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  1. It isn’t easy to have & display a constant respect for a large group of teenagers. After over 12 years in the classroom, I’ve come to the conclusion that that’s one of the main reasons why teaching isn’t an easy job. But if you can’t understand that your role is to be the one person in the class who follows this rule, then maybe (just maybe) this isn’t the job for you.

    But I should also say that taking that to extreme (to the point where the investigators come and you lose your job for uttering one singular word) isn’t the correct path either.

    • I completely agree with you in that if a teacher is not willing to be the only one who follows the Golden Rule, then teaching might not be for him/her. I also understand that teachers are human beings and that there can be a moment of frustration when their students are unruly and I do not think that is a basis for having a teacher under investigation. However, when a teacher constantly insults, degrades, yells, or targets their students for something trivial, which does not necessarily mean student misbehavior, then that should be investigated because it is occurring constantly and arbitrarily.

  2. Thank you so much for this! We are Atheists and my son is in Boy Scouts. He has to complete a “Duty to God” assignment from his Handbook. One of them is to choose a prayer or meditation to share with the group. So we chose the Golden Rule and I printed out this poster for him to show that it applies to many different religions around the world. Thanks again!

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