Irish Teacher: It's okay to break school rules when it means helping a child learn 

"I’ve asked why schools don’t adapt their behaviour policies for autistic children with regulation difficulties, let’s say. I always get the same response: 'it’s discriminatory to have one rule for one child and a different rule for another'"

Jennifer Horgan. Pic: Larry Cummins

I endured a fellow teacher explaining how boys and girls learn differently on the radio last week. He made the claim that this difference is a good enough reason to separate them.

His "boys are just rougher" and "girls are more emotional" schtick is abhorrent to me. Boys will be aggressive if you tell them it’s in their bones. Similarly, girls will shoulder disproportionate caring responsibilities if bombarded with pink merchandise about kindness from infancy.