Submitted by Kellie (not verified) on September 30, 2007 - 20:11.
I entered the career of teaching for my love of children and love of learning. “Teaching is a life’s work that is very, very dignified and high level because you grow every day, you learn every day, and you change people’s lives.” (Nieto 2003) If that isn’t enough to keep a teacher going, I am not sure what is. There are a lot of hurdles that teachers come across and a major problem is the lack of respect. Parents don’t have respect for teachers and the children don’t have respect for the teachers. I think a lot of people look at teachers and think we have an easy job with the summers off. There are a lot of people who wouldn’t last a month in a classroom. If we can bring respect back into the equation I think a lot of teachers would stay in the profession and not get burned out. It would also help if teachers received a larger salary. We work very hard and are the foundation of everything. We teach the people who have large salaries and make decisions that can change our world. Without teachers where would our future be? It’s the simple fact that it is hard to support yourself on a salary that teachers make.
I entered the career of
Submitted by Kellie (not verified) on September 30, 2007 - 20:11.
I entered the career of teaching for my love of children and love of learning. “Teaching is a life’s work that is very, very dignified and high level because you grow every day, you learn every day, and you change people’s lives.” (Nieto 2003) If that isn’t enough to keep a teacher going, I am not sure what is. There are a lot of hurdles that teachers come across and a major problem is the lack of respect. Parents don’t have respect for teachers and the children don’t have respect for the teachers. I think a lot of people look at teachers and think we have an easy job with the summers off. There are a lot of people who wouldn’t last a month in a classroom. If we can bring respect back into the equation I think a lot of teachers would stay in the profession and not get burned out. It would also help if teachers received a larger salary. We work very hard and are the foundation of everything. We teach the people who have large salaries and make decisions that can change our world. Without teachers where would our future be? It’s the simple fact that it is hard to support yourself on a salary that teachers make.