In class this morning, the topic discussion was focusing on gender in education. Our teacher brought a very good point about in our early years of education, like elementary and middle school, it is predominantly female teachers. I remember my fifth grade teacher being a male and he was the only male teacher in that grade. But when i look back at it now, whenever i talked to him years later, he's gay. Which there is nothing wrong with that at all, but it just shows more feminine attributes in a female dominated career. In high school, i was a cheerleader. When i think about all of the female teachers i had, there were not that many, but the male teachers were there one's i usually got.
I'm not sure if it was because i was in sports, being a girl cheerleader grades were helped out on occasion because my coach talking to them and saying how important it was to be in the games. But rarely did i ever have female teachers. Why is that?? The early stages of learning are mostly females, but later years once the sports come into play, it's mostly male teachers. Does the male vs. female education role depend on whether or not you're in sports!?
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In response to this i cant stand males teachers, they seem to be the worse and less concerned about your your success. I feel women teachers are needed much more in elementary than men just for the simple fact that they have more patience and can deal with children better. Men are generally the coaches and administrators and i feel that is a good role for disciplinary reason. Women may be more sensitive and students may not take them as serious. I had a female principal coming up and i felt she was my friend. I stayed in trouble, yet i didnt mind going to see her.
My elementary school was also predominantly female teacher, too. There was a only one male teacher in my grade. However, he was allowed not to teach music class because he cannot play the piano and was not good at singing. So, other female teacher taught only in music class. I don't know about other male teachers, but I feel like he had permission just because he was a male. All female teachers were required to do musical stuff, but he was ok. I guess music is more "women" thing.
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