“Those who can not do, teach,” Now this may be a line from a Woody Allen movie, but one must truly believe that the American society has taken this idiom and ran with it, if you will. In this day in age, people believe that teachers are “washed up” or “took the easy route,” and that no one ever decided when they were a child they wanted to grow up and become a teacher. But instead that teachers were people who had given up on their dreams and decided to do teach instead. When looking at the views of society on teachers, people never respect their choice of career.
In the article “Why Do They Teach? - And Why Do They Leave?” Carol Curtis asks people from who are potential teachers all the way to teachers who have left their profession. This article is a survey in which asks potential teachers, why they would want to teach for the rest of the rest of their lives? And discusses the major points in which teachers leave this profession and the reason they felt un-supported in the school environment. When asking college aged students they asked, why do you want to teach? In response seventy one percent of these students said “for self-fulfillment” and a continued seventy percent said “they had a mentor or teacher who influenced them in a positive way” (780). So this shows that these teachers are going into this profession knowing for a fact this is what they want to do, and obviously are not giving up on their dreams. Teaching is much more to these potential teachers; it is being able to change a life. Not by teaching them what happened in the Civil War but by being a male/female influence when they do not have that at home, or just being the teacher they spend talking to twenty minutes after class about the small th...
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...aid, “That no one ever speaks back to the teacher, whatever he or she says is always right.” This truly shows when the parent is telling their child to listen to what the educator says always; mass respect is the product and thus superior education.
People’s views in America may be that teachers do not deserve the respect they think they do, but after looking at the evidence of the motivation behind teachers, they soon will. Obviously this essay was to influence the reader to care more for the educator and one can only hope soon it will, but as said before educators must also change if they want change to happen. Teachers will most likely soon once again be people of respect, since education is becoming so key to obtaining a career. Teachers are one of the most noble men and women in society and when people recognize this again, school systems will flourish.
For generations teachers have been developing our future through harmony, wisdom, and intellectual adventure. A teachers' role in society is to help our youth grow and further their understandings in the principles of life. The expository essay The Role of the Teacher by Irving Layton provides a different perspective on education in the 21st century. Similar to Layton, I firmly believe that education is for the expansion of the young mind and nothing should restrict a student's ability to do so. Layton touches on a view where teachers need to be passionate about their jobs, however, teachers are not always responsible for every action the school makes, but the responsibility may lie in the hands of the school board. Layton also displays his concern for the decreasing rate of young readers and the use of humanities and how that will affect society. Personally I have been influenced by teachers in my own family. There have also been other teachers who have influenced me like I have also had other educators such as in my math course where the diversity in the techniques and skills used affected my overall experience.
The student sitting in a classroom waiting for the last period bell to ring could be the next senator, president or surgeon saving thousands of lives one day, or they could be the next homeless person living under the freeway. As an educator one chooses how much of an impact they have on a student; So many successful and prosperous citizen today look back and say this teacher influenced me to be the person I am today, to take this direction in my life, or to go into this profession. These teachers deserve better treatment, pay and overall
Teachers are our hidden gems. Although not treated as such, they are a resource that is overlooked and underappreciated. In my opinion, there are three types of teachers: The driven teacher with a passion to educate students, the...
How can the public assist in making teachers feel as if they are appreciated professionals? That’s easy. Respect what teachers do in the classroom. Don’t base your opinion of a teacher on one unfavorable incident and ignore five hundred positive experiences a particular child had in an instructor’s classroom.
All in all, teachers need to be viewed as professionals and not as simply pay babysitters because most do care about the students. Teachers tolerate the low wages, long hours and repetitive disrespect because they desired to place attention on student success. Teachers should not enter that career for the money, but for the devotion they will place on the students. Luckily there are ways to make teachers more valuable in society. Teachers should be given the right equipment to teach the subject that corresponds to them, the two-year skill evaluation should be more precise and by surprise, so no one knows. Also, students should be allowed to evaluate the teachers to provide feedback. Also, teachers should be aware of the surrounding cultures. In conclusion, teachers should motivate students to reach levels they themselves never thought they could attain.
As an education major at State College, I’ve decided to become a teacher for several reasons. As I progressed through elementary, middle, and high school, many of my teachers were great role models for me. This has inspired me to become a role model for someone in the near future. My love for science and math has also influenced my desire to teach and make a difference in a child’s life. I want to teach students the subjects that I love so much. I want the feeling that I helped a child accomplish or learn something they couldn’t understand. One of the main reasons I want to become an educator is because I feel education has really lost teachers who truly love teaching and those who truly love teaching and those who have the desire to make a difference. I feel I can really help make a difference in the education world and bring back the love to teach.
In the next decade, we will need to hire 2.2 million new teachers, and nobody knows where we are going to find them (Troen & Boles, 2003). Currently teachers are being recruited from a pool of under qualified candidates that are underprepared. These candidates are then thrust into a situation with no mentoring support or incentives for success. This may be one of the reasons why half of the new teacher population quit after the first five years of teaching. When teaching becomes a real profession, more academically able people will be drawn into it, colleges will be forced to improve the quality of their education, and better prepared teachers will enter the classroom and improve the profession (Troen & Boles, 2003). Until this happens, the quality of teachers will continue to decline and our children will continue to be left behind.
Teacher’s inspired students to do great things during their school years. Teachers love to see the improvement of their students and are a connection to a development of learning. The teacher wants the best for their students and at the same time, they are rewards on seen it their students to success. A success future is what students have and teachers teach for guarantee the wish. Two different teacher give me their opinion why they love teaching and it was a great honor to interview them.
Being a teacher is a noble cause, though it also seems to be the dream of idiots and morons. It is a job where you work constantly and are always told what to teach. You are expected to teach to a standardized test. It is a job path that only the bravest take. The people who claim that those who can’t do teach, know nothing about teaching or how hard it is to teach. Especially high school students who have no desire to learn. Children in their last required chapter in their education. Their young pubescent minds focused more on the opposite sex over their grades. How do you teach such a difficult age group? How do you keep them engaged? Especially with a subject that so many find boring and tedious, English and English literature.
Growing up in a family that gives motivation to do your best and strive for your dreams, is something not many students have. However, my motivation for teaching comes from many places: my family, my heart, and my desire to learn. Being in a school building has been something I have grown up with my entire life. My mom is a teacher’s assistant, my grandma is a school secretary, and my aunt is a second-grade teacher. I would stay late into the evening either helping my mom or my grandma with work. When visiting my aunt, I would ask to help her as well. Just these three women in my life was inspiration alone for me.
At the start of this semester, Dr.Thompson asked the class if great teachers are born or made? A great teacher has many strengths and one of them is being a role model. To be a teacher not only do you need a credential, but you must be willing to accept the challenges that come with the profession.Teaching is more than a profession is the future of our generation, without motivated teachers our children will not get a proper education. Teaching is one of the careers that has been on the rise, it may not be a high paying career but you can make a difference. Teaching requires a lot of dedication and commitment to the career. Teaching can be both stressful and rewarding.
Teachers hold a very sensitive role in the modern civilized society. Regarded as social engineers, teachers possess immense knowledge on various issues that affect our daily lives as a community of human beings. Though in many countries including the developed ones, teachers are poorly remunerated they make invaluable contributions to their communities, to society and to the world at large, engaging in yeoman services with selfless love and dedication that could only be considered priceless. This paper serves to explore some of the social contributions that teachers make to the modern civilized society.
A teacher when defined, is a professional person who helps others learn new things. For the past 200 plus years, an ever-increasing topic for debate has been schools, and those who work in them, the teachers. As the identity of the school teacher began to form society began to make assumptions about the job and those who fill it. Today some of those misconceptions still exist while new ones have formed. The misconceptions on teaching not only affect the job as a profession, but they also affect how teachers instruct their students. Society often makes the claim that teaching is easy and only requires reciting knowledge to students while only working a seven-hour day part of the year. In close relation to this is the notion that “teaching” is not a true profession. Teachers are also accused of complaining too much without much cause. Other misconceptions about teaching include society stating teachers are compensated enough for what they do and do not need an increase in pay. Lastly, an overall misconception about schools includes the naive claim that states schools are much different and improved than schools of the past.
Individuals who enter the field of education reply to the question why teach with various answers. There is beauty, joy, and fulfillment in this profession, and these spirit-lifting emotions are the result of watching annually as a new group of children enter to learn and leave with the knowledge to achieve. Richard Dufour (2000), author of Why Teach expressed his views on the profession first by stating that teaching is not the career for everyone. He goes on to say, that the education profession has the ability to present the “unique opportunity” for individuals to cast a positive influence upon others (Why Teach, 2000, p.1). The smiles received from a room full of students when as a whole their individual needs, both educational and personal have been catered to, prompts a burst of passion in every teacher.
In a society where kids must go to school up to the collegiate level, teaching is an impactful career choice. Teachers help contour the minds of future leaders of the world. Furthermore, teachers play a crucial role in guiding students to the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed in life, and teachers lead students to make informed decisions on any topic the meet in the future. As a teacher, a person must relinquish their knowledge onto students. Finally, they must prepare their students for all the obstacles they will face later in life.