I would love to teach kids. I take any opportunity I can to mentor people at work, but in a school setting would be super cool. The pay cut relative to what I make now just isn’t worth it. Maybe in another decade when we have enough set aside…
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scarabic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I really think we desperately need to overhaul the teaching profession in a massive way. Triple their salary so that the job is more sought after by better people. The only people who stay in teaching are 1) truly dedicated people who have other financial support and 2) deadwood like this FL dipshit to whom it is just a job.
An average young person of any talent will exit teaching for greener pastures as soon as they can, leading to accumulation of this deadwood, which makes the profession even less appealing to talented folks.
IMALlama@lemmy.world 3 months ago
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
There’s another category:
People who are passionate about teaching but just aren’t that terribly bright. I had a few elementary education major friends in college and they were super fun, definitely motivated, sharp enough to teach elementary schoolers, but… bless their hearts…