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.
There are not enough teachers and they're not paid enough. Education is important. My neighbour said the same thing "those who can do, those who can't teach" but he's been a photographer most of his life and he now teaches it occasionally 😏Yet I became a teacher because I could do the job.
John
Not in my experience (admittedly NOT the caravan industry). My role is as Technical and Training Manager, the training part involves teaching folks how to install and joint High Voltage cables. In my industry the installers are commanding 6 figure salaries (way more than any Manager), while I have no problem with that, there are some on those salaries that are lazy, arrogant and have the worst attitudes I've ever seen.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