I agree but students are understandably intimidated.
I once had a feminist teacher write on the chalkboard “When God made man she made a mistake”, this was back in 1984’ish. She left the room for a moment and I changed it to “When God made women he made a mistake”. When the teacher returned she went ballistic, demanded to know who did it. Nobody sold me out but she then stated that we’d all have to stay in her class, through lunch if necessary, until she found out. So I stood up and admitted it, along with saying, “...and what are you going to do about it?”, in a snarky tone. She thought for a moment, fuming, then just walked out of the classroom. She knew she really couldn’t DO anything, if anything, escalating it to anyone else may have made things worse for her.
“..students are understandably intimidated...”
Some are, for sure.
I was raised by a WWII Airborne father and Pacific Marine uncles. I wasn’t taught to ever be intimidated.
You weren’t either :^).
So that’s why it’s up to people like us to become coaches, educaters, etc., to teach youngsters how to stand up for themselves. I coached youth baseball for many years. Now, I teach firearm handling, safety, and marksmanship as a side job.
Because they sure as Hell aren’t going to learn THAT in school.
Can’t save them all... but I sure as Hell can save a couple of them.