Like people with 2.2s, third classes and arts degrees?
2007-10-14 05:06:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
At most unis the less capable students choose to do an arts degree because they view it as an easy option. That's why they can't get real jobs and end up teaching. Not by choice most times.
2007-10-14 05:39:44 · update #1
pixie: I am glad you won't become a teacher as you are semiliterate. Don't put apostrophes in plurals, it makes you look uneducated. How could you get into uni? You should have learnt this at primary school. I despair.
2007-10-15 05:41:10 · update #2
Those who can't, teach ;-) It's for folk who don't know what else to do!
2007-10-14 05:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
No, no , no and no!!!! Some people have 2:1 degree's and still go into teaching. I dont know where you got this notion from, but its a very inaccurate one.
Some people have very good degree's and decide that they would rather not study a master's degree. Other people do decide to do a masters and then a phD. Its entirely up to the individual as to how they choose to use their degree.
Teaching is a demanding subject. For some, its a vocation; something they have always wanted to do ever since childhood. Teachers are highly respected people and it can be a very rewarding career.
I am studying an English Literature and Language degree and that is by no means easy. Getting a 2:2 for an english degree is something to be proud of, as it is one the hardest degree's going.
I might not get a first or even a 2:1, but i will be happy with a 2:2, and im not thinking of going into teaching.
2007-10-15 11:58:46 · answer #2 · answered by sarah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rather a sneer of a question and in fact a slight on people who do a very difficult job with very little real support from, parents local authorities or government.
Incidental a 2.2 is an average degree and it is the use it is put to that counts and at rs degrees often have applications elsewhere outside the Arts. A degree is a best only an indication of possible ability
2007-10-14 12:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by Scouse 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they are better at teaching than they are at studying. I've been teaching since I was 17 and only had one failure in nearly forty years. I don't have a degree at all. However, I am very clever, I do hold a teaching qualification for the over 16s and I do teach every day, but not in a formal classroom. I have been told I'm an excellent teacher and give clear instructions and pointers to the trainee.
I'm going to do my degree next. But I don't think it will matter what my pass mark is, its skill that counts and ability to hold a class while you impart information to them that really matters.
2007-10-14 12:25:50 · answer #4 · answered by YveyK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the middle of my coursework for a teaching degree, which I can assure you is NOT rubbish! After 18 years of being a para, I'm going into teaching for the sheer love of working with kids. That light that suddenly shines when a less than average student gets it; nothing in the world can top how it makes me feel.
Most of the time I've spent in college has also been spent working full time and raising a house of teenagers. I have straight A's, am a member in two honor societies, and a scrap book full of college awards and scholarship letters. My program is not an easy one to get into and the work is challenging; village idiots need not apply.
2007-10-14 12:51:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm in the process of getting a degree because I want to teach. I'm heading for a very comfortable 2:1, a first if I'm lucky.
Why do you think it's only people with rubbish degrees who teach?
Also, why do you put Arts degrees in the 'rubbish' category?!
(No, my degree is not an arts degree!)
2007-10-14 12:19:19 · answer #6 · answered by Chrissie F 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No! Many teachers are very dedicated and have made a conscious decision to make it their life's work to educate the youth of today. They are not doing it for the money or the glory, because there is none, they do it because they truly believe the only way to a better world it through knowledge.
I know many extremely intelligent people who could have gone into any field they wanted and chose teaching.
Mind you I am from Canada and teacher's make a decent living when they choose to make education their profession. I'm not bashing the US but it is fact.
2007-10-14 12:22:25 · answer #7 · answered by Choqs 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i got a first class honours degree in computing, but I've just moved into teaching because I wanted a change from 10 years of software engineering.
A lot of graduates do it cos of the incentives set up by the government - such as paying your uni fees if you work for 2 or 3 years as a teacher
2007-10-14 12:11:28 · answer #8 · answered by Basra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here we go again another dis on Art as if it is an easy subject or worst not even a subject.
No people with of all walks apply to become teachers and good ones too. So answer to your question is NO
2007-10-14 12:36:51 · answer #9 · answered by momof3 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No degree is a "rubbish" degree. An education is a privilege. Be grateful for the opportunity to learn. Your degree is what you make of it.
Two of my best friends are teachers and I take offense to your question. They teach because they want to make a difference in this world, one child at a time.
Best wishes.
2007-10-14 12:26:45 · answer #10 · answered by hula wabbit 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No.... one of friends got a 1st in IT worked in IT for a while .... realised it wasnt for her ...... & then did a degree in Ed and got another 1st & she is now teaching and very very happy
2007-10-14 12:21:08 · answer #11 · answered by Bert M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋