tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post5654696620258322883..comments2023-11-03T22:34:56.656+09:00Comments on I'm no Picasso: The hazards of teaching teenage boys.I'm no Picassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-54324915390316737302012-05-16T15:30:40.988+09:002012-05-16T15:30:40.988+09:00Just want to say thanks for this post. Had a simil...Just want to say thanks for this post. Had a similar thing happen to me yesterday, and because of this article I confronted the situation, instead of usually 'avoiding' it or pretending i didn't hear the comments.<br />I spoke to the student with Co-T translating and he looked really ashamed after realising how he made me feel in class- after creepy comment about my boobs.<br />They know its out of line- we should remind them of the boundaries when they cross the line.Estihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-29253158085409998372012-04-18T13:44:36.320+09:002012-04-18T13:44:36.320+09:00I've had the opposite instances happen to me a...I've had the opposite instances happen to me as a male teacher. Over the years, several junior high and high school girls, and even some boys, have tried their best to get me to "get" caught looking down their tops and bottoms. I understand that many are not only raging with hormones, but also succumbing to peer pressure, and seeing what they can get away with in terms of pushing my buttons, verifying their attractiveness in their own eyes via mine, establishing their place in their society's pecking order, and, sadly, those just hoping for any kind of attention whatsoever. <br /><br />But what should, and can, I do about it? In the U.S., not only can it mean my job, but it can also mean jail based on anything a student says or makes up. This is why I am all for CCTV recording my classes; however, my school district back in Texas would not allow it because (in the school board members' minds) the recording infringes on the students' rights even though false accusations have led to major problems in the district before. <br /><br />Yes, kids most definitely need protection from those evil men and women that might, and do, prey on them, but they also need to be kids and make those occasional small mistakes to get set right for when it really matters--when their lives, and health, are on the line. --See this week's Dateline NBC--"My Kid Would Never--Stranger Danger": http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/#/47046952<br /><br />But they also need the occasional reassuring touch on their hand, arm, shoulder, their face to wipe away tears, or even a hug to show them that they matter and are cared about by at least someone when they are at their lowest. <br /><br />And as angry as I get when they pull their worst nonsense on me, I realize, in the back of my mind, that I wouldn't want to change places with them and have to go through this beyond PC, no teacher/student contact at all mandate that they are going through in today's current school system . And while kids have a lot of cool gadgets, gizmos, and toys these days, their lives are just as hard as ever (if not harder).John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-13903598859117614442012-04-18T08:46:34.616+09:002012-04-18T08:46:34.616+09:00Blegh, the hazards of ladyparts. =/ What a little ...Blegh, the hazards of ladyparts. =/ What a little creep.<br /><br />But yay for boyfriends who aren't blamey misogynists!Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.com