Posted on 09/04/2009 8:57:24 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
Teachers are demanding the right to get drunk at weekends as they protest against a tough new code of conduct.
More than 10,000 have signed a petition calling for the scrapping of rules which require them to uphold 'public trust' in their profession outside school.
The code, drawn up by the General Teaching Council [GTC] and coming into force next month, aims to reinforce the traditional role of teachers as pillars of society.
It urges teachers to act as role models for pupils inside and outside the classroom by maintaining 'reasonable standards in their own behaviour'.
One teacher, who asked not to be named, said that pupils and staff sometimes socialised together, for example after sporting events.
It was a 'grey area' whether consuming alcohol around children was setting a poor example and breaching the code.
A draft version of the code stated that teachers must 'maintain standards of behaviour both inside and outside school that are appropriate given their membership of an important and responsible profession'. However this was toned down following consultation.
The GTC insisted teachers would only fall foul of the code if their behaviour sank seriously below acceptable standards. It was not designed to catch teachers out for weekend drinking.
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Why are you correlating drinking with lower moral standards?
I think it depends on a lot of variables.
A teacher who is friends with the family of a student drinking at a social gathering where the student is present shouldn’t be strictly forbidden. It wouldn’t be a good idea for the teacher to get hammered, but that is true of all the adults there.
While there is certainly a clear connection between drinking and immorality, I wasn't referring specifically to responsible drinking. My post was just a more general comment on the declining or outright missing moral standards applied to teachers today.
Where did you teach?
Central Pennsylvania
High velocity round with the four of them lined up ear-to-ear?
That was back before they had Brazilian bikini wax.
Back in my day, if a teacher didn’t actually drink in class it was considered a win.
Those must have been good times.
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