hi, some of u may know that im a male kindergarten teacher from kuala lumpur, malaysia. my question is why some kindergartens (mostly all kindys) cant or wont hire male? please read it! it may sounds interesting after u read it! when i was unemployed, i called several calls from the kindergarents that wants to hire a teacher but as soon as i called, they said something that hurted me like "we cant hire male", "we wont hire male", "oh,so u the one who wants to become the teacher? sorry, we cant hire male worker" etc. AND the worse one is "we cant hire male . cause male dont have the love and care that a female can give to children!" whoa! thats just hurted me so much! after a few weeks, i saw a vacancy to hire a kindy teacher but i gave up cause i think they wont hire me like the previous one. but suddenly,a wind just blew me and i just changed my mind and called the kindy and the principal would like to meet me in person. so i went there and he said to me, "whoa! after hearing what u had said, u are quite impressed me! u love children a lot and u love teaching a lot too. i can see that u are a responsible and hardworking type of person. i hired a few teachers before (all females) and they just quite after a few months! i believe that u can work even longer!" i was like, "omg"! this is something that i wont expect a principal would told me but i was happy and im still happy right now. so, back to the question. why do u think some of the kindergartens or principals wont hire male? and what u think of it? a former male teacher (a year) a current male kindergarten teacher ( a year)
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Here in the USA, it is illegal to discriminate against origin, or for any other reason. Everyone has a chance. It is wrong what they did to you. I'm glad you found at least one principal who gave you a chance. :-) I'm not sure how it is in your Country, but perhaps the people over there are just scared of the unfamiliar. May be it's out of the norm for a 'male' kindergarten teacher? It's hard to say since I don't live there. It is definitely not right how those other schools treated you and discriminated against you because you're male. And a man can give just as much nurturing to a child as a woman can! So never give up with what you are passionate about! You will always encounter idiots like those others, that's just a part of this lifetime, sad but true; but never give up! :-)
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u have the answer before "we cant hire male . cause male don't have the love and care that a female can give to children!" ya, thats basically the reason. i believe in it also and because we look men as a tough guy or they rarely care most or they less sensitive or caring than a woman. if it were me, i'm wondering does a man know how to take care of kids, because in all condition, basically its all left to the woman. and it is a nature for woman to have those caring and loving personality without being harsh to other, i mean kids because we saw woman as a soft hearted person but its differ from man. we see man as a tough person and not dealing with this kind of thing like emotional thing, caring, loving because man hardly show it. but one clear thing is, it is about the perception of Malaysian. the Malaysian is still narrow minded, think that everything should stick like that forever without having changes. They think that a woman job cant be done by a man..but hey, u did it ^_^
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As a mom, I wouldn't want a male teacher taking my daughter to the toilet and clean her after she poops. Or help her dress up for concerts. Not discriminating against male teachers, but just being extremely cautious in this day and age of rampant sex crimes.
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Society stereotyping that females are kinder and more caring.
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Hi. I'm sorry you went through all that gender discrimination crap. I guess it's the same with some other professions. For example, if a guy were to be a nurse, people might feel that he's a sissy, and when he attends to a female patient, he will need a chaperon. Anyway, I'm glad you finally got what you wanted, but my main reason for replying to you is that I can't help but being concern about your teaching qualification. I mean, boy, you need to improve on your English. Hurted??? What is that? I'm sorry if I've offended you. Usually I don't really mind, but you're a teacher, so I kind of have a higher expectation. I won't want my kid to be your student. Please take this as a constructive criticism. Good Luck!
