‘I Have A Master’s Degree!’: Arizona Teacher Says It’s A ‘Mistake’ To Let Parents Choose Curriculum

An Arizona A teacher told state legislators that parents should not be allowed to choose the education of their children in school. This angered parents.

Special education teacher Alicia Messing made the remarks at an Arizona Senate Education Committee hearing last month. She was speaking against an Arizona bill that would ban books discussing sexuality and LGBT ideology in the state’s public schools.

“I have a master’s degree,” Messing claimed, “because when I got certified, I was told I had to have a master’s degree to be an Arizona certified teacher. We all have advanced degrees.”

“I have a Masters degree! We all have advanced degrees! What have parents got? Are we vetting the background of parents?” 🤡

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“What do the parents have?” She was curious. “Are we vetting the backgrounds of our parents? Are we allowing parents to choose the curriculum and the books that our children are going to read? I think that it’s a mistake, and I’m just speaking from the heart.”

The teacher argued that public education was not designed to teach students what parents want. “what society needs them to be taught.”

Her comments were a spark! Backlash Social media: Criticism Remarking that her statements were an “excellent endorsement for school choice” Make her sound like she “hates parents.”

The proposed Bill She is opposed to the Arizona education ministry being forced to “maintain a list of books that public educational institutions may not use or make available to students, including books that are lewd or sexual, promote gender fluidity or gender pronouns or groom children into normalizing pedophilia,” The bill states that Fact Sheet.

Parents have the right to ask that curriculum materials or books be removed from their schools. The legislation extends the public review period for school library textbooks and books, and eliminates all exceptions to the school library access and curriculum approval processes.

The bill was ultimately approved by the Arizona Senate Education Committee in a 4-3 vote.

However, the Senate Rules Committee has been continuing to review the bill. It is not yet scheduled to be heard on Arizona’s Senate floor.

The bill is sponsored by state Senator Justine Wadsack (R), who herself is a mother and grandmother.

Wadsack promoted Wadsack’s bill as prohibiting “lewd, sexual content” In public schools.

“The Dems DENIED that this is even a problem,” She A day after her bill was approved by the Senate education committee, she sent a tweet. “They are coming for the children by normalizing perversion.”

Parental rights in public education has become a heated issue in recent years, especially since the pandemic.

Parents protested what they considered inappropriate content in the curricula and school libraries of their children at school board meetings all over the country.

Other states have also passed legislation that prohibits explicit content from public schools.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the parental rights bill in March. “Don’t Say Gay” opposition, which prohibits the teaching of sexual orientation or gender identity classes in kindergarten through third grade.

Texas only has one lawmaker Introduced a bill that would require book publishers to have a content rating system — similar to the TV-rating system — for books they sell to state school districts.