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Let’s take Trump
resistance local
Re: “Newsom prepares for Trump skirmishes” (Page A1, Nov. 8).
After the results of this election, many of my peers and I had to take a long look at our institutions and in the mirror. Upon reading this article, however, I have gained more knowledge and confidence in our local systems.
Donald Trump threatens California’s protections of a woman’s choice, immigration, the unhoused and LGBT+ rights.
However, it seems that many of my peers do not know that California suing the federal government has resulted in success in protecting these rights.
It is my belief that we need to educate people that this is the case. We may then have a generation less pessimistic about the future — a future where everyone acts more locally to protect our rights no matter the federal election results.
I suggest promoting more reports, studies and education so the public and students are educated on how local and state politics can protect our rights.
Joshua Nisperos
Newark
Young kids ready for
gender identity talk
Re: “District teacher on leave after lessons on gender identity” (Page A1, Oct. 17).
Cupertino Union School District parent Qina Sa said that because children under 5 are still developing fundamental language skills and cognitive abilities, teaching about gender identity could create confusion. Yet research suggests that children up to age 5 can learn and process up to five languages. They are little sponges, ready to absorb many more concepts than adults might think.
And children in families with same-sex parents or parents in biracial marriages, or with siblings with various challenges and sexual orientations, or of various races, accept diversity. For a more tolerant society, the time to introduce differences of all kinds, including sexuality, is the early years.
Karen Lee Cohen
Walnut Creek
Schools should focus
on critical thinking
Re: “Schools to integrate AI into curriculum” (Page B1, Oct. 4).
Seeing students using AI shocks me.
Forbes reports that ChatGPT’s water usage for cooling down servers is is enough to supply thousands of U.S. farms and households. Students already use AI to write their essays, so teaching students to use it may encourage them to be lazier and become dependent on it, hindering their ability to think freely.
Instead, students should use AI in more productive and limited ways or abandon it altogether. When a student relies solely on AI, they start to forget how to write, let alone form coherent sentences. Is this the future we want, students not able to write without computer assistance? Will our children get through college without AI to guide them?
This simply cannot be. We must teach our children to look past AI and think with their brains more effectively, not how to use a computer’s brain.
Josh Buenaflor
Brentwood
California, nation aren’t
ready for EVs only
Re: “It’s time for Californians to go all in on fully electric vehicles” (Page A6, Oct. 15).
Jane Gould and Sue Saunders say California should go all in on fully electric vehicles. I think this is …read more
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