I am majoring in education and i'm taking a class where most of the people in there are business majors. They seem more down to earth. Does anyone agree with me, or is it just bad luck or just generalizing??
2006-11-21 12:15:28 · 4 answers · asked by james w 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I have not experienced that to be true. Maybe you should change direction.
2006-11-21 12:17:56 · answer #1 · answered by Mikki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have posed a very interesting thought. I have always loved education - even as a child. I wanted to learn. I believed that education was the way. As I became 'more educated - high school, college - etc., I found that the classroom only presented a certain 'side' of the coin. It was the teachers who had 'been in the world - doing other than 'teach" that brought joy and light to the class! I learned this to be true even more after I progressed through all the methods classes and courses I needed to 'get that degree in education". I quickly found the true test was not only in the classroom - but when I stopped teaching and started living in the real world - working in other businesses such as(Reposession, Remarketing, Insurance, Manufacturing, Health, Funeral Services, traveling, teaching Immigrant adults to read, counseling, music, dance, drama, acting, performing, speech, technical writing) I found that THESE AREAS are what gave me the experience that I really needed to 'TEACH". Now - I had something to teach. I had been living in the world and building upon my life and now I had these students in front of me, with big ideas, some with no ideas, parents in jail, depressed, problems, all kinds of things that the actual world had taught me. Now, I had something to teach. Now, I could read poetry to them and it made sense. So, I believe that education within itself can be overrated. The folks who really matter are the ones in the trenches - the classrooms - dealing with the students who have behavioral problems, but who are quick witted and may have a photograhical memory, a student who has no one at home who believes in him, but who can come to school and the teacher is always there - ready to to listen to his every story. Yes, sometimes, the folks in the world who have proven themselves other jobs I believe can be the best teachers. I'll never forget when my principal asked me if I would like to consider "upper management" in other words - principal -and I could not tell her NO fast enough! My job is in the classroom. I can reach, and teach, love and support, be myself and get the respect earned and deserved from my students.
2006-11-21 12:30:33 · answer #2 · answered by THE SINGER 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're talking to one right here. I think you are generalizing. Perhaps it is your particular school that that department has an attitude problem?
2006-11-21 12:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Teachers are the salt of the Earth.
2006-11-21 12:18:54 · answer #4 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋