Should teachers be required to meet higher or different standards of personal morality than other citizens?

Answer 1

Actually, teachers historically have been held to higher standards of personal morality than the average citizen because teachers must conform the morality of the local community.

Teachers are public servants, that is to say, the local community pays our salaries.

Everyone feels they are our "bosses" because of this issue.

It quickly becomes a case of, "Do as I say, not as I do."


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Answer 2

Good question!

Well, as low as the morality is in the United States, I would certainly hope that teachers have a higher standard.

However, it is very difficult to set higher standards as a job requirement. Who decides what the standards are?

Would smoking be wrong? What about drinking? What about having a tattoo?

Should teachers that get pregnant out of wedlock be fired? What if a male were to have a pregnant girlfirend? Should he be fired also? If not, would that be gender discrimination?

Most school districts do a background check for illegal activities but how can you do one for moral activities?

Answer 3

Higher, yes. Different? Hmm, how different and in what way? No, just higher, I should say.
Yes, they should be required that. I have been teaching for over a decade and I saw how teachers can influence their students, especially when the students are young (elementary school). The students will try to copy te appearance, the habits and the speech patterns of their teachers. A decent teacher, with respect for personal hygiene, with respect for the others and with respect for the school's rules always "produces" better students than the teachers who don't care about those things.

Answer 4

Some contracts already have this stated, regarding suspension due to certain violations (drug possession, DUI/DWI, etc). That is why many districts will not hire without a criminal background check (local, state and federal).
When I taught for parochial schools, we had to demonstrate behavior and lifestyle of a practicing Catholic. Once you sign a contract like that, you immediately forfeit (willingly) your civil rights and can be dismissed for grevious violations of Catholism. (Single teachers being pregnant, openly homosexual - because it advocates sex outside the bonds of marriage, "living together", and so on.) But that's a whole other realm of contract law.
Overall, because there is the expectation placed on teachers by society, taxes pay our salaries, I agree that we should behave as upstanding citizens and models of morality. If you are truly an advocate for children, living this way should not be a problem.

Answer 5

No, but their pay should be doubled; and given more control over their students. If america has any chance, we can no longer let "things slide" . Students must be held accountable, it's really for their own good. At this rate our high school graduates will have the education of a chineese 6th grader.
Standards have been going in the wrong direction for too long. Morality, it might gain the respect of the parents; but thats useless; they need the respect of the students. Be that through fear, or friendly.

signed Creepy Guy;

Answer 6

Teachers are held to a higher standard of personal morality - it really is something that is unspoken. For example, there have been a few teachers (art teachers) who have posed in tasteful nude photos on their own free time, who have been fired from their jobs when their administrators found out. As a teacher, you are expected to conduct yourself as a responsible role model for children at all times.

Answer 7

Absolutely, in fact any profession that works that closely with children, minors, should have to meet the highest standards of morality!

Answer 8

I heard a pastor say this once.

"I'm free to drink, but if a person who has a problem with drinking sees me in a restaurant drinking, they tend to think, 'Well Pastor drinks so what's the big deal'"

When you deal with kids, you have to realize that there are little people that are going to try to do what you do. The difference is, they don't have experience that tells them where to draw the line. And by default go too far. The Bible talks about things like this in the manner of drinking.. basically if you're going to drink, make sure you do it responsibly and in the privacy of your own home.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

You mean like our elected officials?