In the Teachers' Rights and Responsibilities I choose Situation 1. I think all of these situations were hard and had two sides. For this issue the teacher is asked questions she should not have to answer. She is asked "Are you planning to get married or have children in the near future?"
I understand both points of view. I see how if she is in the system for a short time and has a child, she has to take leave. That puts the school out of money and time by having to find a sub to stand in for her. However, I have to side on the side of the teacher. Her business is her business, especially getting married. I would be furious and disappointed if I was turned down because I was married - it does not seem fair. The questions asked are now inappropriate and illegal, and do not have to be answered.
For the Students' Rights and Responsibilities I chose Situation 15 to write about, because I remember this from high school. Searching students for drugs happend occasionally and there was always outrage. The strip-search is very, very immoral and wrong. I'm glad that that it is illegal. However, I do not thing there is a thing wrong with searching lockers, cars or even book bags. If the student has nothing to hide, then why care? I saw many things happen in high school that never should have - steps have to be taken to make the school safe.
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I thought all of the situations were worth reading about and any teacher could encounter almost any of those situation in his/her career. I am glad employers cannot ask me about my family life in an interview. It would be hard to not be biased in offering a woman a job knowing she was getting married and would be going on a honeymoon and then possibly starting a family.
ReplyDeleteThe strip-search is a totally different issue. I don't know what I would have done if that had happened to me in high school. I don't even think there is a word for how inappropriate that is. I agree with you that searching lockers, bookbags, etc, is acceptable for safety reasons.
You are exactly right about your business being your business. What you or anyone else does for that matter outside of work is none of there business. That is why I have chosen to keep my personal life outside of school because too many people are just too nosey.
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