Does my teacher have the right to do this?

Question

In English class in highschool i was the only blonde in the class. The class was talking about blonde jokes towards me, and the teacher joined them and told a blonde joke. I felt offended, but i knew it was just for laughs, and he said he once was a blonde. I'm not planning on doing anything, i'm curious, can he get fired for this

Answer 1

No he does NOT.
You were Targeted for your differences. I don't think he can be fired but he would get a note in his file.
This is a form of bullying.... even if it was just for fun. It was fun as your expense. and he is saying to the other kids its fun to pick on someone that is different.
However, that said...
I am glad you took it in the manner it was given. but It was immature and unprofessional of him.

Answer 2

Well tell him that you are offended and if he doesn't care then thats a problem that you must take into your own hands and alert your counselor of this problem and see where it goes from there. Nobody should be made fun of unless they are ok with it then other people would probably feel sorry for you and might want to stick up for you. I used to be made fun of everyday in middle school and it was very hard for me to deal with that but i thank those people now because it has made me stronger person and I'm proud of that. Some bullies like to pick on people and they get the thrill out of them being hurt. If you show no feelings towards bullies it makes them even more upset, at this time you have won the battle now it is your turn to help them to show them that bullying people only makes them an ugly person inside. They need to realize that making friends means much more than losing them and the so called friends that they have following them around are not their friends at all they are just intimidated by the leader,so they follow them because thats the only way they will not be bullied or beat up. If you bully a friend it will just come back and bite you, just as the saying goes, never bite the hand that feeds you. In Essence, bullying can apply to this.

Answer 3

Why do you have a brunette avatar?

It can't be biased if he was once a blonde, so you can't complain on those grounds. If he was telling a black joke and he was black, then it would be the same thing. But inappropriate jokes are still inappropriate, so he might get a warning if someone pressed the issue. The best thing to do at first is to simply speak up to the person who is doing the thing you find to be offensive in some way. If you can speak up to someone above them about it without any problem then obviously you don't have a problem saying anything about it, so surely you can give them the benefit of speaking to them first.

Answer 4

I dont think it is an actual law but a teacher has to have some level of self control to be a good teacher. Its one thing for kids to be joking around but an adult should stop it. Some kid @ my school made a petition saying a girl should dye her hair blonde because shes "dumb" and she was offended, and then a blonde friend of hers got offnded b/c the friend was sayind blondes are dumb. if it reall bothers u take it to guidence or talk to da teacher. if it dosent, let it go.

Answer 5

Yes he can get fired that is discrimination. Either that or get a warning or suspended from teaching. He may have been joking but if it made you feel uncomfortable in any way than yes he was wrong. You should talk to a school councelor or the principal about it or something. I would do something about it. Do you have a friend that was in the class with you that can act as a witness? To have a witness back you up would be helpful too.

Answer 6

It was in very bad taste. He should be ashamed of himself. Not only jokes about blondes, but of anyone. He is suppose to be an adult leading the way for young minds.

Answer 7

No,he cannot get fired,but I think he can get a warning of some type. I don't know if he knew if it was hurting you,but you might want to tell him. I'm pretty sure he'll stop,now if he's saying innapropriate things then I think he would. But just settle down if it's not that bad,it will be alright. :]

Answer 8

if u were offended and if u were like really upset about it than yeah, he could totally get fired, but if ur not that upset he wont probably, im a blonde too and i kno those jokes can get pretty offensive, also it depends on which one he told, that has a lot to do with it, which one did he say?

Answer 9

no he was just joking blonde girls like me know better and learn faster than any other person with black or brown or red hair and plus he is a guy guy are stupid but i bet they don't be making jokes about your hair if they are checking out places they shouldn't what i would do is crack jokes on him

Answer 10

I don't know where you live or what your school board would think in terms of ethics surrounding the prejudicial comments of a teacher but the incident is certainly distasteful and you should let that teacher know that he/she hurt your feelings.