I wonder, I wonder, and I still wonder ...
I wonder, I wonder, and I still wonder ...
We had Covenant Kindergarten morning during the service today. Over the years, the kindergarten has been doing marvelous work amongst those in our community, and like Rev TKL said, he's glad that most of the kids from our kindergarten are not our own members' children, but rather from the community.
When the staff of the kindergarten were introduced (there are about 20 staff, inclusive of 5 cooks), not surprisingly, we saw almost an entire pool of women. And that really makes me wonder (again) ...
If you've taken notice about those who volunteered their services in the Sunday School (or a lot of churches now calls it Church School), it is not surprising to find a great number of woman within that ministry. In fact, as I recall those years when I was heading the Sunday School, the figures were about as follow:-
Kindergarten department (catering to age 2 to 6 years old) - 100% female teachers (37 teachers in 2 sessions)
Junior department (catering to age 7 to 12 years old) - 76% female teachers, 24% male teachers (43 teachers in 2 sessions)
Senior department (catering to age 13 onwards to those in tertiary education) - 41% female teachers and 59% male teachers (29 teachers in 2 sessions)
What causes this kind of "trend" - in that the younger age group seems to "attract" more female, and as the age of the children increases, we see more male figure. Shouldn't there be a balance of both male and female role models in each of this age groups? I'm still scratching my head to find an answer ...
We had Covenant Kindergarten morning during the service today. Over the years, the kindergarten has been doing marvelous work amongst those in our community, and like Rev TKL said, he's glad that most of the kids from our kindergarten are not our own members' children, but rather from the community.
When the staff of the kindergarten were introduced (there are about 20 staff, inclusive of 5 cooks), not surprisingly, we saw almost an entire pool of women. And that really makes me wonder (again) ...
If you've taken notice about those who volunteered their services in the Sunday School (or a lot of churches now calls it Church School), it is not surprising to find a great number of woman within that ministry. In fact, as I recall those years when I was heading the Sunday School, the figures were about as follow:-
Kindergarten department (catering to age 2 to 6 years old) - 100% female teachers (37 teachers in 2 sessions)
Junior department (catering to age 7 to 12 years old) - 76% female teachers, 24% male teachers (43 teachers in 2 sessions)
Senior department (catering to age 13 onwards to those in tertiary education) - 41% female teachers and 59% male teachers (29 teachers in 2 sessions)
What causes this kind of "trend" - in that the younger age group seems to "attract" more female, and as the age of the children increases, we see more male figure. Shouldn't there be a balance of both male and female role models in each of this age groups? I'm still scratching my head to find an answer ...
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