Life Reflected

Teacher Tip: instead of addressing the class as “boys and girls”, say things like “students” or “children”. This will make non-binary students more comfortable.

thinkbrit:

girlwithalessonplan:

lhuddles:

I’ve thought about this a lot with my student who prefers non-gendered pronouns.

I found that “y’all” is an easy alternative.

I also use “y’all”, being Southern Indiana, but I also use “folks.”

Being at an expeditionary learning school, I tend to use “crew.” I also say “kiddos” sometimes. But they’re also 9 and 10 years old, so it works.

“Crew” is my default, though.

I’m a dork with my kiddos so once we have a relationship I often will say things like, “Wonderful/lovely/amazing/super… students/children” (generally in some kind of fun voice or poor attempt at an accent). I think how you address students and speak with them needs to fit your style and be respectful, and personally I feel strongly about taking every opportunity to show them the genuine care, respect, and love I have for each one of them. 

(Source: transstudent)

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    This isn’t even just for teachers. The amount of times I’ve gone to any type of event, even queer events! and had the...

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    Yeah, as a camp counselor I would generally just say ‘group three’ (the kiddos were divided into three groups so that...

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    One of my teachers always called us “darlings,” which was kind of sweet. :3

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    ‘Everyone’ also worksreally well. Seriously. something like this helps a lot.

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