Dear CAGT Friends: This is the kind of bullying that our gifted community all know too well. Our kids stand up for their convictions and get torn down by others because the things that might make gifted kids look/sound/feel different are important, of value and coming from their very fabric. Please take a minute to write a note of support for this young child who is acting upon his deeply rooted convictions. From @Earth Guardians: My little bro just spent the last hour or more crying about some really negative comments he is getting from kids in his school. They are basically calling him a freak and one kid is always calling him She Man because he has never cut his hair. In our tradtion our hair is sacred but they dont understand that. They are telling him things like the reason you are silent is because the barber wont cut your hair. This kind of teasing is a really hard thing for any kid to deal with. We are both very different then most kids in school anyway so his decision to go on this silent strike has really made him a target. It is already so frustrating for him not being able to communicate clearly what he is feeling and going through and why he is doing what he is doing. The kids say it wont make a difference anyway when he tries to explain it to then on his writing board. He said his science teacher hasnt been very supportive and says he is giving him an f because he is not participating in class and when Itzcuauhtli raises his hand to write an answer on his writing board the teacher just passes him by. There is another teacher to who is giving him a hard time about his strike. I really want to send some prayers out to him to be strong and feel the love and support he is getting from people all around the world. I also told him tonight that we will all love and respect him even if he decides to speak again sooner then he wanted to but he says no he doesnt want to speak until atleast after the climate stike on Dec. 10th. So everyone please send him your love and support and if you havent signed up on his website to join him on the 10th for an hour of silence please try to climatesilencenow.org
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:39:28 +0000
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