The National Pupils’ Council has proposed banning the existence of separate entrances to schools exclusively for teachers, citing it as a discriminatory measure, and the topic has, as expected, sparked more controversy. Instead of a healthy discussion in which each side explains why they want it that way, the frustrations, the wounded pride, the unhappy childhoods of some of the current adults come to the surface, and the discussion feels like an argument that some have taken too personally. Students are not equal to teachers, and this is quite normal in conditions where we want a child to be taught by an intellectually trained adult. I think that even children do not aspire to such a position, because they are also aware of the limits of their cognitive, emotional, intellectual development. In fact, the feeling is changing with the arrival of new generations.

The fact that they want to enter the school through the same door as the teachers does not undermine the authority of the teachers and does not turn the students into potential cataloguers. Since there is a Student Charter, I think we shouldn’t find it strange that they claim certain things, but it would be good to show us that they know there is a legal argument they can use when they want to get something. And I don’t think they are opposed to the school having multiple entrances, but rather the “no trespassing” type of demarcation they face when they want access through the teacher’s area. And if at 16-17 you don’t ask and don’t have a grain of rebellion, then?

The school is not only the students, but also the teachers, who are also divided into two camps, those who support the students and those who feel professional, intellectual degradation if they enter the same door as students. The march of the status of the teaching staff will not be emphasized because of this, it is only an excuse that we are clinging to in order to shout out our pain this time as well. And this is a justified pain, because the image of teachers is increasingly tarnished by bad management and bad school policies. They are very sensitive nerve points, even after the summer strike, and any discussion that might put the teacher in a certain position of inferiority will only inflame the mood even more.

However, there is no excuse for walkouts that cause selfishness and frustration on the part of teachers. You are not better or more complete if you have an exclusive door to enter school. Students admire you or hate you regardless of how many entrances to the school, perhaps more seriously is the door of the classroom, where we enter every day with the noble thought of doing a good educational act. And if we were really attentive to students, we would see that there are many who would not want to be seen by teachers all the time, and would naturally limit their own territory. And obstacles of a technical nature – crowding, elbows – can be resolved with a kind word from both sides, and if this is not possible, then every school has internal rules that sanction violations of discipline. _ Read the entire article and comment on it on Contributors.ro