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the ideal teacher is a very special person tailormade for the job.
someone with infinite patience, imagination, energy, the capacity for understanding, inspiring, and the ability to treat all kids equally.
unfortunately this is not the criteria for teaching. the criteria is go to school, pass the courses, get a job
sadly that has left us with a very high percentage of incompetent people in the profession.
I've recently seen this myself first hand ...
We've had teachers that can't spell ...their comminications are a joke ..
Also - you can clearly see the ones who have lost interest - they're tired, disconnected ...
Teaching is a demanding job .. your energy flows outward all day and the only time it flows back is when you see a kid 'get it' ... it's pretty rewarding.
the hours arent bad at all ... the prep work doesnt take long if you're organized and the actual in class time is usually under 6 hours a day.
If you get involved in coaching sports then you're out of the class a fair deal as well.
lots of vacation, holidays ... that part is pretty sweet.
i considered being a teacher at one time - then i came to the realization that i hated other peoples kids.
as i grew and matured i came to the new realization that it wasnt the kids i hated - it was/is the parents.
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