Hi Class,
Please answer the following:
1. What are the challenges in school that homosexual students (Elementary/High School) are experiencing?
2. AS a teacher, how will you handle students (Elementary/High School) who come to you with such challenges?
Happy Valentine's to All,
Doc Raqui
Please answer the following:
1. What are the challenges in school that homosexual students (Elementary/High School) are experiencing?
2. AS a teacher, how will you handle students (Elementary/High School) who come to you with such challenges?
Happy Valentine's to All,
Doc Raqui
1. As we can observe in highschool or even elementary schools, some homosexuals students are experiencing things that a normal boy and girl do not; for instance, a gay student is being bully by group of male students until they may hurt him. Also, homosexual students may experience unfair treatment from teachers. Another challenge that those homosexuals may experience from school is that they may not have the freedom to wear what they want to since they still need to follow the school's rules. Of course for them it is a challenge as they cannot express themselves freely.
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homosexual student who is suffering from those challenges, of course I will listen to what he/she is going to say then I will advise the student to do what is right. I will let my student feel that despite of his/her prefered gender he/she still have the right to finish his/her study and that there is someone who is there to support him/her.
1. I want to answer this question based on the past experiences that I have experience when I was in high school. My classmates kept coming up to me and making fun of me. They always called me with different names such as Ricky Reyes, Tita Swarding Pacifica Palaypay and any other famous gay personalities. I cried all the times and feel helpless. I was bullied everyday and made fun so much. Emotionally, I feel harassed and mistreated because I never do any bad things to them and yet, I was still abused and bullied. I know what I have experienced before is also being experience by the homosexuals in today’s generation. I don’t want to say that being a homosexual has a weak emotion and personality but reality has proven that I was very anxious and weak that time and it didn’t really exist in my mind to make revenge and have vengeance to them because I have a good heart and such just made me strong in facing different challenges in life.
ReplyDelete2. As a teacher, as much as possible I want to make a ground rule which will apply not just inside the classroom but also outside of the formal institution, that no one can make any assumption regarding the sexual orientation of their classmate(s). I want to build a strong relationship between my students with right conduct and respect with each other. And on top of that, I also want to give counseling to those homosexual students who are being bullied by their classmates. Such counseling will provide them psychological treatment for the development of their career and personality.
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1. I have homosexual friends before. During elementary days, I've seen how confused are they. I know they are having a hard time identifying what they want, and being true to the society. They are a bit afraid that some wont accept them specially their family and friends. However, moving forward during high school huge changes are seen they became more honest to themselves, the problem that arise is they are having a hard time to control it. Also since some are already falling in love it became hard for them to look for partners,aside from that, mostly the problem is on the the people on the sociey who gossip and discriminate them.
2. Teachers like us must protect our student on the physical and emotional aspect. We have the obligation to do this a second parent of out students. Soon ill make sure that my student would have an open eyes on reality like this. Let them know the equality of everyone. To my student whose homosexual, ill gonna make sure that ill give ample time to talk to them give advice on the confusion that they experience.
1. I believe that some educational settings nowadays are more tolerant among homosexuals unlike before. However, I still believe that homosexual students still suffer from fear of rejection of their classmates, teachers and community in general. Because they fear of being rejected, the tendency is for them to behave in their "not so ordinary way" just to prove to people they are not what they are thinking. If this continues, they will not be able to feel the sense of happiness and satisfaction in their personal lives because what they are projecting is not really their true selves and this may result to depression later on which is not very healthy at all. They may also suffer from being badly teased and labelled as "salot ng lipunan" "wala kayong lugar sa langit" things like that. If homosexual students do not have a very warm and accepting environment and significant people on their side, those devious thoughts about them may lead to their destruction unless they learn how to accept who they are.
ReplyDelete2. I would really love if my homosexual students would come to me and tell me what they are going through. I definitely can help them. I believe that fostering a very warm and accepting environment can really help these kind of students on what they are going through. Teachers are considered to be the second parents of the students. Hence, it is very important that we teachers should really listen to the concerns of these students especially if their original parents are not so tolerant of their sexual orientation. I will do my best to really help these type of students to become successful. I will not let their fears about their sexual orientation ruin their lives because they are also humans deserving to be loved and respected by others.
1.I have classmates and friends during my elementary and high school level who are homosexuals. I have observed that most of them are being bullied by other people; they were discriminated and did not get respect from others. The real challenge for them is how they are going to treat those people who are judging them and how they can build a good relationship with those people even if they are making fun of those homosexual students. Because of the disrespect of most of the students to homosexual students, they tend to hide their sexual preference and preferred not to show their true sexuality to other people. With that, they don’t experience their complete freedom to show their true selves to others.
ReplyDelete2.Teachers are responsible for the protection and guidance of every student. If there are students who come to me having those challenges, I will be open to listen to their concerns and give them some advice for them to be encouraged. I will also help them realize their abilities and capabilities so that the challenges that they are facing will not be a hindrance for them to reach their goals. And with regards to the students who keep on bullying them, as a teacher, I will reiterate to them the importance of being respectful to other people and building a good relationship with their classmates.
1. The challenges that homosexual students experience in school (for elementary students) is that they are confused. At this stage some students are on denial about what they feel. They experience also fear of rejection, rejection from their families, friend and the society. During high school, this is the time where homosexual students expose/announce what they're really feel. They experience bullying by other students and being discriminate. Some of them experience the rejection from their friends, especially with boys(friends).
ReplyDelete2. As a teacher, I won't let my students to bully they're homosexual classmate/s. I will tell them that being a homosexual is not a sin. They must try to accept they're homosexual classmate. As much as possible treat everyone fairly.
1. When I was in elementary school I had an effeminate schoolmate who was constantly being ridiculed and often subjected to name calling by older students. I could sense the pain, humiliation and anger in him. Worst the teachers did not seem to mind what was happening inside the school. There was no intervention from teachers to stop the bullying and name calling.
ReplyDeleteDuring high school, I had homosexual classmates and schoolmates but I had not seen any verbal attacks or harassments towards them. Equally with straight males and females, they were treated fairly and accepted by classmates, teachers and school administrators. Many of them excelled in academics, extracurricular activities and had their own group of friends. I think the homosexuals in our school were free to come out with their gender without much struggle. I had two lesbian batchmates who only wore men’s clothes outside the school but in the school they wore the prescribed skirt uniform and dress on our JS prom. One of them had a girlfriend who was also our batchmate. I was not very close to them to know how they fell about wearing girls clothes or if they experienced any resentment at school but it seemed that everything was fine with them. I had several schoolmates/classmates though that we thought to be straight but after so many years, during our reunion/alumni homecoming, found out to be homosexuals. I cannot say if any of them were afraid to come out when they were in high school or just eventually discover their identity later on.
Outside school, the situation is much different. I would often see homosexuals being laughed at, ridiculed, harassed and subjected to verbal abuse and name calling.
2. Schools have an obligation to protect, support and enhance the self-esteem of all students regardless of their sexual orientation. The school personnel, especially teachers, must be effective in their care and concern for the safety and well-being of all students including homosexual and other minority groups. Negative stereotype and perception has harmful effect on individual. As teacher, I can help homosexuals by making them feel more welcome. I will establish classroom rules to treat everyone with respect and make it clear that I will not tolerate any form of name calling or harassing comments. As teacher I must acknowledge that all kind of groups of student need support unique to their situation.
1. Homosexuals face many challenges in school and in society. Although people these days have become more tolerant, homosexuals are still being teased and bullied. They are still dealing with rejection and ridicule from both their peers and their family.
ReplyDelete2. As a teacher, I plan on doing my best to help students who face these problems. Even if my students do not come to me, I will strive to keep a keen eye out for instances of bullying and unfair treatment and make sure that it stops. I do not believe that anyone has any right to mistreat anyone for who they are, and I will make sure that my students know that penalizing someone for something that they cannot control is reprehensible. I will make sure thay all my students feel equal in my classroom and that sexual orientation should not make them feel like they are second class.
1. The challenges in school that homosexual students are experiencing are: discrimination, bullying, rejection, etc. During my time homosexual are not that much in number but as of now it really grows rapidly. It’s because the society is now accepting them and other homosexuals who are afraid to show off that time is now braver to get out of the closet. But still there are some people who are close minded who still don’t accept and discriminate them which is wrong. Because they are also human and created by God. So we should treat them fairly for them to live their life the way they want to.
ReplyDelete2. As a teacher, I will handle these students by listening to them on how they feel and to comfort them also. Through that they will not feel they are not accepted because they know that there is someone who can understand them. Another way is to talk to the people who discriminate, bully and reject them and clear their mind and hearts that they are also part of the society and they should accept them as a whole.
1. Aside from the fact that homosexuals are not totally accepted in the society, it also entails a lot of pain to the side of a homosexual student inside or even the school campus. Following are the challenges met by a certain homosexual students in the school;
ReplyDeleteDiscrimination- usually some of the peer groups are too stereotypical, generalizing some of the things that are done by a homosexual, so that is why they would avoid such a homosexual to join with them.
Mockery- as an object of parody, most of the students would imitate the way a homosexual moves, talks and walks. These of course are too offending for a homosexual to be mocked.
Acceptance among the boys- some boys will not allow their homosexual classmate to be belonging in their group as they are afraid that somehow they would be influenced by any homosexual act.
Acceptance of their ideas- when a homosexual speaks for a certain ideas, some classmates would not really accept them as they were becoming too judgmental towards the belief system of a homosexual.
Object of bullying- Majority of the homosexuals are the object of bullying from their classmates or even friends, these things of course had hurt the feelings of those member of the homosexual group.
The listed challenges above are just few among those that are truly experienced by the homosexuals’ students in the classroom or in the school.
2.As a teacher, I would console and give advices to students who experienced that maltreatment from their classmates. I would let them understand that every person is created equal in this world, so no one is ever inferior among each other. I won’t allow any sign of disrespect among my students towards with their dealings to each other. I would encourage them to have a friendly atmosphere inside the classroom whereby promoting the spirit of cooperation among themselves. Those things can be best avoided if the teacher would properly monitor what’s going on with his students.
1. The challenges that homosexual students are experiencing are so many. Since the Philippines had not accepted the presence of homosexual in the society, homosexual students receive so many criticisms from their classmates. The call names or mock them and even bully the students particularly those male students who think they are more superior that this homosexual classmates. They make fun to the said students and sometimes or often discriminate them in the activities which male students think they would be more productive.
ReplyDelete2. As a teacher, we need to talk to all students that such kind of gender preferences exist in the society. We need to counsel the homosexual student based on his gender preferences and as to what role he or she needs to perform in school. An important aspect that needs to be considered is that there might be role confusion or there are problems that the student is encountering or it might be that the student is not really a homosexual but because of the environment where he or she is living influences the way he or she acts in school. Another thing also is that we need to the students who bully the homosexual students, they can also help in developing the student to what should be his role in the community or in the society to direct them to where they really stand.
1. Bullying and discrimanation are the worst challenges that a homosexual student experiencing both in high school and elementary, they are often the target of the bully student, and sad to say that even teacher or administrators often time treat them unequal. But now a days that student and faculties are exposed and open with homosexuality, I do hope that that these kind of treatment may be lessen or eliminate at all.
ReplyDelete2. Teacher plays a great role in these issue, they must first treat each student equally what ever gender preference and impart to other student to respect give equal treatment for all. A personal approach to the homosexual student maybe needed incase they are experiencing bullying and discrimination a simple conversation and advice may give a big difference on how ever they feel.
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ReplyDelete1. As a faculty in nursing I have students who are gay and students who are still undecided if they are gay or not. I have witness also the bullying of their classmates to them. Some are used to it, some doesn’t talk about it or sometimes fight for it. As I’ve seen the worst is just making fun of them. But I have not witnessed of physical harm or see bruises that they are hurt physically. I just heard of the stories that some of them are beaten by their father or sexually molested when they were very young.
ReplyDelete2. As a teacher when I see my students making fun of them, I always talk to them to stop doing that especially if their classmates is still undecided of their sexuality. I asked my undecided student if they have crush on girls. If they had crush both on girls and guys< I asked them to cultivate the feeling for the girls they have crush and to pray always to ask for their guidance in their choice of what to be. If my students are gay, I always them to act properly in the public and not to wear daring clothes so that others will respect them. I advise also if they are really gay then be a gay but try to survive without having sex to guys. I always tell them to pray and give examples to them who are former gays that also has been operated from male to female and know God they, become men again. If they really are gays, respect themselves and be careful for there are a lot of crimes that happened like in the case of Ricky Rivero that is being stabbed. Prayer and being with God will guide them in what they want to be.
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