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Jennifer Smith wrote:
I teach martial arts in public schools, so stuff comes up all the time. It would appear that public schools have a little better handle on this topic than some dojo that I am aware of and so I would refer you all to a good page I found online that kind of sums up 'relationships' with students.
Keep in mind that this is from a College, and greater care could be offered for younger age groups.
Go to: http://ctl.unc.edu/tac.html
then go down to The Teacher Student Relationship heading and click.
This is the professional satndard.
I'll search for a link to another page that outlines students rights in a way that would benefit the structure of some dojo and their difficulties with power inequities and personal issues that cloud basic professionalism.
Thanks, Lori, for starting this productive response.
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Jennifer:
Thanks for the great link. I'm sitting here struggling with getting all my thoughts on paper for future discussion in our dojo and that link provided a great deal of structure that made it a lot easier. Good stuff.