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By Lisa

I fit four of those criteria and I got a job. I am loud, a stutterer, I never look people in the eye, and I live, at present, 45 minutes away from the community. I don't think any of those affected my chances of getting
the job at all, because I was able to communicate my qualifications.
Sure, there is discrimination on some of the listed points. Especially in small town USA. Schools want teachers to look professional, and to many people long hair and piercings can appear unprofessional. That isn't fair, but it doesn't happen everywhere fortunately.
The only way a school can know if a teacher is

prone to profanity is if the person uses profanity in an interview. Would you hire someone who cursed during a professional interview?

As for the other things you've mentioned, I've seen people with almost every quality you mentioned in schools. I had shy and loud teachers, religious and unreligious teachers, coaches and non-coaches, plain and flashy dressers, neighborhood residents and commuters from the country. I see little problems with discrimination here.