• 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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    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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      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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    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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    Has anyone thought about completely overwhelming their system with name changes every class? The student could pick a different name every period.

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        Right. They’re not the ones responsible for it, but they can help end it by maliciously complying and publicizing the government overreach at every opportunity.

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        Yep, sadly those responsible for this idiocy would be unaffected by this form of protest.

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          Just imagine the media attention that would be garnered if thousands of students at many different schools adopting a new gender neutral nickname on a daily basis for months on end. Or entire student bodies laying on the floor refusing to do anything, for months on end, until there was sensible gun reform/teachers unarmed etc. School disciplinary policies aren’t able to cope with mass disobedience, they’re designed to address the conduct of individuals and very small groups, not the majority of a student body, and media eats this shit up. I could see more impact coming from an entire generation of youth going on school strike than almost anything else I can think of.

          And it would be easy to shape the messaging to be directed at the state capitol, not the teachers.

          EDIT: Though perhaps it would be impossible, given that the very real urban/rural divide means that you’d only have urban/suburban students participating en masse, enabling the right media machine to be able to write it off as a liberal indoctrination/stunt.

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      Somehow I don’t think your plan would work.

      “Hey I want to request a new name today, again.”

      “OK, fill out this form after class and hand it in at expedition. Once the paperwork is done, in five buissnes days, I will start the process of learning your new name, which is not guaranteed to be used correctly, ever. You will however be issued a name badge which you will be required to wear on school premises.”

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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