I’m …. not getting any younger .. ha!
All of my teachers were female from Kindergarten through maybe 6th grade. They were the old school “battle axes”. One of them was a dead ringer for Miss Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies, a former Marine WAC or whatever. “Can I go to the bathroom?”
“I’m sure you can, but you may not” etc. The young hippie types were just infiltrating while the old school (literally) were starting to retire. It was a noticeable change in temperament and teaching philosophy.
I also had mostly female teachers.
There was one male black teacher at our school in NJ, who was so good and who’s kids did so well, that EVERYONE was demanding to have their kids in his class. And this was in the mid-60’s.
I ended up with a women, who was nice and yet firm. An older woman that was non nonsense.