Schools encouraged to scrap gendered language like Sir and Miss

https://www.lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/schools/scrap-sir-miss-adopt-gender-neutral-language-schools/

In a lecture organised by the National Education Union (NEU), Dr Elly Banes, chief executive of the Educate & Celebrate charity, said schools should aim to become more gender neutral - a model she said was "working very well" in a lot of schools.

Dr Barnes said teachers should be referred to as "teacher" or "headteacher", followed by their surname.

The advice was not limited to teachers, and ‘head boy’ could be replaced by ‘head pupil’ in future.

If the Tories had the sense to stand up to the onward march of the woke religion on principle they would walk the next election, regardless of partygate.

Up next.... no more Mr or Mrs.

It’s much easier to say sir or Miss,

Teacher surname just sounds a bit clunky.

I think 'Sir' and 'Miss' is old fashioned anyway. We had to use it at our school and I remember thinking it was really odd when I first joined.

Really? We didn’t have to use “Sir” and “Miss” at our school, but everybody did anyway just because a one-syllable word felt much easier than saying “Mr [surname]” etc. every time.

If we were talking about them in the third person we’d normally use just their surname. Or sometimes we’d use their three letter initials e.g. JPD, (Mr Davies), TFC (Mr Cross), especially if it was in writing, but I think that was a tradition quite specific to my school.

Personally I've always just thought teachers should introduce themselves to kids by their first name anyway.

Schools have not been told. Someone of little relevance has suggest it.

But such details should not get in the way of identity politics obsessives and their need for their daily dose of outrage.

Although I’ve always found it a little weird that “Miss” is used to address a person in a position of authority.

In our school, we addressed married female teachers as "Mrs" all the time. I thought that was standard.

The advice was not limited to teachers, and ‘head boy’ could be replaced by ‘head pupil’ in future.

Schools have not been told. Someone of little relevance has suggest it.

But such details should not get in the way of identity politics obsessives and their need for their daily dose of outrage.

Although I’ve always found it a little weird that “Miss” is used to address a person in a position of authority.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/schools/scrap-sir-miss-adopt-gender-neutral-language-schools/

In a lecture organised by the National Education Union (NEU), Dr Elly Banes, chief executive of the Educate & Celebrate charity, said schools should aim to become more gender neutral - a model she said was "working very well" in a lot of schools.

Dr Barnes said teachers should be referred to as "teacher" or "headteacher", followed by their surname.

The advice was not limited to teachers, and ‘head boy’ could be replaced by ‘head pupil’ in future.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/schools/scrap-sir-miss-adopt-gender-neutral-language-schools/

In a lecture organised by the National Education Union (NEU), Dr Elly Banes, chief executive of the Educate & Celebrate charity, said schools should aim to become more gender neutral - a model she said was "working very well" in a lot of schools.

Dr Barnes said teachers should be referred to as "teacher" or "headteacher", followed by their surname.

The advice was not limited to teachers, and ‘head boy’ could be replaced by ‘head pupil’ in future.

I agree - elevating a male to the knighted status of Sir, while degrading the status of a woman to a Miss widens the gender equality gap. Let me explain, in the old days men were seen to be of higher status than women, and among women married women were of higher status than unmarried women (simply because they are married to a man!) So each time you respectfully say 'Sir' to a man, and 'Miss' to a female teacher you are actually exacerbating the problem. Some countries already refer to their teachers as Teacher, irrespective of gender and marital status - as it should be in my opinion. It does not matter if you are married or not, or what gender you are - as long as you can teach your subject.
We see this in everyday practice in our Hospitals, Dr this etc. Nurse, etc. Our police officers are referred to as PO ....
Why should teachers be any different? I would go so far as to say they shouldn't be and indeed, while students are young and impressionable they should be taught the 'correct' titles and the reasons why.
Male Teacher

I agree - elevating a male to the knighted status of Sir, while degrading the status of a woman to a Miss widens the gender equality gap. Let me explain, in the old days men were seen to be of higher status than women, and among women married women were of higher status than unmarried women (simply because they are married to a man!) So each time you respectfully say 'Sir' to a man, and 'Miss' to a female teacher you are actually exacerbating the problem. Some countries already refer to their teachers as Teacher, irrespective of gender and marital status - as it should be in my opinion. It does not matter if you are married or not, or what gender you are - as long as you can teach your subject.
We see this in everyday practice in our Hospitals, Dr this etc. Nurse, etc. Our police officers are referred to as PO ....
Why should teachers be any different? I would go so far as to say they shouldn't be and indeed, while students are young and impressionable they should be taught the 'correct' titles and the reasons why.
Male Teacher

Isn't bad that students won't know the correct gender of their teachers? This could have unforeseen consequences later in life.

Students will know the teachers' sex because you can still tell visually whether someone's male or female and I guarantee that '''sir'' and ''miss'' will continue to be used.