School Policies

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My school doesn't fire people.
They leave too quickly.

Just waiting til you're older and out of school is going to be an easier way for you to understand this than for me to explain it to you.

I'm also not willing to explain honne/tatemae to a Japanese person. Or am i making an incorrect assumption that you are Japanese?

I'm not Japanese. Asian, but not Japanese.

I understand the concept of a deceptive cover over one's true emotions/intentions, though. The thing is, what is the necessity for them to engage in this? Is it for the school's name? For the individual's position? There are principals who are reported in the papers to have been charged for sexual predation, so is it necessary for the ordinary teacher to be covered up/cover themselves up like this? Or rather, why does this kind of deception occur in the first place?

Or is it the other way around, and are the newspaper reporting a false portrayal of the principals' crimes? I doubt this is likely. Newspaper reports often tend to give evidence, however slight, regarding the nature of the crime.

Logically then, unless newspapers are lying to us (as we have been told is not characteristic of a democratic press), the aforementioned principals are likely to have committed the same crimes they are to be punished for.

So then, why is it that some individuals engage in this bizarre activity, while others do not?

In my high school district, they avoid firing teachers because the lists of protocols to do so would take YEARS to complete, especially when the teacher is tenured. I had a teacher in 8th grade who would only appear in class for 1 week of every month in the school year. That year i learned nothing besides the fact that i could have 1st lunch AND 2nd lunch and watch movies almost every day; hell i learned far more from the substitute than i ever did from her. She continued to teach there for the next 3 years. My brother got her as a teacher and she did the same thing: she literally never showed up to class for 3/4th of the school year. She has still not been fired 3 years later. Instead they moved her to a desk job down at the school district. Lesson here: impossible to fire failures of a teacher because of tenure; not worth the time an effort.

There are man many many loopholes. The only way you'd ever get fired is if you actually raped a student (we had a case where a teacher was accused of molestation, but never proven; he left of his own accord).Maybe it's just easier to file a complaint/allegation/accusation under a specific heading rather than the real one.

My school district always uses the "financially smart" excuse, even if it's like studentteacher relationships.

Wow really?
Having a phone confiscated just for having long hair? *in my school if our hair is too long we have to tie it up if we have bangs/a fringe*
In September we're getting a new headteacher and I'm starting to wonder how strict the new rules will be (if there are new rules).

@Worthyness: Woah, that kind of teaching behaviour sounds ridiculous. If a teacher like that ever came to our school they wouldn't make it past the first week.

Wow really?
Having a phone confiscated just for having long hair? *in my school if our hair is too long we have to tie it up if we have bangs/a fringe*
In September we're getting a new headteacher and I'm starting to wonder how strict the new rules will be (if there are new rules).

It's not just his school; most schools where I live have that rule. It's in effect all the way from when you're six to when you're twenty-one. (all the way through primary school, secondary school, Junior College and after) Assuming of course that you don't drop out, and are male. Females are not subject to this rule, but can get punished if their hair or skirts are too short.

Basically if you're male, anything with bangs, sideburns, is slightly above the collar or that looks generally displeasing to the teacher will get you yelled at/punished/spoken to.

Simple answer for my high school district: The union they belong too protects them with whatever they can.