Yet I became a teacher because I could do the job.Umm,sign of the times,overpaid management with to many perks,skilled persons not treated with respect for their skills and regarded as a necessary evil,high production levels without an effective Quality control,plus the intake of youngsters being correctly trained it's a case of if you can't do the job teach
I went into teaching, became a headteacher and then Schools Inspector because I WANTED to.... and worked hard to get the necessary qualifications.Umm,sign of the times,overpaid management with to many perks,skilled persons not treated with respect for their skills and regarded as a necessary evil,high production levels without an effective Quality control,plus the intake of youngsters being correctly trained it's a case of if you can't do the job teach
Fully agree, I had some amazing teachers both at school and college. In particular two come to mind. One a grammar school provided extra tuition work in my fifth year ( GCE) in maths. Up until then I hadn’t passed a maths exam, but managed a bare pass at O level thanks to the extra effort by the teacher. Four years later I took my ONC Engineering exams. As the results came out I received a call from the Mechanical,Engineering lecturer to get over to Loughborough to talk with him. Oh crikey I thought have I blown it. But he commended me on my results, which were outstanding, and told me no need to do an HNC, or HND, just go for university clearing if I wanted to. I followed his advice and that set me off on my career as a professional engineer. So teachers DO play a key role in their students development.I went into teaching, became a headteacher and then Schools Inspector because I WANTED to.... and worked hard to get the necessary qualifications.
it really is time that insulting cliche was abandoned.
A week teaching in any classroom would soon cure people of that silly prejudice.