The Pros And Cons Of Horrassment

Harassment is a big problem in today’s school systems because it’s the plaintiffs’ word against the defendants’. According to Webster.com, harassment means” to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way: to make repeated attacks against (an enemy)” (Merriam, 2015). Most transgender students will keep it a secret, not letting teachers or administrators know what is going on because they are ashamed and think it will do more harm than good. “You hit like a girl”, is something that you might hear in early education. In middle school and high school that is a totally different ballgame. In these grades you will hear derogatory words such as “sissy”, “dike”, and “queer” just to name a few. With the increase in transgender students, teachers have to learn to adjust and understand their lifestyles.

400). I found it very fascinating that teachers or school personnel would be the ones behind the crude remarks that transgender students face. “A third of transgender students heard school staff make homophobic (32%) remarks, sexist (39%) remarks, and negative comments about someone’s gender expression (39%) sometimes, often, or frequently in the past year” (Greytak & Kosciw, 2009, p. 12). In order for these students to feel like they belong in school, it is the teachers and administrators jobs to get educated about what it is these students go through. If the students feel like their teachers don’t care about their success they will stop attending