Any experience sharing/ advice?
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Any experience sharing/ advice?
Is it a normal practice for the schools to ask about your medical history for major disease and attendance record during the application? There was one school asked to fill a form claiming for child production purpose, but I don’t understand why they want or should know inquiry about once previous disease if no longer current. Any experience sharing/ advice on that? Thanks.
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Its normal for some ISs, more so BSs. There was a time not that long ago where if you had an absence (just one, or more than one) you were deemed a poor choice in UK DSs/ISs and a lot of leadership with that mentality is still around. They really want you there every single day, regardless of what that means to you or your health, and dont even think, much less whisper 'mental health day'. That will bin your resume so fast it might catch fire.
Strictly speaking, from a biological position, without knowing the disease, if you contracted it at one time you might have a higher incidence of being a carrier, and in a student population thats susceptible, it might be a risk the IS doesnt want to take. It could also be their insurance carrier, or a regulatory preclusion. China still has some issues with Tb, and thats before getting to the issue of HIV in a lot of places.
You basically have three choices:
1) You can disclose and hand off whatever decision making control you had to the IS. They could be fine about it now, or less concerned, only to find out for some reason the IS wants to dismiss you and they resurrect it as a means to terminate your contract. Assuming they just dont ghost you.
2) You can obfuscate it, and not disclose, but be weary of where your doing this, as some regions have very poor medical and health privacy laws. You'd be surprises just how little is protected, and how little recourse there is for a violation. The negative of course is that any false or misleading or misinformation (regardless of its irrelevancy) is in most cases all an IS needs to dismiss you for cause.
3) Move on to another IS. If you dont like what an IS is asking, or how they are asking, just hit the delete button/swipe left and move on to the next IS.
Strictly speaking, from a biological position, without knowing the disease, if you contracted it at one time you might have a higher incidence of being a carrier, and in a student population thats susceptible, it might be a risk the IS doesnt want to take. It could also be their insurance carrier, or a regulatory preclusion. China still has some issues with Tb, and thats before getting to the issue of HIV in a lot of places.
You basically have three choices:
1) You can disclose and hand off whatever decision making control you had to the IS. They could be fine about it now, or less concerned, only to find out for some reason the IS wants to dismiss you and they resurrect it as a means to terminate your contract. Assuming they just dont ghost you.
2) You can obfuscate it, and not disclose, but be weary of where your doing this, as some regions have very poor medical and health privacy laws. You'd be surprises just how little is protected, and how little recourse there is for a violation. The negative of course is that any false or misleading or misinformation (regardless of its irrelevancy) is in most cases all an IS needs to dismiss you for cause.
3) Move on to another IS. If you dont like what an IS is asking, or how they are asking, just hit the delete button/swipe left and move on to the next IS.
Re: Any experience sharing/ advice?
It’s still unsettling to think a past medical issue, especially one that’s no longer current or contagious, could be used against someone, whether overtly or quietly during a review. I get there might be insurance or regulatory angles in certain countries, but it still feels like overreach in many cases.
Re: Any experience sharing/ advice?
One (potentially major) part of it is health insurance. A new teacher coming in who had cancer two years ago could result in an increase in the overall charge to the school for insurance, while one who had cancer ten or 20 years ago may not. While one teacher with a pre-existing condition is unlikely to increase costs significantly, having several may do so.
There is also the issue which psyguy points out of some diseases which mean you can't get a visa - HIV being one of the biggest (that includes China, Malaysia and much of the ME, the reasons for which you can probably guess.)
There is also the issue which psyguy points out of some diseases which mean you can't get a visa - HIV being one of the biggest (that includes China, Malaysia and much of the ME, the reasons for which you can probably guess.)