Question And Answer Based On Assessment Answer

Answer2

No, I do not think that Mrs. Pettit behavior was unprofessional or immoral. As we have discussed in the first question that every individual has private as well as professional life and no one should interfere in the private life of any individual. Every individual should have right to privacy. What an individual is doing in his or her private life should be based on his or her choice. The people should be free to do whatever they want to do. Mrs. Pettit went to a private club, and none of her students was there. Due to this act, her professional life was not affected. She also did not lose the teaching time. She did not expose her act in a public place. So, her behavior cannot be termed as unprofessional or immoral. 
As far as her ability to teach is concerned, she was very dedicated and focused teacher. She was working with the disabled children, which requires lots of patients as well as dedication. She was performing her duty with honesty. So, it is saying that she was not fit to teach is not right. She was fit to continue teaching. 

Answer3

Teachers shape and build the future of the nation. They not only provide education to the students but also shape the attitudes, values, beliefs, and personality of the students. They influence the behavior of the students (Zajda, 2015). So, it is necessary for the teachers to demonstrate high moral standard inside the classroom as well as the outside the classroom. But it is not necessary for only those teachers whose performance is higher in the classroom. It is the responsibility of all the teachers to demonstrate the high moral standard inside as well as outside the classroom. But one thing should also be kept in mind that teachers also have their personal life, and there would be some ups and downs in their personal life. So, the people should not interfere in their personal life. What they are doing in their personal life and their act is not influencing their professional life they should be free to do whatever they are doing (Thomas et al., 2015). Therefore, if the teachers have high performance in the classroom, they should not be held to a higher moral standard outside the classroom. However, it is their duty to not to involve in any misconduct in professional life as well as in private life which has a direct impact on their professional life.

Answer 4

The following are the unprofessional and immoral behavior of a teacher according to my perspective. First, if a teacher is not treating the entire students equally and giving priority to some of the students or favoring some of the students is unprofessional and immoral conduct. A teacher must treat all the students equally because they influence the behavior of the students. Second, if a teacher is helping out the students in exams or providing reading materials to the students during the exam is also unprofessional and immoral conduct.  Third, showing disrespectful behavior in the professional life and also in private life which can directly impact the professional life is also unprofessional and immoral conduct. Fourth, if the teacher is discriminating among the students based on race, caste, religion, demographics, gender, and language it is also unprofessional and immoral conduct. Fifth, if the teacher is not fulfilling his responsibility with honesty, it is also unprofessional and immoral conduct.

Conclusion

Every individual irrespective of the profession has a professional and personal life. The choice and lifestyle of every individual could not be same and therefore, what one is doing in his or her private life should not be questioned until and unless his or her act is affecting directly his/her professional life. There should be right to privacy for all the individuals. In the same way, Mrs. Pettit should have right to privacy, and her personal life should not interfere. What she is doing in her personal life she should be allowed to do that until her teaching is getting affected. Her ability and fitness to teach should not judge by her personal life.

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