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>>With the moral pedestal society places school administrators and faculty on, the problem is even worse there. Where is that? Surveillance aside, teachers wh
by NikolaNovak 4y ago
>>With the moral pedestal society places school administrators and faculty on, the problem is even worse there.
Where is that?
Surveillance aside, teachers where I'm at are overworked and powerless. When I was a kid in Europe, teachers were gods. Woe be to child whose teachers say is misbehaving or being lazy or not paying attention. 35 years later and in Canada, teachers are... Beat,really. Angry entitled parents and angry entitled public and rules and policies and complete lack of any freedom to make a difference.
I do not see North America placing teachers on moral pedestal.
- jjeaff 4y agoWe place them on a moral pedestal in the same way we placed "essential workers" during the pandemic. That is to say, with words and sentiment only, but in reality, disposable.
- saghm 4y agoGP maybe could have phrased it a bit more clearly, but I think what they meant wasn't "moral pedestal" but "moral standard". One example that jumps to mind for me is when I heard about teachers in my school district as a kid being in trouble for having pictures of them posted on social media by friends at a party where they happened to be holding drinks in plastic cups. Never mind that they were well above the legal drinking age, were not on the clock, or the fact that there wasn't any actual proof that the cups even _contained_ alcohol; being in a situation where someone else could post a picture of them drinking something they can't _prove_ isn't alcohol was apparently considered a "bad example" for students and required discussion to determine if it was disqualifying.