How do I fit in? As my high school years begin to wind down I have been searching for a path for the future and I always go towards education. After doing a lot of research about the world of education I realized there are not that many male teachers.
I have been going to school for 13 years now and in those 13 years I have had 32 core class teachers but only nine have been male. This means 28 percent of my teachers have been male and a massive 72 percent have been female. I don’t look at my male teacher as inferior to my female teachers, but according to the statistic that what it looks like.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, In secondary schools 64 percent of teachers are female and only 36 percent male. I decided to look at how Roberson compares to this average. At Roberson, we are a little more equal than the national average with 54 percent of teachers being female and 46 percent being male.
Although Roberson as a whole is more equal on the ratio of male teachers to female teachers I have not really experienced that. Over my four years of high school, I have taken a total of 27 classes with a range of difficulty from standard to AP. Only one-third of my teachers have been male and senior year is the only time that I have had a 1:1 ratio of male to female teachers. It has taken 13 years for me to personally see that ratio, but I have seen the ratio improve.
Through the past few years, the difference in the ratio of females vs males teachers in secondary schools as a whole have improved and are growing closer to the 50/50 mark each year. Despite the overall ratio leaning heavy towards females some educational departments swing greatly towards one gender, especially at Roberson.
If you break this down the demographics for certain departments amongst Roberson they vary. In the Foreign Language department, there are seven teachers, six of whom are female with only one male teacher. History, however, has a complete opposite outlook with seven out of the 11 teachers being male. Why do men significantly get the short end of the stick?
I was interested in what would come up when I googled teacher with no context, just the word. I looked at the images to find that within the first 12 pictures on the page only one of them was a picture of a male teacher. This is very frustrating to me.
Our social work fields oftentimes lean heavily towards one gender and the sex not favored is less motivated to go into that field. When asking my peers what their intended major is in college I still see that females are more likely to go into the field of education than. my male peers
The thing is it shouldn't and it doesn't matter if you are male or female you should be able to be an educator. Girls welcome the male teachers in with open arms for they are making a difference too. Boys don’t be afraid to break the norm because one day you will fit in too.
I have been going to school for 13 years now and in those 13 years I have had 32 core class teachers but only nine have been male. This means 28 percent of my teachers have been male and a massive 72 percent have been female. I don’t look at my male teacher as inferior to my female teachers, but according to the statistic that what it looks like.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, In secondary schools 64 percent of teachers are female and only 36 percent male. I decided to look at how Roberson compares to this average. At Roberson, we are a little more equal than the national average with 54 percent of teachers being female and 46 percent being male.
Although Roberson as a whole is more equal on the ratio of male teachers to female teachers I have not really experienced that. Over my four years of high school, I have taken a total of 27 classes with a range of difficulty from standard to AP. Only one-third of my teachers have been male and senior year is the only time that I have had a 1:1 ratio of male to female teachers. It has taken 13 years for me to personally see that ratio, but I have seen the ratio improve.
Through the past few years, the difference in the ratio of females vs males teachers in secondary schools as a whole have improved and are growing closer to the 50/50 mark each year. Despite the overall ratio leaning heavy towards females some educational departments swing greatly towards one gender, especially at Roberson.
If you break this down the demographics for certain departments amongst Roberson they vary. In the Foreign Language department, there are seven teachers, six of whom are female with only one male teacher. History, however, has a complete opposite outlook with seven out of the 11 teachers being male. Why do men significantly get the short end of the stick?
I was interested in what would come up when I googled teacher with no context, just the word. I looked at the images to find that within the first 12 pictures on the page only one of them was a picture of a male teacher. This is very frustrating to me.
Our social work fields oftentimes lean heavily towards one gender and the sex not favored is less motivated to go into that field. When asking my peers what their intended major is in college I still see that females are more likely to go into the field of education than. my male peers
The thing is it shouldn't and it doesn't matter if you are male or female you should be able to be an educator. Girls welcome the male teachers in with open arms for they are making a difference too. Boys don’t be afraid to break the norm because one day you will fit in too.