The fate of boys “is a defining issue of our time”, according to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, as she calls for more men to become teachers to combat “toxic” behaviours.
since 2010 the number of teachers in our schools has increased by 28,000 – but just 533 of those are men
Do you think this is an issue? Decades ago, boys would have been taught by male teachers, so today’s female teachers are a change from the past.
Then you need to start treating them right.
Every teacher I’ve known is overworked, underpaid and stressed out.
You are correct about the treatment of teachers.
But when you stop and think about the interpretation.
Are you saying women are more willing to accept such abuse.
Care more so do it anyway.
Or have less options for non abusive jobs.
Because any interpretation dose not look great for us men as quality role models.
Male teachers in primary schools have a whole set of problems unique to them, this is not a case of women being more willing to accept abuse or a lower status.
Lets see a source.
Because having to avoid violance or sexual inappropriate behavior is not unique to men.
Not being able to is very much a rile model issue.
And failiure to address false claims is abain down to leadership. While our nations leaders have been mostly men. So again not a great exaply of male role models.
Remember my statement was non of these issues point to quality role models from men. Not they dont exist.
You’ve imagined a whole set of problems totally at odds with reality.
The problems are mostly around exclusion, by other staff and parents.
Parents speaking to the female teacher and trusting them over the male one, and children copying this behaviour etc.And you are imagining prejudice with 0 actual evidence supporting it.
Unfortunately you are not actually alone. Hence my point.
Honestly show me any documented/data backed evidence on this that is not people expressing personal opinions. And consider the effect those opinions have on thier quality as a role model.
I would consider teaching, if it wasn’t paid/worked like a passion job.
Overworked, underpaid, and any push-back inconveniences the kids, so you feel guilty.
Teachers basically raise the next generation, they have a huge impact on the subjects kids become interested in, education is one of the most important things in society.
Teachers should be paid more, and they should be able to have a 40 hour work week, not 60 hours like most do now, and they shouldn’t have to be buying the equipment they need to do their jobs themselves.
National Education Service please!
Yes but at the same time the caliber of teachers has gone down. Jonathan Gullis was a teacher, I mean, I wouldn’t want him alone in a room with my kids.
I just sent this to a friend who is one of the small proportion of male teachers in a primary school, turns out he just resigned because of the trust.
Thinking back many many years, I can’t think of any male teachers in primary and an awful lot of the male teachers at my secondary school were either bastards, wankers or weirdos. There were some decent ones but I have no uplifting stories of them being inspirational (ex pupils of my Mum’s say she definitely was), although I should have listened to Mr Benson about going to Oxford to do Geography. Asking teachers to be good role models to combat “toxic masculinity” seems like another example of what my Dad called “the elastic curriculum” - some politician would get it in there head that something nerds doing and punt it onto the schools as if they have all the time and resources in the world.
My key male role models growing up were my Dad and my ex-uncle Norm. If the good examples aren’t set at home then the schools have no chance.
I had some good male teachers. The ones who weren’t so good were easily angered and lashed out at the class. The ones who I much preferred knew how to lay down rules and get the respect of the class.
This is definitely part of a plan and not an opportunistic pony ride on the back of the TV show called Adolescence when has been on every front page and chat show for the last week.
