Florida Parents Speak Out After Report On Classroom Assignment

In a revelation that's sending shockwaves through Florida's education system, high school students enrolled in a dual-enrollment college course were asked to confront their heterosexuality — quite literally — with invasive and ideologically charged questions. The assignment, now pulled after parent outcry, was part of a course offered in Miami-Dade County, where students were drilled on their sexual orientation in a manner many described as deeply inappropriate and outright inflammatory.

The questionnaire, pulled directly from the textbook POWER: Strategies for Success in College and Life by Robert Feldman and published by academic giant McGraw Hill, included questions that read like satire but were deadly serious in application:

• “What do you think caused your heterosexuality?”

• “Have you considered changing?”

• “Could the human race survive if everyone were straight like yourself?”

These weren’t rhetorical provocations from a college gender theory seminar. They were delivered to high school students — some as young as 15 — as part of a dual-enrollment course meant to help teens prepare for college success.

The reaction from parents was swift and fierce. One mother, who spoke to The Daily Wire, likened the exercise to perversion and suggested it would warrant police involvement if done outside the classroom. And in a state where education policy is increasingly focused on restoring objectivity, parental rights, and moral clarity in curriculum, this incident struck a particularly raw nerve.

Miami-Dade College responded quickly once the spotlight was turned on. After a review, officials confirmed that the assignment would no longer be used.

“We expect all those who teach to uphold these standards,” the college said, noting that it remains committed to state education laws which demand curriculum be “accurate, objective, balanced, and noninflammatory.”

But the story doesn’t end with the so-called “Heterosexual Questionnaire.” The same textbook also includes diversity activities that ask students to tally racial demographics on campus and assess their personal stereotypes. One exercise asks if a student would be surprised to learn a pro football player is gay. To critics, it’s all part of a larger agenda: values-based indoctrination masquerading as “college prep.”

What’s especially jarring is how this content made it past the front door of Florida classrooms in the first place. The course was offered in Miami-Dade County — a region that has turned solidly red in recent elections. President Donald Trump won the county by over 10 points in 2024, and for the first time in history, Republicans outnumber Democrats in voter registration there.