The reason for these “debates” is the entrance of teachers and students through the same gate of the school or through different gates?

The mood was inflamed, so extreme points of view were expressed: from recognizing students as a different social category to discussing their discrimination due to the fact that they do not enter the school at the same gate as the teachers.

“(My) virtual self” (my language was influenced by reading Michna Marutsa’s excellent book “Virtual Identity”, which I recommend off-topic) wins the battle. So I join the “debate” as well. First, I don’t see a problem with teachers and students entering some schools through different gates. Secondly, I don’t see a problem with the fact that in other schools, teachers and students enter the schools through the same gate.

Until that moment, I did not pay attention to the nuances, I did not realize that in one of the educational units where I teach, I enter through the same gate as the students, and in another educational unit my access is facilitated by the teacher’s gate. Because the real stake is that we end up in classrooms, no matter which gate we enter. We may, no doubt, crowd together at the same gate, but be separated by classes. One gate does not solve the problem if our “roads” diverge when we enter the school. It is no less important what we leave the school with, and it is much less important where we go.

There is indeed a real problem when student input is insecure. Then, without a doubt, the safe entry of students into schools is a priority. Regardless of the gateway.

I am not a supporter of irreparable rigidity, building barricades in front of the entrance of teachers, hanging huge posters to limit the access of students. Depending on the situation, yes, students can enter the school through the “teacher’s gate”. However, this debate is broader than it appears at first glance. These aspects also relate to gate symbolism and teacher-student symbolism. relations

The gate also has the meaning of the transition from ignorance to knowledge, from darkness to light, from the profane to the sacred. The gate symbolizes an invitation to another realm. At the same time, the gate symbolizes the entrance to the fundamental space, the place of transformation. In this case, in the environment of transformation through education. By legislatively standardizing two ways of access to school facilities, the symbolism is lost.

The distinction between teacher and student doors, where it exists, should not be interpreted in an upper and lower sense (I agree that those who raise the issue in this way do not really understand their purpose as teachers). But according to the role that each of us plays in the educational act. On the other hand, as long as everyone is interested in ensuring, accordingly, receiving quality education, the “gateway problem” would not exist. -Read the entire article and comment on Contributors.ro