I wanted to be a teacher, when I was 19.
I remember we did student-teacher training in that first year, and a little girl skinned her knee at recess and needed consoling, so I hugged her.
The supervising teacher told me that was considered inappropriate touching, and could easily end my career.
No thanks. If a child in my care needs a hug, I give them one.
I walked away, which is a waste as I'd have been a great teacher.
They've built this environment which is hostile to men, and then complained that there aren't more men there. Very strange.
Thank you for your reply - and sorry for the delay in responding. I drove home for the long weekend and I'm just plugging my laptop back in. Personally, I think the whole education system needs to be redesigned because it's not working. For instance, education outcomes are significantly lower in the bush.... where is the equity in this? Something is happening to children's brains as we become a digitally-oriented society. In a classroom setting, they have shorter focus. It's difficult to retain attention long enough to explain a concept, model it and ensure students understand. They've switched off in the first two seconds, during which they've scanned the concept, filed it, and mentally moved on.
Good observation. I'm like that with Excel.
I'll see a function I didn't previously know it had; and rather than try to remember the steps involved, I'll just remember that the function exists, knowing I can just google the steps if I ever need it.
It's like having all this knowledge so readily available has changed our focus away from how do the things I know about work? and toward what things don't I know about yet?
So true. Our brains are wiring us to scan, not download :)