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Male primary school teachers

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  • #102
    timthumbni
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    Mahou wrote: »
    Crazy stuff altogether

    I like your humour. ;-) well spotted.


  • #103
    Cold War Kid
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    nullzero wrote: »
    primary school teacher is something men feel they shouldn't do as they are automatically seen as some sort of threatening presence. Any man working with or around children is may as well be wearing a Gary Glitter mask into work every day.
    I know the suspicion of men who work with children does exist, but I think the above is an exaggeration of it. Most people don't think that way about men, and I don't know why the looney minority are allowed such power (including from men - are they saying they'd also be a threat to children so, just by virtue of being men?!)
    I don't know if that's the main reason men don't become primary teachers - there have never been many male primary teachers, long before all the "suspicion of men as paedos" hysteria started.
    Dughorm wrote: »
    Since when has the language been outdated?

    How can a person without a decent standard in a subject be expected to teach it?
    Are people expected to have higher level English, maths and the other subjects taught at primary school level to get onto a primary teaching course? (Genuine question, as I don't know).

    My male first cousin is a primary teacher and loves it. I know just one other guy who is a primary teacher. I agree there should be more male primary teachers. In my primary school (of 450-500 pupils) there were three, and the principal was a man also. We didn't take much notice of the fact that there weren't many male teachers. A teacher was a teacher.


  • #104
    StonyIron
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    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    I coached Gaelic teams as do many of my female colleagues.

    My school GAA coach was a woman and one hell of a coach & had no issues coaching a grounp of 18 year old lads.


  • #105
    StonyIron
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    Mahou wrote: »
    Crazy stuff altogether

    I was stressing for emphasis.


  • #106
    StonyIron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭StonyIron


    timthumbni wrote: »
    Stony iron . I don't think anyone else has actually brought up child abuse so really don't think of it as an issue. I totally agree with you btw and would be quite happy with my kids having a male teacher. I have never known a male primary school teacher taking kids younger than p6 though.

    Nobody everbrings it up directly, but it's what's heavily implied by this notion that children are (and should be) constantly worried about men.

    I have seen it brought up directly. A mother I know took her kids out of a male teachers class (friendly, young, enthusiastic guy) because he's male. No other reason. She went on a rant about how it's not right to be having men around children and so on..

    That's what has left me really annoyed about the topic. I think there an odd attitude developing, mostly in English speaking countries that all men are possibly predators of some sort. It's a terrible message to be relating to kids and it's not helping child safety either.


  • #107
    timthumbni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭timthumbni


    StonyIron wrote: »
    Nobody everbrings it up directly, but it's what's heavily implied by this notion that children are (and should be) constantly worried about men.

    I have seen it brought up directly. A mother I know took her kids out of a male teachers class (friendly, young, enthusiastic guy) because he's male. No other reason. She went on a rant about how it's not right to be having men around children and so on..

    That's what has left me really annoyed about the topic. I think there an odd attitude developing, mostly in English speaking countries that all men are possibly predators of some sort. It's a terrible message to be relating to kids and it's not helping child safety either.

    Stony. I can assure you that was not why I was commenting on this thread. I have stated that I would have no problem with a male teacher for my kids.

    I am ultra protective of my kids but at their school there are a lot of safeguards now and I would not be concerned by a fella teaching my wee ones at any age.

    I did not raise this topic and it seems to have taken a turn for the worse needlessly. I did not make my initial post to be in any way suggestive of males taking advantage of their pupils. Rather a simple fact that here (in Northern Ireland) anyway and I assume down south that there are few primary school teachers that are male.


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