On one school teacher
My work email brought this interesting article to my mailbox.
It's exciting. And sad.
"Most people think the problem is that teachers are not paid well, but it's more than that. When you become a teacher, you start out at the bottom level, no matter how much experience you have in something else.
People who think midcareer about switching to teaching can stomach not getting paid as much, but they cannot stomach having their experience disregarded. This is a huge problem.
The most common question students ask is, When will I use this? That's not being communicated to them because the people teaching have only learned whatever it is as part of the path to getting their degree. They have never actually used what they are teaching. The system is fundamentally flawed in that it is not encouraging people to come into it. If you look at it, it's an unhealthy closed system."
It's exciting. And sad.
"Most people think the problem is that teachers are not paid well, but it's more than that. When you become a teacher, you start out at the bottom level, no matter how much experience you have in something else.
People who think midcareer about switching to teaching can stomach not getting paid as much, but they cannot stomach having their experience disregarded. This is a huge problem.
The most common question students ask is, When will I use this? That's not being communicated to them because the people teaching have only learned whatever it is as part of the path to getting their degree. They have never actually used what they are teaching. The system is fundamentally flawed in that it is not encouraging people to come into it. If you look at it, it's an unhealthy closed system."