Like many boys, my son has gone through his entire primary schooling without having had a male teacher. Does it matter? Do boys need male role models?
Would he be a more rounded person, better able to fit into society, if he had the experience of both male and female teachers?
Only one in eight primary teachers is a man and the figure for nurseries is smaller at one in eleven, but the idea boys would do better if they had more male role models in the classroom is misguided, say contributors to the report Boys to Men.
As to the male teachers:
Remember I'm a lawyer - I do criminal cases. I'm by nature somewhat conservative. My point of view is skewed by my work where I walk into these disasters and try to throw enough oil on the water to get a resolution people can live with. Around here misdemeanor sexual battery is a lifetime sex offender registration.
WAUKESHA - Ben Miles is a rarity, but he doesn’t mind. In fact, he said he likes it a lot.
Why is Miles a rarity? He’s a man teaching in the early elementary school grades.
He’s even more of a rarity because he’s a kindergarten teacher, now as a long-term substitute at Saratoga Elementary School.
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