what so good about being a teacher?

Question

Im a junior in college majoring in elementary education. I choose my major becuase i love children. And because it gives me the chance to shape childrens minds so they can have a positive attitude towards life. however when compared to my boyfriends profession of being a Neurosurgeon... me being a teacher pales in comparison. He saves peoples lives on a daily basis. And sometimes i feel like being a teacher isnt as noble as it used to be. Is it still a noble job?

Answer 1

I think I just answered one of your other questions.
Of course teaching is still a noble job. I think people tend to think that doctors, lawyers, professional athletes and actors have noble jobs because they are credited for saving lives, winning major court cases, winning the big game and making a big blockbuster movie. It's sad but teaching as been taken out of the spotlight because number one, most teachers are underpaid. Number 2, teachers receive lots of negative remarks when students test scores are low and number 3, it does not seem glamorous as a job.
Your boyfriend's profession seems highly noble and it is but I think it may seem that way because doctor's receive a large paycheck while teachers and educators receive very little of a paycheck.
I don't think you being a teacher compared to your boyfriend being a surgeon pales in comparrison. You both are going to be doing something great with your lives. I wouldn't let it get you down. You are going to be a teacher and do you realize how much responsibility and power you will have as a teacher? The children are going to look up to you as a role model and that is a very noble thing.

To answer your question about what is good about being a teacher? The children. And I think you answered that for yourself when you wrote that you chose this major because you love children and you want the chance to shape children's minds so they can have a positive attitude towards life!

Good luck. I know you are going to be great. Don't worry!

Answer 2

Well, I've been a teacher for 15 years, and could get up on a soap box and go an and on, but I won't. Let me be frank and simple here:

Yes, teaching is a noble profession--you will touch and alter human lives every day. You want a job that "makes a difference"? Then teaching the number 1 job at the top of the list. Keep the national statistics in mind--we NEED good teachers. We're still losing people to other professions or to administration (within schools) and kids are suffering as a result. Your husband is a neurosurgeon? That's great...I used to do research work at NASA, now I'm a high school (& college) science instructor--and I wouldn't trade it. Like all professions there are benefits and pit-falls, good days and real bone crunchers, but that's okay...that's just life. Focus on WHY you're becoming a teacher and you'll never regret, nor feel "inferior" to anyone on the planet. (Let them try to do what YOU do for a living and see how they manage!)

Best of luck to you!

Answer 3

I will be starting my 7th year of teaching 5th grade this upcoming school year and the reason I did it is exactly the reason you are...because you love children. Being a teacher is a noble profession. You will be making a difference in many children's lives. You will understand this even more once you have your own classroom. When you have parents come up to you, or write you letters, stating that you are the best teacher their child has ever had; or that you have made such a difference in their child's life. Those are the days that you know you made the right decisions on what to do with your life.

Your boyfriend is going to be a neurosurgeon and that is great. He will be helping save lives while you will be helping build lives of our future. Good luck with your schooling and stick with it...we need more teachers out there like you that do it for the love of the kids.

Answer 4

It is a vey noble job. We are kind of in the same situation I work for a Neurology office full time, but I am going to school for teaching. I am not saying all doctors are like this, but I have seen some that are only focused on making money, well with teaching we know that can't be the reason. It is a genuine passion that you must have.

The doctors that I work for are great people and I see the results with the patients but at the same time the doctors are worked so hard, they really deserve every penny they make. When they ask me what am I going to school for and I say teaching, they say great we need more of those around.

So I guess to answer your question, teaching is still a noble job. Can't you just imagine those little faces looking at you. :) You will do just fine.

Answer 5

Of course, teaching is the noblest job ,my dear. What is it that makes a good professional, or perhaps to be more specific, 'a neurosurgeon' ,if u say so? It is the values and the knowledge that are imbibed in a person in his school days. It is the noble deeds of a teacher that help a person shape his future.
So cheer up and be proud of being a part of the "human resource development programme" of the country. You should not see yourself in contrast to ur boyfriend's profession.Be proud that u are a member of that part of the population, that is responsible for the success of zillions of people in their life(that goes for ur boyfriend too).
Hope that now u sense the great responsibility on u as a teacher.Go ahead and enjoy every moment of it!

Answer 6

Think of it like this...your boyfriend would never have been able to be a neurosurgeon if he didn't have people to teach him how to become one! It doesn't pale in comparison. I have been a teacher for 11 years. It is still amazing when kids come back and tell you how great you were, and how they used what you've taught them. Sometimes, you are looked very highly at, and sometimes not...every job has its days. I am proud to say that I teach children. Good luck to you!