positive future placement either in further education or in an area that he chooses.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It is understood that he was suspended for recording his teacher, rather than the initial conversation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Murray\u00a0said he is not sure what he will do now because if he applies for a new school he is worried they will first speak to his old school for a reference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;This won\u2019t just affect me in this school this could affect me in getting into another school as well,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201c(I\u2019m) in limbo, I\u2019m either going to have to find a new school or go to college but it&#8217;s definitely a big speed bump in my life at the moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/uk\/teenager-who-went-viral-after-arguing-with-his-teacher-that-there-are-only-two-genders-told-its-not-a4180816.html\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proving that \u201cenlightened views\u201d on gender go hand-in-hand with petty-minded vindictiveness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Behind_The_News","category-historic-sexual-abuse"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191343"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191378,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191343\/revisions\/191378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}