Forsyth County Georgia Board of Education - Jere Krischel - 10/17/2023

Last month, there was concern that some teachers were unfairly being described as "groomers" or "pederasts". Both of those things are immoral and shameful, so it's understandable people might feel offended if they are unjustly accused.

To help clarify things, I thought we might offer a few ways of knowing when you might be a groomer, so that people can avoid being confused with these evil predators.

If you think that tom-boys are boys, you might be a groomer.

If you think it is important for teachers to know, what kinds of things sexually excite the children they teach, you might be a groomer.

If you think it is important for children to know, what kinds of things sexually excite the teachers they learn from, you might be a groomer.

If you think children who have not yet experienced their natural sexual development, can make medical decisions that will leave them with permanent sexual dysfunction, you might be a groomer.

If you think children should have school clubs based on sexual identities or sexual attraction, you might be a groomer.

If you think a child's cross-sex ideation should be kept secret from their parents, you might be a groomer.

If you think it's important to teach a child that a family with two mommies is perfectly normal, but don't want to tell them that fatherless homes are bad for children, you might be a groomer.

If you think that adult men need an actual measurable medical reason to get a testosterone prescription, but teenage girls only need to express a psychological desire for it, you might be a groomer.

If you believe children should be exposed to books with graphic sex, and they should be comfortable about talking about sex around adult strangers, without their parents present, you might be a groomer.

If you support drag queens reading to young children in libraries, you might be a groomer.

If you support taking children under 18 to drag queen shows, you might be a groomer.

If you can't tell the difference between Mrs. Doubtfire cross-dressing in a caricature of a nanny, and Ru Paul's Drag Race where they are caricatures of strippers, you might be a groomer.

When we normalize the discussion and expression of personal sexuality at school, we end up with young girls and boys bragging casually about their sexual exploits, destroying the learning environment of those children who would like to concentrate on their academics. Sexuality should be a private matter, not a public concern, and our staff and teachers should model that modesty by deferring sexuality questions to parents, and keeping sexuality discussions outside of school.

I'd like to ask the board to consider getting rid of school clubs that are based on race or sexual identity. It may be perfectly appropriate to have an "anti-bullying club", but a club exclusive to straight white males and their allies is divisive, and unnecessarily centers student sexuality in the eyes of staff and teachers. School is a professional space, and when you bring explicit sexualization into that space, you are creating a hostile work environment for everyone.

And so on that note, thank you very much for your time, and again, I'd love to have lunch with anyone who disagrees with me.