The thing I find most surprising is that this many kids want to be teachers. It doesn’t sound like something kids would typically be interested in, nor do I remember me nor my friends ever wanting to be teachers.
I know a former teacher in China who told me that it’s a very respected profession there, in the same way that doctors and lawyers are respected in the west.
I knew lots of kids who wanted to be teachers. Ask a kid that age to list their favorite people and their teacher will pop up often, because it’s someone they know. Teaching is something tangible to them.
I also knew several adults who wanted to be a teacher, but quit shortly after starting because they literally couldn’t afford it due to unreasonably low wages. We should really treat good teachers better.
I wonder if kids pick that because its one job that they understand and attribute positively (to some degree - “a teacher is someone that teaches kids like me at a school and we have fun”) whereas jobs that their parents have are more nebulous and more negative in their mind (“my parents leave for the day and then come back angry? I don’t want to do that”).
The thing I find most surprising is that this many kids want to be teachers. It doesn’t sound like something kids would typically be interested in, nor do I remember me nor my friends ever wanting to be teachers.
I know a former teacher in China who told me that it’s a very respected profession there, in the same way that doctors and lawyers are respected in the west.
I knew lots of kids who wanted to be teachers. Ask a kid that age to list their favorite people and their teacher will pop up often, because it’s someone they know. Teaching is something tangible to them.
I also knew several adults who wanted to be a teacher, but quit shortly after starting because they literally couldn’t afford it due to unreasonably low wages. We should really treat good teachers better.
I wonder if kids pick that because its one job that they understand and attribute positively (to some degree - “a teacher is someone that teaches kids like me at a school and we have fun”) whereas jobs that their parents have are more nebulous and more negative in their mind (“my parents leave for the day and then come back angry? I don’t want to do that”).
I’m assuming that as well, but it’s still surprising to me.