All the time in middle school and high school, I’ve heard, for example, “My girlfriend doesn’t like that I do X” or “My wife and I did X this weekend”, and since the teacher is a man, it’s seen as acceptable.
Would casually mentioning having a girlfriend cause angry emails from parents, even if I’m not discussing forms of romantic attraction in schools? These kids are like 11-14 anyway, parents’ job to teach orientation (which I’ve heard argued) or not.
Also, we learn relationship descriptions in middle school Spanish if you choose to take it, which includes words like novio, novia, esposo, and esposa. (Shouldn’t matter, especially if the school I teach in is at a non-Conservative community)
Why even take the risk? Just talk about something else.
I’d second this… IMO it’s probably good for the students to moderately hear about… but it just takes one curious student to ask follow up questions, and one super conservative triggered parent to blow everything sky high, and tank your career. So IMO… probably not, unless you are looking to get out of teaching and want to do some good on the way out.
Only if you’re in a red state.
Just in general keeping any relationships away from students is probably a good idea.
Why even mention it? Just say it hypothetically as you’re teaching.
Yeah this is the way. Don’t let students know anything about your private life.
On the other hand, give hypothetical examples of both ways, e.g., “if I was going to the movies with my girlfriend, I would say…”
Or “if I was going see my boyfriend later, I would say…”
On the other hand, there are probably better ways to teach novio/esposo etc without making it about you, even hypothetically.
@AuroraGlamour
You probably want to specify where you’re teaching and what type of school to get meaningful answers.
What country are you in, for a start?
I guess it depends on how much you need to keep that job or career path.
Can you? Definitely. But where you are based, that choice might have very long term consequences for your career.
If you intend to continue your lifestyle as a teacher… Yo que tú no lo haría.
