Teachers

BarbieCue · February 11, 2010, 9:28pm

Milly:

The barrier is there for a reason… we have Child Protection laws in the U.K. Im guessing those laws (amongst others) are pretty much non existent in Pakistan.

I have had the experience of attending a high school in Pakistan, albiet I was there for only a day, but the class Miss as she was known, did nothiing but bark at her students all day. They feared her. Heck I nearly wet myself, she went around hitting the girls who were chattiing with rulers. This was in 1990 though. Im sure they dont do that now.

My kids are only 5 and 6, however, they are anything but petrified of me. We have a laugh together when appropriate and I respect them as much as they respect me. I dont have the ‘authoritarian’ approach to teaching. I see myself as a facilitator of learning.

As for personal relationships with children, well the folk at GTTR claim it is highly inappropriate to form a relationshiop with the pupils you teach outside of school. Back in the 70’s it was ok, but in this day and age, not going to happen. You could lose your job. At my school my kids arent even allowed to know my first name or how old I am! Oh and facebook, we have been told not to have a facebook or any other social networking account. A few male teachers from secondary school have gotten into a LOT of trouble due to facebook.

Thought u meant these were *your *kids babblu aged 5, pinky aged 6.