Firstly, how much you know about the field determines how good of a job you will do.
If it was possible, I could probably step in a courtroom tomorrow and try to be a lawyer, but since I never studied law (besides that one semester in contract law
) I probably won't do a good job. And I think it's the same with teaching.
Secondly, I agree that most of us know what our financial outlooks are going to be based on the career paths we choose. Most all teachers know they will not become millionaires or even anything CLOSE to that when they choose education as their career paths. Every teacher I know (before someone flames me for this one, please note I included the "I know".. I may not know your high school teacher or your gym teacher or whatever) did not go into education to be rich. They did it because they love kids, they love helping kids.. They actually found their careers to be rewarding even though it it is not very financially rewarding (at least in my area).
I have a close friend who was considering the education field, and told me "I love working with kids, and I would love to help them learn things =BUT= I know I'm not going to get paid a lot" .. and it's true.
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Originally posted by KSigkid
A couple of things after reading through this thread.
I don't see anywhere where Rudey has said that teachers are bad people, that teaching isn't a worthwhile profession, etc. He simply stated a fact that it's more difficult to step into his field without experience than it is to step into a classroom. If you're at all familiar with finance, markets and the industry, you would agree.
I doubt any of us could go in and perform a surgery. Very few of us could build a case for court, create financial models or write a novel. That's just the way it is.
I'll say again I'm speaking from experience; as I've said, I've had experience teaching, from preschool to early elementary school. This was while taking classes full-time in college. It's just a fact of life, more people could step into a classroom and do the job than in other jobs. That doesn't mean that it won't be hard, and it doesn't mean that teachers don't earn their money.
Secondly; I'd venture to say that we all knew what our financial outlook was when we took our current positions or decided to go a certain career path. I knew going into my current job that I wasn't going to make a ton of money, and that it would be after an advanced degree in another industry that I would be making a sizable income. As such, if you're going into teaching, you're not doing it to become rich.
Does this mean that teacher's don't deserve more salary? It depends on the teacher, the school district and a variety of other factors. There is a financial burden associated with the profession, though, and I think everyone who goes into the field knows that.
After the first couple of pages of the thread, I think people on the most part have been respectful of the teaching profession as a whole. I think we've pushed this thread into something very different, and that's where people are becoming heated.
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