why?
2007-01-25 07:44:27 · 6 answers · asked by Paqy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I am starting my grad program this summer for adolescent education (high school) and I can't wait to get started. I went back to college at 28 to finish my bachelors in Biology. I decided to become a teacher after tutoring the subject. I really felt like I had accomplished something when my "students" were actually understanding what I was teaching them. Of course, the 186 days of work a year and the summer off doesn't hurt, but I can tell you, teachers do NOT do it for the money.
And the first smart @ss comment about getting tenure and then not doing anything is bull. Teachers are required to have a certain percentage of their students pass state assessment tests. The 'No Child Left Behind" act's accountability provisions declares that the states must describe how they will close the achievement gap and make sure all students, including those who are disadvantaged, achieve academic proficiency. This responsibility is placed soley on the teacher's shoulders. And speaking of the teachers, the Federal Government is placing serious with holdings of federal funding if state education departments are not ensuring that their school districts are staffed with QUALIFIED teachers. This means a teacher now has to hold a degree in the subject content that they are teaching.
All this means that teachers have not the responsibility, but the privilege of educating today's youth and ushering generation after generation into the future.
2007-01-25 11:56:04 · answer #1 · answered by faithy_q_t_poo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't let anyone give you their opinion until they themselves have been a teacher! I have taught for 7 years and it is extremely difficult if you want to be a GOOD teacher. Sure there are lame and lazy teachers out there but I doubt they feel very rewarded when they go home.
Don't expect to be rich and prepare for ignorant people's opinions of you and your choice of career.
It's harder than I ever thought it would be but I love it at the same time.
2007-01-25 19:59:34 · answer #2 · answered by jojo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be better to be a good teacher. Teachers have the ability to touch the lives and shape the minds of our young people. Children are our future.
2007-01-25 15:58:19 · answer #3 · answered by margarita 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on your personality and the type of work you like to do. You need to be social. You need to be pretty good at managing people (aka making them behave). You need to be pretty good at a subject area, especially in the upper grades. At first it will be tons of work, but it will get easier each year.
The money and benefits are good (in my opinion). I've been teaching for 7 years and I like it. I think the rewards outweigh the drawbacks. I'd recommend a good district-- I can't imagine myself in a "tough" school.
2007-01-25 17:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by TumbleTim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been teaching 7 years and I am BURNED OUT!! Although I teach in a high risk area with a lot of fights, bomb threats and crowd control issues. I am rethinking my decision.
2007-01-25 16:08:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, Tenure sounds like its pretty awesome.... you work a few years, then you can't get fired, for pretty much anything. You really don't have to work hard or anything... just look at some of the brainless meatsacks they call students running around, theres your proof.
2007-01-25 15:57:18 · answer #6 · answered by sm177y 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋