Why can’t we normalize open communication, instead of authoritarian nonsense. Rules systems are unnecessarily demeaning and oppressive. It should be perfectly normal for a teacher to say, “hey I feel a little bit uncomfortable about what you are wearing.” The school staff should be held to a much higher standard than the students, where if they are excessive about their opinions it should be addressed long before students. IMO the biggest problem in schools is a lack of reason and respect for students as real people.
I will also say, when I worked at a highschool a few years ago (I’m now middle school) a male teacher did pipe up about a student whose skirt was so short that he could see their underwear and buttocks and the parents called him a pedophile for trying to, “Look at their daughter,” however, he only complained because he was uncomfortable. A pedophile probably wouldn’t have said anything. Like I said, I don’t think there is going to be any one size solution. It’s pretty annoying. I do agree, school staff should be held to a high standard, but just in general. Teaching is a profession and we should present ourselves as professionals. I’m sorry if your experience with schools made you feel like teachers don’t care about students as real people. In my experience, being on staff at the district I went to, all the teachers I work with spent years in school learning how to help because they genuinely care for the kids.
Why can’t we normalize open communication, instead of authoritarian nonsense. Rules systems are unnecessarily demeaning and oppressive. It should be perfectly normal for a teacher to say, “hey I feel a little bit uncomfortable about what you are wearing.” The school staff should be held to a much higher standard than the students, where if they are excessive about their opinions it should be addressed long before students. IMO the biggest problem in schools is a lack of reason and respect for students as real people.
I will also say, when I worked at a highschool a few years ago (I’m now middle school) a male teacher did pipe up about a student whose skirt was so short that he could see their underwear and buttocks and the parents called him a pedophile for trying to, “Look at their daughter,” however, he only complained because he was uncomfortable. A pedophile probably wouldn’t have said anything. Like I said, I don’t think there is going to be any one size solution. It’s pretty annoying. I do agree, school staff should be held to a high standard, but just in general. Teaching is a profession and we should present ourselves as professionals. I’m sorry if your experience with schools made you feel like teachers don’t care about students as real people. In my experience, being on staff at the district I went to, all the teachers I work with spent years in school learning how to help because they genuinely care for the kids.