Sunday, February 14, 2010
Drawing a Line
So here is a debate that hits my heart. Where do you draw a line between your morals as a human being and what your school district determines as "inappropriate"? There has to be a point where an educator puts there foot done and disregards what is accepted and, perhaps, puts their job at risk due to something that they believe in. I would say, for must educators, we would probably bite our onges 99% of the time. But what situation would cause an educator to put their job at risk?
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I think that people should based their decisions off the morals and integrity. If a situation presents itself and you clearly do not agree with the direction it is going because of your moral then by all means you will have to disagree and potentially risk your job. It is our job to educate but also protect our students in a sense. I compare teaching to coaching because they are very similar and I make sure that I put my athletes needs as a top priority. I keep everything in context. My athletes know that they can come to me with any issue and when it seems that sometimes I have to bend the rules for the betterment of my athletes, I will do so. It is more important to me that they are being taught the right things in life versus sticking to the rules.
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