Me: so I think I am going to be a teacher, there are way too many illiterate geniuses out there who deserve to be taught
Friend: wtf why on earth would you want to be a teacher? that’s so…like no one cares about teachers & you barely get paid compared to doctors or lawyers & you’re not given any respect.
Me: …..
although what she said REALLY infuriated me, she is right. No one thinks of teaching as a profession that requires talent, people take it for granted. Like “oh well if I suck at everything, I can always be a teacher”. NO YOU CAN’T!! Teaching requires talent. Just because you’re good at something doesn’t mean you can teach. Teaching is an art, it’s being able to adjust your mental capability well. You have to deal with people who absolutely suck at that particular thing and go down to their level and help them rise. And you have to justify/answer the people who are really sharp and will come up with maybe college level questions at junior high/high school level. You have to create an equilibrium in your class. But most importantly you have to educate. A concept neglected by teachers. Oh this test is an easy 100, wtf are you teaching then? We are forced to play the GPA game BY the teachers. Very few teachers actually try. Very few teachers actually care about their students and whether they understand something or not.
“Oh this will be on the AP test you need to know this”
have you ever heard an AP teacher say
“you need to know this because it’s a genius idea or perspective or whatever”
you blame our generation for being too competitive, well who inclined us that way? You may not realize this but a teacher has a lot of influence on a persons character. Gambling for grades is basically like saying we should do whatever we can to get money & power in life[grades in class]. So ‘teachers’ are basically ‘teaching’ us to be corrupt in order to prevent corruption. Oh yes, that’s definitely going to work. We definitely have a bright future ahead. Thanks a lot ‘teachers’ we owe it all to you.
