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I feel that whenever I tell people that I want to teach, I get this automatic look of disdain, it's really frustrating especially since I am looking to teach in an urban setting & w/ young kids. Since I'm an English major, a lot of people assume that teaching is what I'll ultimately do w/ my degree. However, unlike a lot of my fellow colleagues majoring in English, they don't want to teach at all!
So basically, are teachers respected or not in your humble opinion of course?
I guess I don't know what it's like to NOT respect teachers.
Agreed!
From a recent e-mail:
WHAT TEACHERS MAKE
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One
man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued,
"What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option
in life was to become a teacher?"
He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers:
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."
To stress his point he said to another guest; "You're a teacher, Susan.
Be honest. What do you make?"
Susan, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied, "You
want to know what I make?
"I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I make a
C+ feel like the winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. I make
kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence.
"You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder.
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them show all their work in math and perfect their final
drafts in English.
I make them understand that if you have the brains, and follow
your heart, and if someone ever tries to judge you by what
you make, you must pay no attention because they just didn't
learn."
As for that old saying, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."...it's BS, folks. People don't become teachers because they've failed....they become teachers so they can make a difference.
I think many people have a natural sort of disdain for teachers that is based largely from their experiences in the public school system.
I disagree. I've never met anyone who hated me because of my profession as a teacher until I came here on C-D. I, like most people, have had great teachers and not so great teachers. This never made me hate them, even before I decided to become a teacher.
Maybe if teachers stopped complaining about not being respected and stopped asking questions about why they aren't respected the public would stop debating it as a question. Sorta makes you wonder about a profession that is so worried about being loved. Could make one wonder if teaching attracts individuals who have a deep seated need to be loved and feel wanted.
As for that old saying, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."...it's BS, folks. People don't become teachers because they've failed....they become teachers so they can make a difference.
The question is are students going into education because they were unable to get into a college and program that was their first choice?
The question is are students going into education because they were unable to get into a college and program that was their first choice?
Tough one to answer but I'm sure if you looked at some case-by-case there are surely some that seem to fit that description. "I couldn't be a doctor or lawyer so I just decided to go into elemetary ed."
BUT
I know some people do go to school with the intentions of becoming a teacher...as a first choice. My cousin really wanted to be a special ed teacher....so she went to school for it, got a masters degree, and that's what she does today.
[quote=drjones96;8575936]Tough one to answer but I'm sure if you looked at some case-by-case there are surely some that seem to fit that description. "I couldn't be a doctor or lawyer so I just decided to go into elemetary ed."
Here's my case: I could have been a doctor or a lawyer, but I decided to be a teacher.
Despite the bad apples you see in the news, a lot of us are pretty sharp. There's just a tendency to focus on the negative.
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