Gender in school
Gender in School
I do believe that gender affects the teaching profession. The main reason for my thinking of this is because teaching is a predominately female profession. When I was growing up there was only 1 single male teacher in my elementary school. After 10 years this is still common in many schools everywhere. I believe this lack of gender ratio is because society has been taught to believe that women were only meant to be mothers and they deserve fewer rights and can get paid less than men. This is a viewpoint shown by men and women because it has been implemented in society for so long. We saw it firsthand in the ad from Always in the module. Some people may not believe this but I think the quote from the podcast about how even though women make up the majority of the profession there is barely a quarter of women are represented in leadership positions will hopefully get them to look back and think about their own experiences in school. Again, I have seen this in person too because most of the times I had principals they were males. This is not just a problem at certain schools this is the education system as a whole. Seeing the rules for teachers from 1915 was very eye-opening to the fact that the education system has always been like this. I wanted to end by looking at Susan B Anthony's story. I think this is a great story to see that it is true that society held a certain stereotype of women and this affected their rights and opportunities. I believe this is why the teaching profession is still prominently female because it was the only job women could have at first.
Hi Sadie! My elementary schools were the same way, I remember I did not have a male teacher until my 6th-grade year. As someone who wants to go into education leadership, it was disheartening to read about men make up most of these positions due to gender roles and the past, where men were seen as more educated. I feel that in teaching, women are doing all this work, for the kids behind the scenes, and not being rewarded fairly. We are still being underpaid and undervalued as cities continue to take money away from education when we desperately need the funds. I like how you mention this isn't just a problem in certain schools, but it is a problem in the education system as a whole, I completely agree. I also find it interesting that one of the first jobs a woman could have in history, a teacher, is still predominantly dominated by women.
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