Seriously, though, you're right. Why should any teacher really care?
Absolutely right. One of the reasons my profession has sunk into the depths is the constant social engineering and pop psychology I'm confronted with daily. My job is to teach, period. Like the Constitution, my job has certain enumerated duties, and everything else is left to other institutions or people.
On a related subject: If I'm caught talking about heterosexual topics with a female student, they can fire me, take my license, and take my pension. Yet I'm supposed to be openly aggressive about discussions of homosexual behevior with students who are, for the most part, disgusted with homosexuality or embarressed about it being discussed at all.
Here's my sarcasm for the day. They wanted to have a gay and lesbian student association. I said I'd be in favor of it as long as I could be the class advisor for the fellatio club.