·To what degree do you think a teacher's private life should truly be private?
First off, what is the definition of “private life”? I’m not trying to be a lawyer here, but I think this is a key distinction that must be clarified. I would say that most people’s definition of a “private life” is whatever you do off the clock; be it go to a movie, out to dinner, or anything really. This definition I believe is wrong. If you have left your house you are now out in PUBLIC. People see you, interact with you, and you interact with them right back. Private Life I feel is when you are in your own house, or your own thoughts, or anything that does not involve, interact with, or affect anyone else. If you want to dance around your own house with underwear on your head and jelly smeared on your thighs be my guest. But when you are out in public you aren’t Jimmy the worlds greatest Jelly Dancer, you are Mr. Smith, fifth grade teacher out enjoying a movie. And if you can’t handle that responsibility then you picked the wrong career path buster.
·Should what the teacher does on his or her own personal time, always be protected by the law?
This view I feel is a little unconventional, but it’s what I think. I believe people should be allowed to be responsible for themselves. As I stated above I feel you should be free to do whatever when you are in your own house, or your own thoughts, that does not involve, interact with, or affect anyone else. That goes for just about everything. Drugs, drinking, everything. But I cannot stress enough IT MUST NOT INVOLVE, INTERACT WITH, OR AFFECT ANYONE ELSE. I am fine with you getting so high you can tell the difference of the colors robins’ egg blue and sky blue by taste alone. But you must be in your own house, and not leave or endanger anyone else. The minute whatever you step outside to listen to sunshine, then it would be illegal. Severely illegal. Mandatory prison time and then drug free probation. I know this thinking has some flaws, and I’m not going to keep explaining everything (I could keep going. And going, and going..) But the answer to the question I think that as long as it in no way affects anyone else then it should be legal.
·Is a teacher completely free to live his/her life in whatever way he/she decides?
Yes and no. Parents choose to send their children to school for what reason? To Learn, not just facts and numbers, but how to be a successful person in this world. If school was only about A B C’s and 1 2 3’s then torture would be a far more effective teaching tool than any teachers use today. But thankfully it’s not just that. Parents want their children to learn how to be a part of society, and that requires a moral basis and a code of ethics. I believe parents should be much more involved with choosing their child’s education and not just necessarily leaving it up to the nearest public school. They should find a teacher that expresses the same ethics and morality that they share. Now I’m not supporting KKK Elementary, but if a teacher wants to express their religious views, or sexual preference, as long as it fits with what the parent wants them to learn they should be allowed to do it. This is all within reason of course.
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Hey John. Interesting stuff. But, if I can be a typical evangelical Christian for a moment and bring up (you guessed it!) C. S. Lewis, don't you think that what a person does on his "private time" or in his own house very much affects other people? Lewis's analogy was of a convoy of ships. You can't keep the convoy together properly if you don't take care of each ship's engine. An extreme example (to illustrate the point) might be someone who watches child porn when they're all alone in their own house, and then teaches 1st graders. There would seem to be a problem with that. Any thoughts?
The creation of child porn affects other people (children) therefore it would be illegal in my world. A person would be allowed to think about cild porn, but any physical action would be illegal, just like now. Obviously whatever you do in your own home is ultimatly going to be held accountable before God. These questions are for discussion in my EDU class, so to get anyone to take them seriously I have to temper how much of my own faith I put into it.
Sure, I understand that. But I wasn't even thinking of anything specifically Christian (like being held accountable before God or going to Hell or anything like that). Pagan philosophers like Plato and Aristotle argued that virtue isn't just about doing good but actually being good. If a person isn't a virtuous person on the inside, even if they conform to ethical norms on the outside, then that's going to affect how they relate to others. So even if someone just thinks about having sex with little kids and never watches child porn, that's still going to affect how they relate to little children even if they never act on whatever desires they might have.
I'm not really arguing for anything here. After all, we can't start mind policing people or brainwashing them to get rid of bad desires. But I suppose I'm simply wondering if you really want to say "It's OK for a 1st grade teacher to think about having sex with little kids as long as he doesn't act on it." Or if it would be better to say that those thoughts and desires are also bad and should therefore be fought against (i.e. the 1st grade teacher should be encouraged to stop thinking about having sex with little kids). We don't have to invent the mind police, but we don't have to make it sound as though there's nothing wrong with such thoughts/desire either. And you don't have to be a Christian to make an argument like that.
Just some food for thought. I definitely lean Libertarian myself. :)
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