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Sazerac · 10-16-2002, 01:16 PM

What is UP with this?

I agree that there are a few bad teachers out there, but every day I come on this forum to see more people posting about how "all teachers suck, all teachers are boring, why do teachers drone, those who can't do, teach"...

COME ON, GUYS!!

I have been a teacher for the past 15 years...9 of which were at the university level, and the past 6 at the vocational skills-training level. I have a bachelor's and master's degree in business education and a Ph.D. in Business Statistics with a minor in Consumer Behavior. I chose to forgo a more lucrative career because, quite frankly, I enjoy teaching and I find helping people develop themselves and develop their careers to be ultimately far more rewarding than backstabbing people on the way up the "corporate ladder."

There are many other people who have dedicated their lives to teaching as well for similar reasons. Granted, there are always those few apples who spoil the barrel in there as well, but they are not indicative of our profession as a whole.

You know, I could easily come up with a laundry list of why "all students suck." They are noisy, inattentive, obstreperous, indolent, skip classes and then expect the teacher to "catch them up", or ask inane questions like "is this material going to be on the test?" or "is this important?" when you're lecturing. They whine that the workload is too much, and then whine when they don't make a good grade (as if they were automatically "entitled" to getting a good grade.) They flout school rules (like bringing sodas into classrooms where there are computers) and then whine when you catch them at it, even though it's clearly written in the rules and the syllabus. They're habitually tardy, then expect you to stop in the middle of a lecture and help them log onto a computer.

I could continue on and on about why "all students suck." And I'd be completely wrong, although everything I've said here is true. Why would I be wrong?

Because it only applies to 5% of the students out there!

Do you see what overgeneralizing does, now?

Think about that, the next time you start generalizing about any profession, including education.

-Sazerac

10-16-2002, 01:16 PM	#1
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 61 Posts: 7,387	What is UP with this? I agree that there are a few bad teachers out there, but every day I come on this forum to see more people posting about how "all teachers suck, all teachers are boring, why do teachers drone, those who can't do, teach"... COME ON, GUYS!! I have been a teacher for the past 15 years...9 of which were at the university level, and the past 6 at the vocational skills-training level. I have a bachelor's and master's degree in business education and a Ph.D. in Business Statistics with a minor in Consumer Behavior. I chose to forgo a more lucrative career because, quite frankly, I enjoy teaching and I find helping people develop themselves and develop their careers to be ultimately far more rewarding than backstabbing people on the way up the "corporate ladder." There are many other people who have dedicated their lives to teaching as well for similar reasons. Granted, there are always those few apples who spoil the barrel in there as well, but they are not indicative of our profession as a whole. You know, I could easily come up with a laundry list of why "all students suck." They are noisy, inattentive, obstreperous, indolent, skip classes and then expect the teacher to "catch them up", or ask inane questions like "is this material going to be on the test?" or "is this important?" when you're lecturing. They whine that the workload is too much, and then whine when they don't make a good grade (as if they were automatically "entitled" to getting a good grade.) They flout school rules (like bringing sodas into classrooms where there are computers) and then whine when you catch them at it, even though it's clearly written in the rules and the syllabus. They're habitually tardy, then expect you to stop in the middle of a lecture and help them log onto a computer. I could continue on and on about why "all students suck." And I'd be completely wrong, although everything I've said here is true. Why would I be wrong? Because it only applies to 5% of the students out there! Do you see what overgeneralizing does, now? Think about that, the next time you start generalizing about any profession, including education. -Sazerac __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."