princessaldrea
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In addition to the bi joke, I couldn't believe they had Clara just tell her class that she made out with an author who died two hundred years ago. It isn't appropriate for a teacher to be telling her students that kind of personal information and do they know she's a time traveler? What does anyone think about the fact she's a normal teacher who goes off and gets summoned by the government now?
I imagine they thought she was joking, but if she ditched class to go the government then she isn’t a very responsible teacher. I’m amazed she still has a job. The government is really harsh with teachers, I doubt jetting off to hang out with an alien every week would be a good idea.
Aside from kissing Jane Austen though, it can be a very good thing for a non-straight teacher to be open about their sexuality with their pupils (here’s an article about a lesbian teacher), but a lot of teachers face a lot of homophobia and can’t come out. So if Clara had a relationship with a woman, it would be a different matter and not inappropriate at all, but sadly Moffat didn’t go down that route.
- C