One of the toddler's teachers left in September. This is very sad; we really liked her. The daycare has been looking for a new teacher for a while and finally found one two weeks ago. This teacher is a man. On his first day, my husband happened to walk the kids in at the same time as her other teacher, who told my husband about Mr. Teacher. Not in a "hey, guess what?" way either. She was really concerned about this teacher being a man and told my husband the school would be sending home letters about this and went on and on like it was a big deal. When my husband called to tell me, I was shocked. Who cares if he is a man? It is not like he is all alone with a bunch of girls or something - there are two teachers in her room, the two 2-year old rooms share a bathroom and do most of their activities in a group together, which means there are usually four teachers around the kids. I let my husband, my dad, my father-in- law, and my brother-in-law take my daughter to the bathroom; this guy is a teacher, I expect he will be professional about things. We've met him, he is a nice guy, late 20s/early 30s, perfectly normal. He has been here for weeks and apparently there are still some issues with parents not liking this idea. I watch lots of crime dramas on tv and tend to jump to scary thoughts, but in this case, I guess I believe in the goodness of people and trust that Mr. Teacher has no alternative plan and likes kids the same way Mrs. Teacher likes kids.
Is it just me? Am I abnormal for thinking this is perfectly fine? I just really do not get it, I think this is great. He provides a different kind of authority figure and a way for kids to see that men and women can do all different types of jobs. But in this school, my opinion is apparently in the minority!
That is so weird that parents would be like that! I can't imagine just because he is a guy they have issues with him taking care of kids. Some of my best teachers were males! Obviously day care ran a background check and he should be fine! Ben has teacher that although is a rotating teacher (when they need him) who is great! Come to find out I went to elementary school and middle school with him.
ReplyDeleteI think if anything, if children do not have an everyday male presence in their life, that they can be dependable, fun, loving and be a great role model.
That disturbs me and saddens me that people rush to think that this guy is not fit for a job. Is it suppose to be womans work?