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and that doesn't say anything about me having a personal preference to help only gay students. That is saying I'd have a hard time empathizing with a student getting called out for making nasty remarks about gay people.
Part of teaching is not differentiating between the students you personally identify with and those you don't.
Are straight faculty open about their sexuality? Eww. My teachers never said anything about their sexuality, marital status or dating status. And that was fine with us students. We didn't want to know personal stuff about our teachers.
What? Being open about your sexuality doesn't mean talking about intercourse.
All my teachers made comments here and there about their lives, which often included their spouses.
Part of teaching is not differentiating between the students you personally identify with and those you don't.
Is this in a handbook somewhere? I think many teachers would connect well with students who are going through a lot of the same struggles that they do.
As a woman, I can be a role model for my female students all day long. But if I have a personal agenda that only involves outreach and nurturing to students with whom I personally identify and who remind me of myself, that's doing a disservice to all my students who don't fit that niche. And that's not really doing my job.
Well no, you are also being a role model to others outside of your background. Let's say you teach a subject that doesn't have a huge amount of female teachers, maybe one of the sciences or computer science or auto repair (if any schools still have that). You are also a role model to the boys in the class, demonstrating that women can excel in these subjects too.
He seems concerned specifically with being a role model to gay and questioning students, per this and past threads. A top notch educator does not pick and choose which students they will champion, and strives to be a role model to all his or her students. He notes that he would not give the same respect or consideration to a student whose religious views conflict with his principles, for instance, and would laugh if that student were bullied, versus intercede.
Also, it does not take being gay to establish a warm, nurturing, safe, and nonjudgmental atmosphere for students, gay or otherwise. Being a model of how to treat others with respect and tolerance is something that can (and should) be demonstrated by all teachers, gay or otherwise.
All he is saying is that he would not defend bullies even if their validation is their religion. He is not saying that he wouldn't respect them.
Would you like a copy of my curriculum? I can get you the ISBN, and you can verify for yourself.
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