Three Girls Work Together To Get This Substitute Teacher Fired For The Horrible Response She Had To A Student Being Adopted By Two Men
Solidarity among students helped escort this substitute teacher right out of her job.
A Utah classroom lesson about gratitude took a sharp turn when a fifth grader shared something deeply personal. Instead of responding with kindness, a substitute teacher reacted in a way that stunned the student, his family, and eventually a lot of people online.
The boy said he was thankful that he was finally going to be adopted by his two dads, and the teacher snapped back with a cruel question. What followed was a wave of outrage, support, and praise for the girls who helped make sure the moment did not get brushed aside.
By the time the story spread, the substitute teacher was already facing consequences, and the reaction kept growing. Read on.
The bar for her behavior was already low, but she managed to reach new depths of depravity with what she did next.
erinscafeAccording to the local news, The Salt Lake Tribune:
For the next 10 minutes she lectured the 30 kids in the class about her own views, how “homosexuality is wrong” and “two men living together is a sin.” She looked at the boy, too, and told him: “That’s nothing to be thankful for.”
erinscafeThe 11-year-old's soon-to-be father is Louis van Amstel, a professional ballroom dancer and choreographer you may recognize from the TV reality show Dancing With the Stars.
Along with his husband Josh of 3 years, the couple planned to adopt the child, Daniel. Daniel struggled immensely with the incident, terrified his dads would be swayed from adopting him and nervous about the teacher being exposed.
In fact, it was three girls in Daniel's classroom who became the heroes of this story for refusing to tolerate the bigotry.
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Louis turtned to Twitter to vent in this heart-felt video.
Can you even imagine?
Can you even imagine?
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“It’s absolutely ridiculous and horrible what she did,” van Amstel told The Salt Lake Tribune. “We were livid. It’s 2019 and this is a public school.”
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That reaction helped push the story far beyond the classroom.
“He was so fearful that this could make us think that we don’t want to adopt him,” van Amstel told the local news while choking back tears.
“That’s definitely not going to happen. But this situation really hurt him. This person really hurt us.”
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Twitter user @erinscafe amplified the story and was able to highlight the problems and cultivate a progressive conversation among Twitter users.
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Along side that, she offered up startling statistics about adoption gaps that more people really need to read.
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Twitter users reached out in solidarity and support.
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They expressed the emotional turmoil of reading the impact on the students.
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They also searched for tangible ways to help the girls who made sure this teacher's behavior didn't go unchecked.
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The comments kept rolling in.
Someone even took a moment to express the reality that those girls have parents doing something right, too! Especially in such a conservative environment as Utah.
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Heard that!
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Same though.
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Round of Applause!
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Thank you, dads!
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The kids are alright.
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THIS:
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Real Talk!
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How dare she? Honestly.
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What a roller coaster.
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Outside of Twitter, social media users also responded with plenty to say about the ex-substitute teacher.
YESSSS
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Outside of Twitter, social media users also responded with plenty to say about the ex-substitute teacher.
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And further praise for the girls.
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Can you imagine? She continued to argue as she was escorted out. So miserable.
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Kids are smarter than they get credit for.
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So many dad jokes.
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And this home is LOVING.
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Some lessons should never need to be taught the hard way.
Before you judge the substitute teacher’s “homosexuality is wrong” rant, see how one family handled a brutal dog-bite rehoming decision.
