Teacher Stimulates Thinking by Questioning Reasons for being Heterosexual.

As reported by World Net Daily (WND) an English teacher from Pecatonica High School in tiny Blanchardville, Wisconsin assigned their high school class a questionnaire in which student’s were to answer why they were heterosexual and to give reasons why they chose to be heterosexual over homosexual. Some of the questions were:

-When and how did you decide you were a heterosexual?
-Is it possible that your heterosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?
-Is it possible that your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of others of the same sex?
-Do your parents and friends know you are straight? How do they react?
-Why do you insist on flaunting your heterosexuality? Can't you just be who you are and keep it quiet?
-A disproportionate majority of child molesters are heterosexual. So do you consider it safe to expose children to heterosexual teachers?
-With all the societal support marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiraling. Why are there so few stable relationships among heterosexuals?
-Statistics show that lesbians have the lowest incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. Is it really safe for a woman to maintain a heterosexual lifestyle and run the risk of disease and pregnancy?
-Considering the menace of overpopulation, how could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual?
-Would you want your child to be heterosexual, knowing the problems that s/he would face?

The English teacher responded that the questions were not an assignment but for a class discussion on “tolerance.” The Principal, Dave McSherry, then told WND that “the discussion was part of a comprehensive curriculum in critical thinking skills to prepare students to make decisions on their own in college and beyond.” McSherry also told WND that “the questionnaire was presented as a prompt to discussion and debate and that to simply react to the list of questions is to take the issue out of context.”

[Michael Folkert is an Ag-Econ Major at UNL]