If your child absolutely loved his/her teacher but you found out the teacher is gay, what would you do?

Question

Just curious to see people's responses.

And for those of you ignorant enough to say "I'd get that teacher fired!!", look up the Employment Nondiscrimination Act. That's illegal now.

NOTE: I'm not against gay people... I am one!! So don't think I'm some sort of weirdo against gay teachers. I'm actually in college to become one. I just want to know what people will think.

As a response to Big Blue: Would it be okay if a heterosexual teacher brought her husband to school or if a teacher brought his wife to school? Would that affect the student's learning as well? Is it okay for heterosexual teachers to talk about their spouses during class?

I think you are a hypocrite. Why is it okay for a straight person to talk about family and not a gay person? You need to learn that gay people should be able to talk just as freely about their families as straight people.

Homosexuality isn't just about sex you know. Just like a straight teacher would never talk about sex to a student, neither would a gay teacher. Get over yourself and stop being ignorant.

Answer 1

If my child asks, I would use it as a teaching moment. I would have a brief talk with them to reinforce that there are diverse populations of people in the world, and that there is nothing "wrong" or "different" with their teacher because of who they love.

If my child doesn't ask, I won't bring it up (at least, not regarding their teacher). A teacher's sexuality & private life is just that: private.

Good luck to you with your teaching career--the world needs more good teachers!

Answer 2

Let me just start by saying I am a corporate trainer/teacher at a college. Bigger issue than the teacher being gay is that your child has a "crush" on his/her teacher. This can happen at any age (including college aged students). I say the parent needs to work on refocusing the child's attention back to the books! If we're looking at someone in college, there may be a slight difference but in primary/secondary school that "child" should be focused on studies not "I wonder what I can do to get my teacher's attention" in a romantic light.
Now if I've misread the question and this is not an issue of a crush but more that the student has a high level of respect for the teacher, then who cares if the teacher is gay. In today's age when teachers are over-worked, over-stressed and over-stretched, the parent should be grateful that the child has a teacher who still cares about his/her subject and brings enthusiasm to the class instead of worrying about his/her sexual orientation. Besides who knows, statistically there may be a gay student in the class who appreciates the teacher's candor about his/her sexual orientation.

Answer 3

Nothing.
That's like asking, what would you do if you found out your child's teacher was catholic, or Greek, or Inuit, or Mormon...
Apparently the teacher is human - just like the rest of us.
Every teacher brings their own bias to the classroom, even though the law says we don't... we are human beings with human tendencies.
Maybe a gay teacher will be more accepting of and promote diversity. Maybe he/she will be able to connect better with the kids that really need it because he/she knows personally how it feels to be in the minority and discriminated against.
A gay teacher will not teach students to be gay. An atheist teacher will not teach students to be atheists. But that's a whole different can of worms.
Good luck to you, and if this is your child, be thankful that they love their teacher. A lot of scientific research backs up the fact that students learn more if they like the teacher.

Answer 4

I think that as long as the teachers personal life (whether gay or not) stays out of the classroom there shouldn't be any problem! Husbands, wives, and significant others should not be allowed in the class during school hours....
Sexuality is definitly for the parent to discuss with their children...

Good luck on becoming a teacher!

Answer 5

Being gay doesn't have any bearings on whether it distracts from being a good teacher. This person has been college educated, and trust me, the teaching program is grueling, so obviously he is qualified. You child also likes this teacher. Good grief, do you know how lucky that is? I would just count my blessings that my child had a great teacher. What the teacher does or does not do in his personal life shouldn't matter, unless it was criminal.

Answer 6

Nothing. Why would a childs' teachers sexual preference matter at all or be anyones business except for the teacher? And how would that affect the student? It wouldn't. What if their teacher was bisexual. What if it was a straight woman but she had gotten drunk and experienced with another woman three times?
None of that pertains to your child and his/her education. It is strictly personal and makes no difference in how the teacher teaches.

Answer 7

I wouldn't do or say anything. Sexual orientation has nothing to do with whether or not someone is a good teacher. Nor would it matter to me if a teacher was gay. Thank goodness the world is changing and becoming more accepting of differences!!

Answer 8

Why does it matter is the teacher is gay? I would think nothing of it. Are you worried that this teacher may like your son/daughter because they are the same sex? Well I would not worry about it because that would mean you should also worry if your son/daughter really loved a teacher of the opposite sex that was not gay. (girl, male teacher or girl and gay female teacher) Does it really matter? I do not see anything weird about it.

Answer 9

i became sitting right here surprised at how large and rational Yahoo! Answerers have been being, till I got here upon: "i'd do no longer something if my new child's instructor became gay, as long as he/she became no longer promoting gay existence interior the college room. My very own opinion is that sexuality is something that would not would desire to be suggested in any way in a conventional college, surprisingly the sexuality of the instructor, no remember what sort it would desire to take," which I guess would not enlarge to complaining approximately heterosexual instructors donning wedding ceremony rings or in any different case making it sparkling that they sleep with somebody of the alternative intercourse. Yeesh. to respond to your question: easily.

Answer 10

Their sexuality shouldn't have any bearing on whether or not they are a good teacher. Is you child learning? Does your child fear the teacher? Does your child enjoy going to school? Bring home work showing good grades? Those are the questions you should ask... not the teachers sexuality.