I do think teachers are not given the respect and accolades they deserved, because they do, and should be respected.
The world would not be a better place without the teachers. We have other professions today because teachers made it possible. I so much respect and admire them for their patience, humility, tolerance, wisdom, and understanding.
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Teachers are people we entrust to teach our children because men decided that learning from parents is no longer good enough. They were sometimes correct. While some parents, myself included, teach their children themselves in homeschool situations, most parents work throughout the day and can’t afford that luxury—while teachers at school absolutely are an important luxury. There are those needing assistance with their children, and there are children requiring particular attention. Teachers who have concentrations in areas certainly understand each subject better than me, most times. 😉
But there are times, just like school bus drivers, police officers, men of the cloth, coaches, the scouts, and other leaders use this ability of a child’s need to their own advantage. In such instances, teachers are not great role models nor educators.
Thank goodness, however, that the vast majority of teachers are, as you stated, patient, humble, tolerant, wise, and take time to understand. humility, tolerance, wisdom, and take their time to understand.
We definitely should be paying our teachers more then they are being paid. The country’s future relies on our education system for the future. Shouldn’t they be paid as much as a politician?
I think they should. I also believe that if they were able to properly discipline the children that this would also better shape our country. Don’t get me wrong! I recall paddles, and had one 2 x 4 wielding teachers who had holes drilled with an easy-to-grip handle. THIS was physical abuse. Additionally, the results were dehumanizing and excruciatingly painful, creating emotional and physical abuse that some teachers used as teaching tools. What children learned is fear of their elders. This certainly isn’t correct, and absolutely required change.
However, the father of the star hockey player for a high school team disagrees. When his son was told he cannot play until his grades were acceptable, in a class he was failing, the father stormed in and defended his son. “You cannot fail my son or the entire school will never forgive you! The championship is approaching, and the trophy will not be in the hallway boasting this school is the best if you do not pass my son.”
After some thought, the teacher decided the son had just one point more than failing for his grade. While the team did go on to win the championship, that teacher ended up teaching that boy, and others who likely followed, that it’s okay not having intelligence as long as he has physical talents. With the thoughts going through that teacher’s head, how would he be the same? He would likely doubt himself every time a student was failing. Perhaps, he would believe it was his fault for not teaching appropriately, even though we all get that teachers work harder and longer for less pay and more education than most of the other blue-collar jobs. This acceptance slowly tears our country down—like the stealing of toothpicks from a great wooden bridge with our country perilously balanced on the center. Something, or someone (highly paid politicians?) should put a quick halt to this accepted behavior.
Do you agree?
Thank you for sharing your insight. I certainly appreciate the thinking you inspire.
Teachers are people we entrust to teach our children because men decided that learning from parents is no longer good enough. They were sometimes correct. While some parents, myself included, teach their children themselves in homeschool situations, most parents work throughout the day and can’t afford that luxury—while teachers at school absolutely are an important luxury. There are those needing assistance with their children, and there are children requiring particular attention. Teachers who have concentrations in areas certainly understand each subject better than me, most times. 😉
But there are times, just like school bus drivers, police officers, men of the cloth, coaches, the scouts, and other leaders use this ability of a child’s need to their own advantage. In such instances, teachers are not great role models nor educators.
Thank goodness, however, that the vast majority of teachers are, as you stated, patient, humble, tolerant, wise, and take time to understand. humility, tolerance, wisdom, and take their time to understand.
We definitely should be paying our teachers more then they are being paid. The country’s future relies on our education system for the future. Shouldn’t they be paid as much as a politician?
I think they should. I also believe that if they were able to properly discipline the children that this would also better shape our country. Don’t get me wrong! I recall paddles, and had one 2 x 4 wielding teachers who had holes drilled with an easy-to-grip handle. THIS was physical abuse. Additionally, the results were dehumanizing and excruciatingly painful, creating emotional and physical abuse that some teachers used as teaching tools. What children learned is fear of their elders. This certainly isn’t correct, and absolutely required change.
However, the father of the star hockey player for a high school team disagrees. When his son was told he cannot play until his grades were acceptable, in a class he was failing, the father stormed in and defended his son. “You cannot fail my son or the entire school will never forgive you! The championship is approaching, and the trophy will not be in the hallway boasting this school is the best if you do not pass my son.”
After some thought, the teacher decided the son had just one point more than failing for his grade. While the team did go on to win the championship, that teacher ended up teaching that boy, and others who likely followed, that it’s okay not having intelligence as long as he has physical talents. With the thoughts going through that teacher’s head, how would he be the same? He would likely doubt himself every time a student was failing. Perhaps, he would believe it was his fault for not teaching appropriately, even though we all get that teachers work harder and longer for less pay and more education than most of the other blue-collar jobs. This acceptance slowly tears our country down—like the stealing of toothpicks from a great wooden bridge with our country perilously balanced on the center. Something, or someone (highly paid politicians?) should put a quick halt to this accepted behavior.
Do you agree?
Thank you for sharing your insight. I certainly appreciate the thinking you inspire.
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