Emily Ramser was one of 12 Outstanding Teaching Humanities award winners in the state of Texas. She received her award at the May 22, 2023 Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board meeting. She told the board why she was resigning moments later.
Keeping reading for more from Emily #txed
Emily Ramser, now former Grapevine-Colleyville ISD award winning teacher, was featured in this NBC News story.
nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v…
Emily wrote a long letter to help give context to her story. Portions of that letter are captured over the next series of posts. 1/10 🧵
“I was told at work that this was my fault and what I needed to expect as a public servant”
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From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 2/10
“really, the reason they did all this is because I’m queer, and even though I’ve always been careful to avoid telling students that, these parents saw me, thought I looked a little too gay, and got scared.”
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From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 3/10
“they are different from [Nakamura] and the picture GCISD likes to paint of its teachers--the one of teachers who dress a certain way, wear their nails and hair a certain way, vote a certain way, and practice religion a certain way.”
From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 4/10
“All the while, the district continued to change and ban my curriculum and move the goalposts, making teaching ever more difficult.”
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From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 5/10
“I was told this is what it means to be a public servant and that I couldn’t complain for as long as I was one.
So I quit.
And now I can finally speak out.”
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From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 6/10
“I had so many parents reach out when things were going on to vocalize their support in private, but who refused to acknowledge anything in public.”
“Those parents remained safe and silent while I was threatened”
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From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 7/10
“They thrust me in the limelight as a part of their political maneuvering and took away my safety and my love of teaching. I’ll never be able to go back; my life is irrevocably changed.”
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From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 8/10
“it’s not just going to drive queer and trans people out of education. Other people will and are leaving under the broader demonization of educators as radicals and groomers.”
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From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 9/10
“this is me asking for help: your teacher friends can’t keep going on like this, your queer and trans friends can’t keep going on like this.”
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From Emily Ramser, former GCISD teacher 10/10
“We need people to stop being silent and start doing something.”
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Emily’s full letter is available on my Facebook post
facebook.com/1443573239/pos…
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