--- Darlene Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes tango dancers overstep their bounds... > sometimes it's exacerbated because the situation involves > an INSTRUCTOR, which damages the reputation of the entire > community.
Darlene, While I completely understand where you're coming from and I agree that those who feel that they've been abused should speak up, we differ on WHO needs to be informed. As an instructor, I keep the same policy that school teachers take, i.e., I don't share a student's grade, concerns, or contact info with the public. Other teachers I may inform on a need-to-know basis. However, given the fact that only the two people involved know what happened, is it really fair for them to be judged by others who aren't privy to this same information? Although we often think of tango communities as families, there's a point in which it needs to be looked at it professionally from a liability standpoint. Another way of thinking about it is if one employee informed their supervisor about sexual harassment of another employee to his/her management, would you expect the supervisor to go around telling everyone else about the incident? It is a difficult issue. Sometimes it's a case of people not being able to set boundaries. Sometimes it's a case of people not respecting other's boundaries. With more experienced dancers, it can get rather murky. For teachers and community leaders, I think the question would be "What would an accredited college do?" Trini de Pittsburgh PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
