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Dragonknight · 03-02-2006, 03:36 AM

Okay if your asking does, "Ms. M still KNOW how to teach?" Yes, her gender change did nothing to change her abilities to teach children.

If your asking "Is it okay for a person who changes gender to teach in a class?" Playing the Devils advocate here, yes and no.

Yes I feel that he/she (could go either way) can still teach. No I don't think that he/she should be able to teach in the SAME elementary class/school if he/she has been teaching in the class/school for a while. When I was in elementary school I loved my teachers, and there sex was a part of it. My male teachers were a little more (for the sake of argument) fatherly, and my female teachers motherly. I would compare them to other male role models that were around me. My female teachers I would compare to my female role models.
Children are children and will get confused or unnerved about things. Especially when there parents have biased feelings about them. Yes you can explain this to them all in till you a blue in the face, and most will get it and be okay. Some might still not get why Mr. M became Ms. M and can be comfortable with that. Those boys or girls who were used to the manly Mr. M might just not get the change to Ms. M. Come on there Elementary CHILDREN, not grown adults. They don't see things like adults do, especially when you take the children's parents into account. Bottom line children see things how there parents do 70% of the time, and if there parent has a (wrongly so) negative view then so are they. The schools job isn't to educate the parents it's to educate the children, despite the nonsense the parents may put there.

I'm sorry, some people have to change there lifestyles because of there jobs, some people my have to change there jobs because of there lifestyles.

My solution would be to take a year off, then allow the teacher back to teach at the school. I'd say a large part of the people who were the problem causers will completely forget about it, and you can start your New life fresh. Like it or not your life is now new and there is going to be a lot of changes.

03-02-2006, 03:36 AM	#76 (permalink)
Dragonknight Insane Location: Hawaii	Okay if your asking does, "Ms. M still KNOW how to teach?" Yes, her gender change did nothing to change her abilities to teach children. If your asking "Is it okay for a person who changes gender to teach in a class?" Playing the Devils advocate here, yes and no. Yes I feel that he/she (could go either way) can still teach. No I don't think that he/she should be able to teach in the SAME elementary class/school if he/she has been teaching in the class/school for a while. When I was in elementary school I loved my teachers, and there sex was a part of it. My male teachers were a little more (for the sake of argument) fatherly, and my female teachers motherly. I would compare them to other male role models that were around me. My female teachers I would compare to my female role models. Children are children and will get confused or unnerved about things. Especially when there parents have biased feelings about them. Yes you can explain this to them all in till you a blue in the face, and most will get it and be okay. Some might still not get why Mr. M became Ms. M and can be comfortable with that. Those boys or girls who were used to the manly Mr. M might just not get the change to Ms. M. Come on there Elementary CHILDREN, not grown adults. They don't see things like adults do, especially when you take the children's parents into account. Bottom line children see things how there parents do 70% of the time, and if there parent has a (wrongly so) negative view then so are they. The schools job isn't to educate the parents it's to educate the children, despite the nonsense the parents may put there. I'm sorry, some people have to change there lifestyles because of there jobs, some people my have to change there jobs because of there lifestyles. My solution would be to take a year off, then allow the teacher back to teach at the school. I'd say a large part of the people who were the problem causers will completely forget about it, and you can start your New life fresh. Like it or not your life is now new and there is going to be a lot of changes. __________________ Freedom is NOT Free.