Many teachers will be up in arms today, their answer being,
’ What I wear doesn’t make a blind bit of difference to the way
that I teach,’
That might be absolutely true but those teachers are missing
the point…completely!
Teachers are supposed to be role models.
They are the people who have most contact with pupils
throughout the year. They should set an example in how to behave, how to
conduct oneself and how to dress. They are helping to prepare children and
young people, for life and to take a pride in EVERY aspect of their lives. It’s
all about taking a pride. That surely has to start with looking at yourself and your
appearance. If you can’t be bothered with that then why will you be bothered
with expecting high standards in the classroom, in other areas, for instance, classroom
tidiness, classroom displays, classroom discipline. If you’re going to dumb
down on appearance then that will lead to dumbing down on all sorts of other
everyday things. That’s what I think.
Personally, I think that the erosion of dress standards,
over the years, is much to do with many teachers wanting to be the children’s
‘friend’. Not good! It’s doing the children a massive dis-service and not only
that, showing them total disrespect.
Looking at the picture of that scruffy devil at a Camden
school, I thought, ‘You want to be treated as a professional person but you
certainly don’t want to dress like one.’
For me, the clue is in the word, 'professional'!
I’ve never thought much of Ofsted but I’m with them on this
one. ;-)
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