All teachers, men and women, have the same goal which is to positively affect the lives of their students and help instill knowledge in them to help them grow as learners.
This unit I have dove into the topic of gender and education and how it affects many lives. Women who have become teachers in the past were dealt some pretty difficult cards as they had set rules they had to follow that seem very wild now a days. The page that Professor Meritt attached about the 1915 rules for women teachers blew my mind. "You may not dress in bright colors." "You may not under no circumstances dye your hair." Some of those rules just seem bizarre and I can definitely see how gender affected women teachers in that sense.
When we talk about teaching today I think of how the teachers in the classrooms today are majority of women. The pay for teachers is not very big, so I see a correlation with how gender might affect the teaching profession.
All I know is that for me, I want to impact lives and help students grow and become the best versions of themselves. If I have to work hard everyday to do that, then I will.
Hi Kenzie,
ReplyDeleteThat rules list really caught my attention as well! I feel like the last rule made women go back to feeling like they were meant to be house wives such as cleaning and making sure things are prepared for the next day in an organized matter. That would drive me insane! I also love that you challenged men in a sense if they were to have rules of their own. How would that make them feel? Guarantee they would 100% disagree and understand how women felt about having these rules.
Hey Reanna!
DeleteYes I think this list will catch anyone's attention!
I truly would love to hear what the men had because I agree it seemed as if they had the women cleaning a house, doing chores, etc. It would drive me insane too!
Hi Kenzie!
ReplyDeleteI like that you included the list of rules that were applied to women, it really shows how much women had to deal with just to have a profession. I could not imagine even living as a woman back in those days, I think I would lose my mind! I am so glad that society has grown out of some of this. I also think it is great that you included you would like to see what a list would be like for men if they were the ones teaching, and I would love to see that as well. I definitely think there is still a lot of discrimination against women, but also other genders like trans and nonbinary individuals. I hope that we continue to grow as a society and cut out these stereotypes. I think your post was great and gave a lot of nice points, I hope to read from you again soon!