In a move to protect Generation Snowflake from 'triggering anxiety' a Sydney public primary school (Elanora Heights Public School) has now banned clapping in a policy named 'silent cheers'.
Also on the banned list are the terms 'girls, 'ladies' and 'women'.

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/nsw/2016/07/20/sydney-school-bans-clapping.html

Cheltenham Girls High School also placed a ban on the terms, and acknowledged the discussions occurred during Safe Schools program discussions.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/calls-for-intervention-over-sydney-girls-school-gender-neutral-language-policy/news-story/37c0d140a109d9c6a592b1a80ec0af6e

In a later story however, the NSW Education Department said that gender-specific terms would continue to be used.
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/nsw-girls-school-wont-ban-gendered-terms/news-story/a6a322e1b07864eaf16f541dbe3f1e42

Feminists, LGBTI campaigners and other social justice warriors from the progressive left have tirelessly been pushing their agendas, and education is becoming hardcore indoctrination on behalf of these minority groups.

Do others think this politically correct trend is ok?
Or have these groups taken things a step too far?

"Teachers at Cheltenham Girls high school in Sydney were never told they should avoid referring to students as “girls”, “women” or “ladies”, despite claims in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday that they had been asked to use gender-neutral language.

The front page story by Miranda Devine claimed the request to use gender-neutral language at the all-girls school in north-west Sydney was made at a staff meeting to discuss the implementation of the Safe Schools program earlier this year."

"But Guardian Australia understands there was never any instruction given to avoid use of “girls”, “ladies”, “women” or other gender-specific terms at Cheltenham Girls high school, and there was no basis to the Daily Telegraph’s report.

In a post to Facebook on Wednesday afternoon, the school said it had “a proud ongoing tradition of providing high quality education for girls”.

“The school has not and will not change the way students’ gender is referred to.”

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/20/teachers-at-sydney-high-school-never-told-to-use-gender-neutral-language?CMP=share_btn_tw

Just poor old Miranda Devine tooting her horn for a bit of attention - again...

Not so sure about the banning of clapping...which seems pretty stupid.

The Left's cultural wars being waged against school children. Tragically, that has been going on for years.

The NSW Education Minister is missing in action again.

With the Marxist-oriented Safe Schools Program anything is possible,

"Damien Tudehope, the Liberal MP for Epping, had told the Daily Telegraph that parents of students at the school had told him their daughters were “ostracised” for objecting to its pro-equality events.

He also told other media that he had received four complaints and a petition with 19 signatures, though it is understood that these were about the Safe Schools program in general, not the alleged instruction at Cheltenham Girls high. Tudehope declined to comment to Guardian Australia"
[from OP link]

1957 vs. 2017.

Scenario 1:
Jack, the year 12 Dux nominate, goes rabbit shooting before school. Afterwards pulls into the school car-park with his grand-dads shotgun visible in the ute gun rack.

1957-Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's gun, goes to his car and gets his rifle out & chats with Jack about guns.

2017-School goes into lock down, TRG called. Jack is hauled off to gaol and never sees his ute or shotgun again. Trauma counselors, Department of Children’s Service and psychologists costing tens of $1,000’s per day are called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight at the bus stop after school.

1957-Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and they end up mates.

2017-Police called, TRG team arrives, Johnny and Mark are arrested, charged with assault. Both are expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario 3:
Faisal fails year 10 English.

1957-Faisal’s mum & dad work their holidays to get him extra tuition over the school break. He repeats year 10 and graduates 3 years later as Dux of the high school. 4 years later he enters his articles of clerkship as a solicitor with a prestigious Sydney law firm.

2017-Faisal's cause is taken up by an ethnic rights group. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist.

Rights group files a class action lawsuit against state school system and Faisal's English teacher. English is banned from school’s core curriculum. His English teacher never teaches again.

Faisal is given a school leaving certificate anyway, & gives up studies altogether. Ending up in a factory in Auburn, sweeping floors for a living because he cannot speak English.

onthebeach wrote: "With the Marxist-oriented Safe Schools Program anything is possible,"

How is the Safe Schools Program Marxist-oriented?