It Gets Better

I've heard a lot about this project, and it's giving a fantastic message to LGBT teens who, "can't picture what their lives might be like as openly gay adults," as the site says. I took the pledge to speak up against hate, and I encourage everyone to do so as well. But seeing as this is a site about education, let's see how I can tie this in.


I just wonder how educators feel on this topic. I mean - the message ultimately is, high school sucks, but hold in there, because once you're free, you can finally live your life. It's a better sign than these students were getting before, that certainly can't be argued. But the fact that people outside of schools are stepping in and saying to just hold on really bothers me. Why can't we change schools now? Why is the only advice we can give struggling students to just wait it out a little longer? Students in high school are encouraged to let their true colors show, to be involved in the activities they want to, to be their own person. So by saying to just wait to these students is a huge contradiction! I don't know what the answer to this question is, but the best we can do absolutely is not to just wait a little longer.