Roy Exum's criticism of GPS's new Head of School, Megan Cover, is laced with misogynistic vitriol. After mocking Ms. Cover's efforts to facilitate modern conversations around race and gender, he suggests she instead tell students to "tighten their uniform belts." Mr. Exum's perspective on the proper education for girls is so disturbing, I am genuinely concerned for the women in his life.
Underneath his sexism and colorful language, I detect fear - fear that the new ideas flowing at GPS are representative of a world that is unfamiliar to him, one in which race and gender are socially constructed and traditions are meant to be challenged.
Unlike Mr. Exum, GPS girls are not afraid of new ideas.
Like Mr. Exum’s, my family has a history with GPS. I am a descendant of Grace McCallie, one the school's three founders. Dozens of my family members have walked across the GPS graduation stage since 1906. My mother graduated in 1980. I graduated in 2013. The May Pole is certainly not my most cherished memory of GPS. On the contrary, I am the woman I am today because we read Beloved by Toni Morrison and The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Would Mr. Exum prefer that we omit these texts because they recognize the impact of institutionalized slavery and break down socially constructed definitions of "men" and "women"?
In May, I will graduate with honors from Columbia Law School. I learned a passion for intellectual discourse and an outstanding work ethic from GPS. My "liberal teachers" pushed me out of my comfort zone and challenged the beliefs I took for granted. In truth, I could have done without the prayer in assembly. Even with the occasional Bible verse, GPS is not and has never been the evangelical Sunday School that Mr. Exum’s opinion essay describes.
Mr. Exum fails to recognize that the very founding of GPS was an act of rebellion against sexist norms. When Spencer and Park McCallie founded a private college preparatory school in 1905, their sister Grace McCallie, volunteered to teach the girls who would be admitted. But the McCallie brothers did not think women should receive a college preparatory education. Grace was undeterred. With only a fraction of the funding of McCallie, Grace started GPS in her own home with Tommie Payne Duffy and Eula Lea Jarnagin. GPS was not founded on "Christian-principles." It was founded on a fierce commitment to the autonomy and intellectual development of women.
Megan Cover’s leadership is realigning GPS with its intended purpose: to prepare young women for a world that is so much bigger than Chattanooga, Tennessee. In fact, Ms. Cover is actualizing an even deeper purpose for the school: to create a robust learning environment that is accepting of young women from different races, religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. “Conservative and affluent” white parents who find this effort concerning are in need of some serious self-reflection.
I am thrilled to see GPS taking decisive steps to be more inclusive. Although my experience at GPS was overwhelmingly positive, at times, I experienced homophobia that made me feel as though my identity should remain hidden. Today, I see a GPS where girls have more liberty to express and discuss sexual orientation and gender identity. That type of learning environment is nourishing to both the mind and the soul. I would have thrived under GPS’s current leadership. Perhaps my fiancé (who is also named Megan) and I will need to pay Megan Cover a friendly visit when we travel to Chattanooga for our wedding in March.
Parents, if you are more comfortable sending your daughters to a school where they will not be presented with new, challenging ideas about race and gender, so be it. The last thing GPS needs is fire and brimstone from disapproving elites who prefer indoctrination to intellectualism. But just know that you are making the choice to keep your daughter's world small.
Megan Cover, keep up the good work.
Mary Rebecca Gardner, Class of 2013
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As a current parent of two girls at GPS, I want to provide some perspective from my point of view. My children are in the 7th grade, having attended GPS for the past two years. My wife and I are very happy with our decision to send our girls to GPS.
My primary concern when we were looking for a school was for our girls to find a place where they belonged but also where they could be challenged and could grow. Fortunately for us here in Chattanooga, there are many schools that could provide this opportunity.
As a Baylor alum, my heart always gravitated back to my alma mater. The admissions process at GPS opened my eyes to the benefits of single-sex education. Multiple parent meetings showed us the growth opportunities that GPS could offer.
In our two years at the school, my girls have become more independent, and more self-assured. They have confidence in their own abilities and the strength to try new things that might not have been in their comfort zone previously.
I was traveling for work this past week and spoke with several different people who either were alumni of GPS or parents of former students. The stories that they tell about their personal accomplishments or those of their children is what I desire for my own children. The ability that these women have to walk into any room, anywhere, and feel like they belong. The ability and strength of character they have to stand up and speak their mind. The opportunity to absorb multiple points of view and make decisions based upon those differing viewpoints is invaluable.
I wish that every child had the opportunities that my girls are blessed with. I look forward to the conversations and debates with my girls about their feelings for what is right and what is wrong. Some of these conversations will be uncomfortable and we will disagree but that is the entire point: to build thoughtful, considerate, well-rounded participants in our society.
It is disingenuous to try and put people into ideological boxes based on our perception of them or their actions. People just do not neatly fit into these boxes that we create. As a parent, I want my children to be open-minded to the people, the thoughts, and the beliefs of the people that they are exposed to. I want them to have many different opportunities to learn perspectives that are different from my own.
Our perspective has to be formed and shaped by our experiences. That perspective also has to be flexible and have the ability to change and grow as experiences change us.
This is what GPS provides my girls. I applaud the entire GPS Community starting with Megan Cover. The school, the Trustees, the faculty and the staff have a singular focus on living the mission of the school: to do what is best for the girl.
Steven Sharpe
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Several months ago I wrote an article for The Tennessean that highlighted ways in which I have seen residents of our state embrace the changing demographics associated with the booming real estate market in Tennessee that attracts so many newcomers. I’ve been heartened in the past few years as I’ve witnessed some in the Volunteer State open their arms to welcome a more diverse Tennessee.
When I read my father’s article in The Chattanoogan yesterday, however, I wondered if I’d spoken too soon. His hurtful and untrue comments about new resident Megan Cover do not reflect the kind of Southern hospitality that Tennessee is known for, and his rhetoric is miles from civil discourse.
His article, “How ‘Woke’ is GPS?”, begins as critical of Ms. Cover, the newest Head of School at Girls Preparatory School from which I graduated in 2001. I doubt my father has ever met Ms. Cover, but the article paints her to be a threat to the school and its students. On the contrary, when I met her in Nashville last fall, I was impressed by her compassionate warmth, courageous leadership, and gracious personality. If I lived in Chattanooga, I’d send my girls to GPS in a heartbeat.
As it turns out, as the article goes on, it is not as much about Ms. Cover - it is more about my father’s loathing of Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which he has made no secret of in previous columns. Ms. Cover is used as a decoy for him to really attack what I presume he fears - change.
I’ve been in ministry for nearly two decades, and from what I can tell in hours spent sitting with people, change is more terrifying for many of us than we’d like to admit. We fear what we do not understand, and quite often change brings uncertainty which, of course, makes it hard to comprehend. So we fear change. The relativeness newness of terms like Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have the potential to come off as threats when in actuality, equality isn’t to be feared at all. Who doesn’t want a house with a crowded table and a wide porch?
If I may assure you: you can be a practicing Christian, support Critical Race Theory, and be a proponent of inclusion at the same time. Loving Jesus and embracing diversity are not mutually exclusive. No one cast a wider net than Jesus himself.
My husband and I have two daughters who attend a private all-girls school here in Nashville, similar to GPS, and I’m continually in awe of how their school is committed to making sure every girl belongs in their community. One student writes that “Diversity, equity, and inclusion are important in schools because they allow students to gain a stronger, more realistic perspective of the world around them.” I couldn’t have said it better, and I wish my time at GPS had been enhanced by more diversity when I was a student there. I’m grateful that girls currently enrolled at GPS will be able to experience a broader range of ideas from their classmates.
I suppose it’s easy to throw rocks from behind a mountaintop computer, but it’s not the critic who counts here, as Teddy Roosevelt once said. The credit here belongs to the (wo)man in the arena, Megan Cover, who is making sure that GPS really does, as my father wrote, “produce some of the most outstanding young women in the South.” As for my father, I can only quote Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “Come, come, my conservative friend. Wipe the dew from your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.”
So, here’s to the girls! And here’s to Ms. Cover. Welcome to Tennessee.
Mary Cady Bolin, M Div.
GPS class of 2001
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There are so many things I find wrong with your article, enough that could have me debating for hours on end tonight. As an alumnus of GPS not once did I think or comment about the school being too “woke” when the new headmistress was announced, nor did I see classmates commenting or posting such. Mr. Exum, perhaps you should have consulted with all alumni before making claims in your article; I know one of the things I learned there was doing research and due diligence to get to the truth, I can thank my teachers there for making me the critical thinker I am today.
Had you polled alumni you may have found that GPS taught us, and still teaches its students, to embrace others from every walk of life and background, to be curious and seek truths, and to be respectful of opinions that may not be like our own. GPS taught myself, and others, that just because we are women we shouldn’t feel we need to hide our intelligence and opinions, we should feel confident to speak up and speak out, and that our gender in the male dominated south shouldn’t make us any less worthy of advancement in the workplace.
You know what’s funny? The last time I remember reciting the pledge of allegiance is in the 5th grade; when I attended GPS students still started in the 7th grade so let this sink in, my last year of public school no pledge was recited. As for prayer in school, we never started each school day with one; this never happened when I attended public school either. Prayer was, indeed, allowed at GPS; my brother said one before my chapel talk senior year. I sat though 6 total years of many prayers during chapel talk. Perhaps, Mr. Exum, we should circle back to the whole doing research thing. You do realize that fact checking is at the center of your job, right?
GPS is a school that embraced all religions. Why? Because we had a diverse student body made up of many religions and denominations. As such we were taught to be respectful of those who followed a religion other than our own, similarly we accepted those who followed no religion. As a Christian myself I’m taught to treat others how I want to be treated, and to love my neighbors as myself; GPS never once taught me to only respect those who were like me, on the contrary it taught me to respect differences and stand up for those who are treated unjustly.
It’s interesting to me that Mr. Exum finds it radical that a female headmaster from the north is so woke. Sir, you do realize GPS was founded by women, right? Did you also know that for many decades we had a male head of school, I am going to assume you have conveniently left that out if so. My point in mentioning this is for far too long women were overlooked as being a headmaster OF AN ALL GIRLS SCHOOL. I find that absurd and silly, especially given the founders of our institution.
So, Mr. Exum, I leave you with this. GPS has served as a school that fosters intelligence and forward thinking, always has and always will. If teaching its students to think for themselves, to use critical thinking when researching, to believe that gender doesn’t define worth in a male dominated south, that being different is ok, and that speaking your mind is wrong…well, I guess I don’t want to be right. I’ll continue to apply what I learned from my alma mater: to speak up, to be a leader, to embrace my intelligence, to accept others, to think critically, and to work twice as hard.
By your standards, Mr. Exum, all alumni and current students at GPS are a bunch of outspoken heathen women who have a lack of morals and lack certain ideals. I’ve been taught to stand up for what I believe and to be respectful of people from all walks of life, as well as not to hide behind pre conceived notions; if that makes me radical so be it. Might I remind you, well behaved women rarely make history; I will continue to live my legacy and misbehave I suppose. Why? Because I want to leave this world better than how I came into it, I want young women to know they can achieve great things, and I want them to know being a leader, a good leader, has nothing to do with ones gender, race, religion, or socioeconomic status.
You know what does make a great leader? Empathy, understanding, critical thinking, adaptability, strong morals, believing in something bigger than yourself, thinking outside the box, pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone, and seeking truths. Where did I learn to think this way? My six years spent at GPS, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Oh, and one other thing? Here’s to the girls.
Shelly Ayers
GPS class of 2000
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I’d like to respond to Roy Exum’s recent opinion piece entitled How “Woke" is GPS? While I understand the intent of Mr. Exum’s use of hyperbole is to shock and attract readers, it is unfortunate that he does so at the expense of GPS’s new Head of School, Megan Cover. Mr. Exum uses the first two paragraphs to attack Mrs. Cover seemingly because she hails from Wilmington, Delaware. Are we really so insular that we have to assume someone is a threat simply based on the region of the country where she and her family used to live? Within the first sentence, Mr. Exum claims to have a pulse on the "general consensus of the alumnae." How many alums did he actually speak with, I wonder, to reach this consensus? Was it a multi-generational consensus? Did he poll alums living in other regions of the country, such as Delaware for example, to reach this consensus?
I, too, have concerns about things like Critical Race Theory and gender ideology that are being pushed in schools across the country and I do not fault parents for being on alert for things that are being taught to their children that don’t align with their values. For too long, parents have been marginalized by the public school system and their opinions about what is being taught in our schools seem to matter less and less.
In contrast, Megan has spent the better part of the past six months since arriving on campus simply listening. She has invited past, current, disgruntled, ecstatic, lukewarm and indifferent parents to meet with her and share their experiences. She has been a breath of fresh air on the campus and in the community and brought a sense of joy to this school full of girls that so many of us hold dear. As an alum, former trustee, and proud parent of three GPS girls, I couldn’t be more pleased with Megan and the hard work she is doing to carry out the school’s mission "to inspire each girl to lead a life of integrity and purpose by engaging her mind, cultivating her strengths, and nurturing her self-confidence and respect for others.”
All three of my daughters read Mr. Exum's piece, by the way, and each had lively opinions of their own to share about what was written. This only reinforces how proud I am of the education they have received at GPS.
Claire Mcvay
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My Grandmother, Susan Latimore Phillips was one of the earlier graduates from GPS, almost 100 years ago. She was later a philosophy professor, civil rights advocate, and one of the founding volunteers of Chattanooga Cares in the early 1990’s when much of Chattanooga was in deep denial about the AIDS epidemic and afraid of touching people suffering with it. Whatever “woke” creed Mr. Exum fears is being taught at GPS has apparently been being taught for 100 years (or likely more) drawing from the type of woman it created in my grandmother.
As the parent of a current 11th grader at GPS, trying to correct every factual inaccuracy of Mr. Exum’s opinion would be longer than the piece itself as almost every word he wrote is a lie or wrong. But I do think a critical piece of this puzzle has been lost in his efforts to lay these inclusive practices at the feet of the headmaster.
They weren’t her idea.
The desire for more inclusion and diversity at GPS is a direct result of what the parents want and have asked for. On a recent parent survey the most common desire expressed was for more consistent education around creating an inclusive environment that would be more welcoming to students of all backgrounds. Whether this came from the parents of GPS’s desire to be “woke” or their desire to prepare their daughters for a wide and ever growing world, I can’t say but what is important to know is that this isn’t happening over the objections of the parents at GPS.
It’s happening because of wishes of the parents of GPS.
Sophia Cowan (parent of a member of GPS class of ‘23)
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I was surprised to read a recent opinion article that was critical of Chattanooga's Girls Preparatory School. I have two daughters that attend GPS and I feel compelled to stand up for the school, the administration, and the sacrifice and work that goes into earning a GPS degree. I hope that many more parents and students will make their opinions known.
GPS is not an easy school. It is first and foremost an institution of learning. Our children are up late at night studying and doing work for their classes. They are pushed to make the most of their talents. Pat Summit once said, "You can't always be the strongest or most talented or most gifted person in the room, but you can be the most competitive." I feel that is the expectation at GPS: Students are expected to work their hardest, give their best, and achieve to their fullest potential.
Our oldest daughter is a senior. She has worked tirelessly to educate and advance herself. She has put an incredible amount of effort into her academics. I am amazed at her intelligence and her critical thinking.
More importantly, I am amazed at her kindness, her compassion, and her fierce commitment to her beliefs. I am incredibly proud of the woman she has become. In addition to academics, GPS has prepared her for life. The curriculum, social outreach, and community at GPS has fostered a curiosity for learning, compassion for others, and concern for improving the world at large.
Theodore Roosevelt is attributed as saying "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." GPS does an outstanding job of getting its students to care. They care about their classmates, their community, and their future. When I attend a GPS event and see how much the girls rally behind each other, it touches my heart. I think that GPS stating that they are focusing on inclusion and making sure that every girl feels valued and supported is commendable. It is certainly nothing to construe as a negative event.
This year's GPS theme is "Building Bridges" and I salute the students, faculty, and administration for exemplifying this in their actions. The class of 2022, and the classes that follow, will hopefully continue to build bridges that strengthen our world.
Thank you to all of the GPS teachers, staff, and administration for working so hard to educate our children and prepare them for life. We love the school and recommend it without reservation. Our region is blessed with many outstanding public and private schools, but there is only one GPS!
So here's to the Girls!. And, with regards to the recent criticism of the school, I am reminded of the prayer of Mother Theresa:
People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
Daniel Kueter
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It is heartening to see parents and alumni of GPS defending Megan Cover and her efforts to create a more diverse, supportive, and inclusive environment for GPS students. Unfortunately, it was not surprising to read the self-important and malicious rantings of Exum, who in recent years has transformed into a caricature of the right-wing extremist stereotype.
For years now, his columns on The Chattanoogan have articulated mean-spirited, divisive, bigoted, and hurtful points of view that should have no place in the heart of any human being. This recent smear of his on Ms. Cover provides an excellent opportunity for each of us, myself included, to reflect on our own words, thoughts, and motives and endeavor to be the best versions of ourselves.
Bradley Wilson
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Who is Roy Exum? I have never met the man, but after a few minutes of research, reading his many articles written for the Chattanoogan, as well as his recent op-ed on GPS, and the many responses, I will make an educated guess. Roy Exum is an old southern white man who doesn't believe in the equality of women or inclusion of all human beings. In simple terms, Roy Exum is a local shock jock, a man trying his best to stay relevant in a world he fears (knows?) has passed him by.
As the parent of a 2015 GPS graduate, I am proud of my daughter and the school she attended. In her seven years at GPS, she was exposed to a diverse student body of all ethnicities and religions. My daughter received a fantastic formal education, but just as important, was exposed to a culture that is more representative of our great country. I don't always agree with all of my daughter's opinions, but that is exactly the point. She thinks for herself. Unlike Mr. Exum, I am not intimidated by our differences.
Mr. Exum points out to the reader that his daughter attended and graduated from GPS. However, in one of the many responses to his article, his own daughter writes that her father's true intent in the article was to rehash his disdain for CRT and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Mr. Exum, as well as others who share his beliefs, are entitled to their opinions. I for one, am thankful for the role GPS played in my daughter becoming the type of woman Mr. Exum fears.
Welcome to Chattanooga, Mrs. Cover.
Jeff Rufolo
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I was disappointed to see the opinion article by Roy Exum yesterday about GPS. First, he attempted to speak on behalf of the “general consensus” of the GPS alumnae. Clearly, he was wrong to do so. Mr. Exum, you do not speak for me nor do you speak for the many alumnae who have productively used their voices to challenge and respond to your article yesterday.
In Mr. Exum’s opinion article, he criticizes the guest assembly speaker (a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant) who spoke to the student body about “creating spaces where students and all community leaders can be seen and heard while learning to be visible and use their voices in a productive way.” He then followed that up with a snarky comment.
GPS taught me exactly that: how to use my voice in a productive way. Women, girls, any student for that matter, should never question whether it is appropriate to be taught this important lesson. It is. It will always be appropriate to teach women how to be seen and heard.
In the community that just welcomed its first woman police chief and first woman city attorney, with more women seeking elected positions in this county than ever, I am thankful for any amount of education that instills women with the confidence and independence it takes to become leaders in this community and around the world.
I fully support a more diverse and inclusive curriculum at GPS. I support Megan Cover and all the outstanding faculty members who continue to produce strong and independent women.
Janie Parks Varnell
GPS Class of 2005
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Mr. Exum’s opinion has been most helpful. My daughter is a prospective student at GPS, and I am now all the more eager and hopeful that she’ll attend. For you see, Mr. Exum, many of us Chattanoogans would like to raise daughters who are smart, independent, and ready to face the world as it is – not as the antebellum fantasy you would seemingly like it to be.
Your use of “woke” is clearly a dog whistle for an anti-intellectual and exclusive audience. However, school by its very nature is an intellectual enterprise. I should hope all schools teach science, history, literature, everything to the richest and fullest extent. Challenging students, presenting them varying viewpoints and ideas – this is the basis of a well-rounded education. And fostering an inclusive environment while doing this, well, that sounds like a wonderful opportunity to me.
I am not simply trying to raise my daughter to make delightful banter at a cotillion; I’m trying to give her the tools to lead a boardroom. GPS seems like an excellent place for her to be.
Julia Gibler
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The Chattanoogan recently published an opinion by Roy Exum where he expressed concern about the new head of school and the cherished traditions that were being disrupted by a new curriculum of “wokeness”. I graduated from Girls Preparatory School in 2017, and attended Boston University where I graduated with my Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Statistics in 2021. I cherish my memories from GPS and remain close friends with the women who helped me staple my hem and lent me sweatshirts when my uniform veered right out of code into unrecognizable. Friends who, as Mr. Exum mentioned, went to some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities on merit scholarship and financial aid, and were prepared by a volatile curriculum that allowed my friends to make perfect scores on nationwide tests and prepared us to compete with the nation’s brightest at highly ranked schools.
I will make no shadowy illusions to insiders with knowledge of the philanthropy list. My only perspective on the issues of life at GPS are my own experiences as a recent graduate, and the experiences of my peers. During my four years of high school, there was an attempt by senior students to start a Gay Straight Alliance – a club which would encourage conversations between gay and straight students in order to make gay students feel safer at school – every single year.
The initiating students would start a petition, the petition would get between 100 and 200 signatures (a quarter to a half of the high school student body), the petition would get brought to the administration, and citing fears of losing funding from wealthy donors the request would be pushed aside. My senior year some progress was made on the issue of feeling safe to come out at school. Some, but not all, of the students that would have been served by a GSA were allowed to meet in secret in a locked classroom. Our secrecy was supposed to keep us safe from bullying. Bullying that might have been resolved if we were allowed to come out at school with support from faculty without fear of critical donations being pulled. This fear ensured that LGBTQ+ students would not feel safe among their peers, and would always feel some level of discomfort at school. As a tenth grader it would have been extremely exciting if the school had supported the creation of a community where all members could be seen and heard.
Roy Exum asks my alma mater to “do the best thing”. I’m asking Girls Preparatory School, on behalf of my fellow alumnae, to continue to listen to the young women that they educate. To institute programs that make marginalized students feel more comfortable at school, and to promote the critical thinking and questioning that makes GPS graduates so successful later in life.
Girls Preparatory School has found itself in a precarious financial position for many years. GPS alumnae know this based on rumors - similar to the ones Roy Exum cites - alongside the messaging we received from other heads of school. This gives conservative donors (who have seemingly have not visited a class, been in the cafeteria during lunch, or observed what it is like to be a GPS student beyond our most photogenic moments) undue power over the lives and education of a student body, which is mostly able to attend because of financial aid. I ask the question then, to Roy Exum and the 70 parents who have circulated this letter of concern, who is GPS for? Is it for the audience of May Day, who get to revel in a staged moment of femininity and tradition for a few hours? Or is it for the students? The generations of women who put in the hard work of overcoming academic and personal challenges so that they could go out into the world with the best possible education and create positive change? Change that means that conservative Chattanooga – which has not had a politically conservative mayor in my memory – is a popular home-buying destination for millennials ready to end their time in California or New York City and begin raising families. I wonder if those parents and grandparents with concerns about the direction of the school have considered the role their children have had in shaping it.
Delaney Swann
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I have just read the opinion piece “How ‘Woke’ is GPS?” in the Chattanoogan and would like to point out a key group that is overlooked in the review of GPS’s newly implemented teachings: the girls themselves.
Personally, I found it refreshing as a student of GPS to be challenged by a different worldview. My father taught me to defend any argument I made, and I think if you surveyed a group of GPS girls, from any graduating class, they would say that their teachers did the same with them, regardless of who is conservative and who is liberal in the classroom.
It is not a crime for young conservatives to attend a liberal school. It is a lesson in defending your beliefs, and it can strengthen said beliefs as well. And for some of these young women, they may find that they actually align more with a liberal worldview when they are no longer just hearing the perspective of their parents.
I think Mr. Exum has done a disservice to young girls, one that they are all too familiar with - overlooked and ignored them. GPS girls are indeed outstanding, but the undermining of their ability to make decisions and think for themselves is more reflective of Mr. Exum than Mrs. Cover or any members of the so called “woke” faculty teaching the students liberalism.
Young women are very much capable of forming their own opinions. Why should we be limiting the information we give them to do so?
Katherine Bell