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> Doing it is not risky - especially if you're teaching something that's been taught a million times before. Most well educated people I think could teach at le
by Angostura 8y ago
> Doing it is not risky - especially if you're teaching something that's been taught a million times before. Most well educated people I think could teach at least one subject
I think this is something that many well educated people think, right up until they are placed alone in a class-room of 30 children who aren't desperately interested in what they have to say.
- brlewis 8y agoYou are correct. http://blog.mrbigler.com/2016/04/23/those-who-can-do-those-who-can-teach-teach/ http://blog.mrbigler.com/2016/04/23/those-who-can-do-those-w...
- Retric 8y agoThe five year teacher attrition rate is under 20% based on this study: (https://edsource.org/2015/half-of-new-teachers-quit-profession-in-5-years-not-true-new-study-says/83054 https://edsource.org/2015/half-of-new-teachers-quit-professi...) That's rather low and includes many who don't like teaching even if they have the skills. Which suggests most people really can do it. Granted, that's not the first time these people have been in a classroom, but collage Education degrees don't see high attrition either. Also, "97 percent of teachers who earned more than $40,000 their first year returned the next year, compared with 87 percent who earned less than $40,000."