Benji: A Brief Summary

In the scenario above, Benji teaches in an upper primary school class located in a mid to low socioeconomic community. Benji’s students consist of some disruptive boys. As those students are disengaged the principal appoints Benji in thinking that as a male teacher, the boys might respond to his authority and teaching method to improve reading and literacy. The belief that boys can achieve and thrive with male teacher, study has discredited the assumption that both boys and girls respond equally to good teaching, regardless of the gender of the teacher (Jennet, 2013, p. 12). With such belief, it could well to do with male teacher’s stature that there are only a small number compare to the female teachers. That being said, teachers have commented