When I was in school, we had lots of male teachers— retired admirals and colonels and such. We also had women who’d been teaching for decades and others (both male and female) who were fresh out of school themselves. As I recall, some teachers were there to teach, others seemed more interested in being popular with their students, but I can’t say that the male teachers favored the boys any more than I can say the female teachers favored the girls. (often it seemed to be the reverse.) I suppose they had their favorite students, and some teachers were clearly biased about what boys or girls should do with their future lives. (It was the 1960s after all.)
What I’ve seen more recently has been teachers who are more class-biased. We live in a working class neighborhood. One of the high school principals stated that the kids in the local school shouldn’t be expected to score as well as students in a newer, upscale neighborhood because (she said) look at who their parents are. These kids, she said, needed to be trained how to ‘shut up and be good worker bees.’ It was appalling to hear such idiocy from an educator.
Tyge about 2 years ago
It’s just Gunther. No wonder he grabbed the brass ring in college!
Kwen about 2 years ago
I had to look to make sure this one was not written today.
Caldonia about 2 years ago
The two situations (Gunther being Gunther, inequality in education) aren’t related. Weird “joke”.
eced52 about 2 years ago
A lot of kettle and pot in this series
Mordock999 Premium Member about 2 years ago
And Gunther STILL doesn’t get any respect.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 2 years ago
Gunther has no idea how that might feel.
ellisaana Premium Member about 2 years ago
When I was in school, we had lots of male teachers— retired admirals and colonels and such. We also had women who’d been teaching for decades and others (both male and female) who were fresh out of school themselves. As I recall, some teachers were there to teach, others seemed more interested in being popular with their students, but I can’t say that the male teachers favored the boys any more than I can say the female teachers favored the girls. (often it seemed to be the reverse.) I suppose they had their favorite students, and some teachers were clearly biased about what boys or girls should do with their future lives. (It was the 1960s after all.)
What I’ve seen more recently has been teachers who are more class-biased. We live in a working class neighborhood. One of the high school principals stated that the kids in the local school shouldn’t be expected to score as well as students in a newer, upscale neighborhood because (she said) look at who their parents are. These kids, she said, needed to be trained how to ‘shut up and be good worker bees.’ It was appalling to hear such idiocy from an educator.