You never had a teacher with pictures of their families?
Never had a teacher whose spouse dropped off lunch at the building?
Never had a teacher whose spouse volunteered helping chaperone at dances or something?
That's my point. No teacher in the building necessarily HAS to talk about their spouse, but if they bring up their husband in class, or have a picture of their husband on their desk, or if a kid sees them at the mall with their husband and mentions it in front of the class, it causes no problems with "normally-married" teachers.
With this particular teacher in the video, it absolutely could. Because admitting she's married to someone who isn't a straight man, in any sense, could be seen as bringing it into the classroom, especially if the children ask questions about it (which, being curious, they probably will).
We can't pretend like everyone is being held to the same standard, because no straight teacher is ever going to risk their job for accidentally letting out they are married to a straight person.
...that is bogus reasoning when you factor in that she is speaking with 5/6 year old children and not "adult" coworkers at lunch....
I don't think so.
You never had a teacher with pictures of their families?
Never had a teacher whose spouse dropped off lunch at the building?
Never had a teacher whose spouse volunteered helping chaperone at dances or something?
That's my point. No teacher in the building necessarily HAS to talk about their spouse, but if they bring up their husband in class, or have a picture of their husband on their desk, or if a kid sees them at the mall with their husband and mentions it in front of the class, it causes no problems with "normally-married" teachers.
With this particular teacher in the video, it absolutely could. Because admitting she's married to someone who isn't a straight man, in any sense, could be seen as bringing it into the classroom, especially if the children ask questions about it (which, being curious, they probably will).
We can't pretend like everyone is being held to the same standard, because no straight teacher is ever going to risk their job for accidentally letting out they are married to a straight person.
...we will just have to disagree on this one fren....