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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I am not a teacher. So to talk about what teachers are taught is not my job. Also I am sure teachers in different areas learn to adjust if they work in different types of schools. I know that an inner-city area is treated a little different than an affluent suburb where everyone in the parking lot has a high-end car. There are also standards that are different from a private Catholic school as compared to a public school in the same area. Did you see the Charlie Weis piece on 60 Minutes a few weeks ago?
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No - but that doesn't change what is appropriate for a teacher to say. What is accepted (what would raise eyebrows, get someone fired, etc) may change from place to place, but in no case would it be consdered appropriate.
Also, the role of the coach is that of a teacher. That is how high school sports are set up. They don't have to attend college to become a high school (or grade school) coach. But they are expected to run their sport as an extention of the classroom.
Someone else said that you don't have the same climate as you do in a classroom in a game. That is correct - but it doesn't change the fact that it is supposed to be an extention of the classroom - not exactly like, but definitely not somewhere that obscenity or profanity is acceptable for adults to use around or toward children.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I bet if I used a few slang words you might not have any idea what they mean. The only reason you would not say they were obscene or profane is because you would not know what they were.
BTW, the coach I was talking about has used profanity before in games I have officiated. I do not recall that he was ever suspended for those words, but he was suspended for his comments that were seen very insensitive to those victims of the Holocaust.
Peace
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Often, even though they are supposed to be held to the same standards, that kind of behavior is tolerated, even accepted, by football coaches, some basketball coaches, etc (Bobby Knight, for example).
It is possible that I would not know what they mean, and so I would be unable to address that situation. That doesn't make saying them right - it just means I can't enforce the rules because I don't know everything. Again, a case of hidden meaning.