A few days ago I lost my respect for a teacher. I don’t want my education to be filled with prejudice by him.
There was one time when he mentioned a
movie, a sappy, cliché romantic film, and after he commented on how terrible it
is, added, “But girls will love it.” I was immediately irritated; is he trying
to say that girls have bad taste in movies? I tried telling him that I was
offended by his stereotyping, but he quickly justified himself with the idea
that labeling helps people to learn.
He believes that girls constantly dream of romance
and a tall, handsome boy to come and save them. When we were discussing the
difference between romantic as describing love and romantic as pertaining to
Romanticism, he specifically called the female students to distinguish the two.
I told him that boys make the same mistake as well, and he didn’t believe it. He
asked students who made the mistake to raise their hands: three girls, two
boys. He seemed utterly surprised.
I can proudly say that I’m a supporter of feminism
and LGBT rights. And I HATE when people say “That’s gay.”
This teacher says “That’s gay” numerously while
teaching. I asked him to stop saying it and he forgets it the next class. I don’t
think he is purposely insulting gay people; on the surface he speaks for “gay”
as meaning happy. He just blindly follows whatever phrases young people are
using nowadays to sound casual. I’m not making an excuse for him, however. If those
people use “gay” to describe something stupid, that means they must equate “gay”
with “stupid” in their heads, whether they know it or not.
What enrages me the most is the fact that
he is a teacher. If teachers look down on girls and say things like “That’s gay,”
how is that going to affect the students? A lot of students in my school already
say sexist and homophobic things like that. To them, I can at least tell myself
that they’re immature and stupid, and move on. And that is why I don’t respect this
teacher anymore, because he is just as immature and stupid.
Well, anyways, I’m too busy dreaming about
working on a super awesome concert with laser beams. Now excuse me
while I enjoy watching black and white films and TV shows about murder.
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