Teachers Should Be Able To Separate Religion From Class

School is supposed to be a nurturing environment, solely focusing on education and skills for the future. A teacher bringing their own religion into their classroom is not necessary for this, nor wanted. Teachers are grown adults, and as such they should be able to separate their own life and beliefs from the subject that they are teaching. Of course, if it's relevant to a conversation or a certain topic it's fine, but you shouldn’t be hearing your teacher talk about their religion in the middle of math class. 

              Teachers should be able to be mindful of the fact that not everyone follows their religion, and be respectful enough to not bring their own beliefs into class, given the fact that it could make some students uncomfortable. As well as the fact that it is simply not necessary; teachers should be able to explain perfectly well the point they're getting to without bringing their religion into the equation. A teacher talking about their religion might even make the classroom feel unsafe for some kids, or make them feel unaccepted. A student should be free to have their own beliefs and not have them be diminished, in a way, by their teacher. 

            It should also be taken into consideration that some aspects of a teacher's religion might not match with a student's. For example, if a teacher can’t separate religion from their class and the beliefs in their religion are, for example, against LGBTQ+, that may affect the way that the teacher treats the student, and hence affect the student themselves and their learning experience. If a teacher is constantly bringing up their religion in class when it doesn’t need to be, it could make some students who don't agree with the religion lose respect for the teacher since they’re not being mindful of the fact that some people don't believe the same thing. 

            A classroom should be a place where a student can feel safe, so they can focus solely on their education, and the last thing that the school should want is to make a student uncomfortable with a teacher and with their class. A lot of other kids have their own religion, and might believe in another God. Religion is already embedded in every student's day life, even if they don’t have any themselves, in things like The Pledge of Allegiance, basic expressions, songs, and signs around school. This is all fine, but they don’t need a teacher coming in and talking about their own beliefs in class. 

        If a student walks up to a teacher with a question about their religion and beliefs it's obviously fine if they respond, given the fact that the conversation could be educational and informative, but a teacher shouldn’t be shouting out their beliefs in the middle of a lecture. Going back to my first example, if you're in the middle of math class your teacher is trying to explain something in trigonometry they shouldn’t say something like “and this is why I believe in God..” or “may God be with you” before a quiz is just unnecessary and potentially harmful. 

         A teacher is completely free to follow their own religion, but bringing it into class is unprofessional and can prove to be quite harmful to some students. Teachers should be able to be unbiased and open minded to fragile topics like these.