The Ministry of Education promotes the "Reading Promotion Plan for Freshmen in Primary and Secondary Schools". /kloc-409,000 books were purchased in the 0/09 school year and distributed to every new student in primary and secondary schools. The book list includes picture books, kings and kings. King and King tells the story that the queen arranged a blind date for the prince, and finally the prince fell in love with the princess's brother, which triggered a heated discussion among his parents. The Ministry of Education announced that if there are inappropriate books, schools can "return them" and apply for replacement.
Parents: Over-age reading, urging the Ministry of Education to recycle. At the press conference, the National Association of Parents and Presidents emphasized the topic of same-sex love "over age" in The King and the King and called on the Ministry of Education to recycle the book.
Li Zhen (not her real name), a parent of Primary One, shared her concerns. Li Zhen's family has three daughters, the youngest of whom has gone to primary school. On the first day of school, she saw newspapers and magazines discussing the picture book King and King, which was incredible. She said, "My daughter is still naive, so I think it is too early to tell her about it (same-sex marriage). Such a young child should learn the routine of life first. 」
Zeng Xianying, the leader of the age-appropriate referendum proposal, also held a press conference, calling on the Ministry of Education to respect the results of the referendum and recycle the book. He wrote in Is Homosexuality Born? Children's sexual orientation will be greatly influenced by the external environment. At first glance, this book is "brainwashing" children to fall in love with the same sex. Therefore, we should fully recycle this book against the entry of Kings and Kings into the campus.
At the press conference, the National Association of Parents and Presidents opposed the king and the king entering the campus. Huang jianbin
Translators understand and tolerate the Ministry of Education. Some people are different from me. In view of the fact that the National Association of Parents and Principals thinks Primary One is too young to read, Rainbow Equal Rights Platform and legislator Fan Yun openly support the Ministry of Education. In her view, gender diversity is part of family differentiation. Just like intergenerational education and family reorganization, kings and kings are a good opportunity for children to know that "there are people different from me in the world", which helps to reduce school bullying.
Teacher Ji, a primary school teacher in New Taipei City who participated in the Rainbow Equality Platform, said that the focus of teaching is to solve the problems that children encounter in their daily lives. For example, he said: "If students want to know why tadpoles grow into frogs, the teacher can't answer" this third grade will teach "; Similarly, if students want to know whether girls and girls can get married? It is also impossible to answer "I can't learn until my senior year". He thinks that the students in the class come from different families, and the children have their own temperament. Therefore, understanding and tolerating others' differences is a very important concept. The picture book King and King is the channel to solve children's doubts.
Lin, the translator of King and King, is also closely related to the Ministry of Education. She described herself as discriminating against comrades when she was young, and didn't realize that they were no different from herself until she made friends with gay friends. She also shared her story about "King and King" with her second son. She was not surprised by the story that the prince fell in love with the princess's brother. "Children should ask directly if they understand," Lin said.
Fan Yun (left 4, microphone holder), the legislator of Rainbow's affirmative platform, openly supports the Ministry of Education, emphasizing that "Wang and Wang" are a good opportunity for children to know that "there are people different from me in the world". Huang jianbin
Follow-up effect, zero detection of LGBT content in primary and secondary school textbooks?
The controversy caused by the book "King and King" has a follow-up effect. Some parents' groups asked the library to remove picture books, arguing that primary and secondary school textbooks must meet the LGBT "zero detection" standard.
Legislator Fan Yun also strongly protested this. She believes that it is a kind of discrimination to require that the content of a particular group should not appear in textbooks. "If someone asks for (in textbooks) zero detection of the problems of aborigines, Minnan or Hakkas, how will people belonging to these groups feel? What really deserves zero detection is discriminatory language and attitude, "Fan Yun said.
Finally, the All-China Association of Parents and Principals called on the Ministry of Education to announce the book selection and review system to make this process transparent. Parents' representatives must participate in the audit of books, teaching materials and supplementary materials on campus, and the communication channels between parents' groups and the Ministry of Education should also be kept smooth. Zeng Xianying also published a special line to report improper teaching materials, calling on the whole country to jointly check the education of children.
Note: LGBT is the abbreviation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.