As a student, does a teacher's lifestyle influence how you look at him the classroom.
As a parent, does a teacher's lifestyle make you request a different teacher?
How would you like your children's teachers to act outside of school?
Does a teacher's lifestyle matter to you?
2007-02-18 08:24:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
As a teacher, I feel that students and parents should mind their own business. It matters what I do AT WORK. Noone asks you what you do when you go home, and if they did, it would be wrong. Teaching is a profession that ends when I leave the building. If it turns out that my personal time and lifestyle influences how parents think of me, I'm moving from that district because those parents are putting too much responsibility for raising their children onto me.
2007-02-18 08:29:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
I think there should be a balance - a teacher shouldbe able to live their life as they see fit but keeping in mind that they have a huge influence over many young people. If they want tats and piercings etc. they should have them where they aren't easily visible to the students - or remove them in the case of piercings. Obviously they shouldn't be showing up drunk or hung-over.
When out in public hopefully they're just actiing like normal human beings and if they're in a bar or something adn their students are there too then hopefully the students are old enough to understand there's a difference between the classroom and real life.
2007-02-18 08:30:59 · answer #2 · answered by velcroboy15 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A teacher is still a human being, and therefore has the right to do whatever they wish with their private life. If they do something illegal, it is up to law enforcement to apply the consequences.
The only thing that would cause me to act is if I knew that the teacher was a pedophile and had commited such acts outside of school. In such a case, the teacher's behavior outside of school would present a clear danger to the students.
2007-02-18 10:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So long as a teacher insists on being a teacher instead of a brain washer.... and holds that line no matter what... I don't care much about what they do in their off-time.
For instance I'd rather have a teacher who makes questionable choices in his/her personal life, but teaches well-rounded versions of things relating to politics, government, religion, and history... than a teacher who's squeeky clean in his/her personal life and teaches in a way that says, "some people believe this.. but people who are smart believe this."... That's brainwashing, because teachers ARE so influential.
My kids' favorite teachers are those they can't figure out, because their personal lives and beliefs stay completely out of the classroom. Completely.
Teachers... teach so your students don't know how you're voting, whether or not you go to church, and whether or not you agree with or approve of their personal opinions and choices.
2007-02-18 08:34:16 · answer #4 · answered by Amy S 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As a parent, I only had a problem with two of my daughter's teachers. The first grade teacher called me and screamed at me that my daughter didn't stop for periods when she read. The second grade teacher called me at work to complain that my daughter ate jello after school. My daughter was pulled out for speech and missed the jello with the rest of the class so she asked the after school care program worker if she could have the jello then. The care giver gave it to her. For the fuss the teacher made, you would think that eating jello after school lead to stealing red cars in the future.
I don't care what the teacher does outside of school time unless it is illegal.
2007-02-18 08:35:21 · answer #5 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course the teachers lifestyle is important to paretns, and the like. Teachers are suppost to be role models, and kids will look up to them. therefor a teacher not do anything that would be inapropriate in a parents eyes.
2007-02-18 08:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by chicata25 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess in a perfect world a teacher should be able to live any way they want outside of school. But this isn't a perfect world, and as a parent, I'd expect the teachers to behave as responsible, mature people and not be partying or doing drugs or taking part in questionable activities. I found out that one of the Kindergarten teacher's at my daughter's school is a "swinger" and doesn't really hide that fact. I hate to be judgmental, and I've never told a soul what I know about her, but I do not respect her any longer and I'm glad my daughter wasn't in her class. I guess it comes down to this, teachers want to live their personal lives in their own way, the same as any of us, but as teachers they should be good role models and be aware of "behaving" the right way, in and out of the classroom.
2007-02-18 09:11:44 · answer #7 · answered by nimo22 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you were a maid, I wouldn't expect your house to be spotless. So I don't expect a teacher to uphold the teaching status off the clock.
The only time I care about a teacher's behavior is around my child.
I had a teacher that would cuss at me and all the principle and my parents said was "everyone cusses." True, but not when in a professional atmosphere!
2007-02-18 08:31:28 · answer #8 · answered by Xenik's mama 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Definitely it does. You should be an example for a student to follow inside or outside the classroom. Some little person is looking up to you anywhere you go.
2007-02-18 08:27:43 · answer #9 · answered by Tenn Gal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think teachers should act the same way they act in the classroom but less mean and stubborn.
2007-02-18 09:01:15 · answer #10 · answered by Mixed-Girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋