Homosexual Teachers at Schools
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Can openly homosexual teachers work at schools with children?
Being an English Teacher in Chile is kind of a hard experience, but being an openly gay teacher is even more criticized, because you have to deal with many factors that make your life more difficult. Chile is characterized for having narrow-minded, chauvinist, and homophobic people. It was just in the early 2000’s when the gay people started to say in public their personal sexual condition without being punished or pointed as “weird”. In my personal experience as a gay English teacher, I can say that many Chilean teachers of English are gay because I have worked in many different contexts – private, subsidized and public school – where I have had at least two colleagues that share the same sexual condition as me. So now I want to answer the following question under my personal point of view: Can openly homosexual teachers work at schools with children?
It is proved that Gays and lesbians are always forced to be in the closet, when closet are for clothes, not for people and their civilizations. How would straight people feel if they were forced to live in a completely lie all the time or always hide about who are they? It is a matter of fact that they would feel just as bad as many gays and lesbians do. I will never expect that from anyone, and it is a horrible way to treat other human beings.
One problem Gay teachers have to face is the fear and prejudice of parent who thinks “being gay” means “uncontrolled sexual depravity”; when this thought jump out into the light, they think their children must not be near the gay teacher. Parents with their openly hostile views and desire to cause all manner of trouble for the teacher (otherwise just as qualified as any other) can be seen as a very negative influence on the class and the morale of the school.
An openly Gay Teacher can teach Math, Science or English just as well or badly even as an
Can openly homosexual teachers work at schools with children?
Being an English Teacher in Chile is kind of a hard experience, but being an openly gay teacher is even more criticized, because you have to deal with many factors that make your life more difficult. Chile is characterized for having narrow-minded, chauvinist, and homophobic people. It was just in the early 2000’s when the gay people started to say in public their personal sexual condition without being punished or pointed as “weird”. In my personal experience as a gay English teacher, I can say that many Chilean teachers of English are gay because I have worked in many different contexts – private, subsidized and public school – where I have had at least two colleagues that share the same sexual condition as me. So now I want to answer the following question under my personal point of view: Can openly homosexual teachers work at schools with children?
It is proved that Gays and lesbians are always forced to be in the closet, when closet are for clothes, not for people and their civilizations. How would straight people feel if they were forced to live in a completely lie all the time or always hide about who are they? It is a matter of fact that they would feel just as bad as many gays and lesbians do. I will never expect that from anyone, and it is a horrible way to treat other human beings.
One problem Gay teachers have to face is the fear and prejudice of parent who thinks “being gay” means “uncontrolled sexual depravity”; when this thought jump out into the light, they think their children must not be near the gay teacher. Parents with their openly hostile views and desire to cause all manner of trouble for the teacher (otherwise just as qualified as any other) can be seen as a very negative influence on the class and the morale of the school.
An openly Gay Teacher can teach Math, Science or English just as well or badly even as an