Bigotry in Schools?
So what do I do: the school rule is that teachers don't disclose their political views. The day after the election my teacher told our child care and development class (16-18 year old girls, mostly of Mexican, African American girls with me, a white Muslim girl) that she voted for Trump. For the rest of that day she tried to get us to understand "why you are wrong" about Trump (those are her exact words. I let this go. She was my favorite teacher for 2 years now. I live in the south as well so it was to be expected to know a lot of Trump supporters. I don't care who you vote for as long as you are not rude or mean or disrespectful to the other people around you. Keeping this in mind, I brushed it off. A few weeks later, I found out my half brother got hurt outside of a Muslim religoud center (Masjid/Mosque). He is okay now but clearly, as any normal person would, I was scared. In school, during her class again she spoke her opinion about Trump. I have generalized anxiety disorder which I tried to hide but ended up needed to leave the classroom. She was kind enough to give me a 10 minute breather. However, when she talked to me, she said that my feelings are invalid and Trump will save me with Christianity.
This is crazy at this point but she is of an older generation so she may not be as accepting as some other people. (Not to generalize but in many cases older generations are more stuck in their own ways, and mine will be too). So I gave her another pass.
I found out later that day that she had the school psycologist talk to me for "religious understanding". The psycologist had no clue what that even meant as that is not a normal thing she deals with but I told her I had anxiety and left it at that. I didn't want her to tell on my teacher because I liked her still at that point.
Fadt forward even more time I find out that she has been using an unaurthorized printer. No big deal right? When this printer was found out, she blamed the class for wanting to print things off. (This is a dorect lie as the whole class is trying to win the eco-friendly award, so less paper means the better we do). We were sent to SAFE for this. (SAFE=in school detention).
I have had far more than enough happen to me to point to telling on this teacher because she has done many offensive things, broken many rules. I have talked to multiple people about this (outside the school system so to keep her safe still) and they say to not even bother as this is her 11th year teaching. (Tenure, she can't be fired.) But even in the case of her not getting fired, maybe bringing this up will shed light on a topic that is very serious in our school?
I know this is a very sensitive topic for many women so I am keeping this Anon. I don't need hate when I am searching for help.
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