Today 3:23 pm
Some teachers put up with the same **** different year because once in a while there's the bright spark that passes through. The one kid has the light click on and the teacher made the connection. I heard that logic (paraphrased here) from a teacher.Skans » Today, 1:47 pm » wrote: ↑ Yeah, but that doesn't get to the driving reason a college-bound kid decides to get a degree and certificate to pursue a career in education.
For me, the thought of regurgitating basic math formulas or even discussing the same old basic literature day after day with snotty middle school or high school kids who just want to know the answers for the test - freaking shoot me now! As a teacher, if they piss me off, I can't verbally go off on them like a 1960's drill sergeant. I can't kick, punch or beat 'em with a baseball bat. They get to F- with the teach all they want, and then you have to be like this guy....
That's about how I remember my middle school and high school teachers, except for one or two. Well, a couple of them did kick smart-asses. But, for the most part, they were mindnumblingly apathetic. So, I just had to wonder what went through that person's head when he/she said "yeah, I'm going to spend a bunch of time, money and mental gymnastics to become a teacher. Why?
Is it worth running into the burning orphanage to save only one of sixty kids?
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.
I like the very things you hate.