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What I found interesting about this was that Patrick Stewart is 81, and his highly-influential teacher who just passed was 96. It's funny how, as a student, yo

What I found interesting about this was that Patrick Stewart is 81, and his highly-influential teacher who just passed was 96. It's funny how, as a student, your teacher seems like a real adult person from a completely different generation. But I guess after you fast-forward a few decades, the difference becomes pretty trivial.

vlovich123 5y ago
I don't know how many kids have a 15 year old for a teacher. EDIT: I misspoke & meant "I don't know how many kids have just a 15 year age gap with their teacher". Not sure why this was flagged though. The point I was trying to make is that it's generally rarer in the US/Canada for a teacher and student to only have a 15 year gap. Tenure rules for unions & generally increasing class sizes means there's comparatively few new teachers entering the profession straight from college. Younger teachers also have a high attrition rate because of pay, the difficulty of the job, lack of support across the board, dealing with parents, etc. Having just a 15 year age difference with a teacher that continues to be a teacher and mentor in your life throughout for an extended period of time from then on seems extremely rare these days. So I was trying to provide color why the statement "It's funny how, as a student, your teacher seems like a real adult person from a completely different generation. But I guess after you fast-forward a few decades, the difference becomes pretty trivial." may be overlooking differences from when this relationship was formed.
- resonious 5y ago
  0-year-old kids?
  - robbedpeter 5y ago
    Also known as babies.
- solarmist 5y ago
  Eh. I'd say it's not at all uncommon. I seem to remember most of my elementary school teachers being in their 20's and a few teachers after that too. Plus, there's student teachers and subs, etc. I'd stay it's probably a pretty low ratio somewhere around 1:10 or 1:20, but yeah a lot of them don't stay teachers for a long time, but that's still more than enough time to make impressions on students. And I'd bet there's a very high correlation to making an impression on a student (in your first few years teaching) and staying in the profession.

vlovich123 5y ago

I don't know how many kids have a 15 year old for a teacher. EDIT: I misspoke & meant "I don't know how many kids have just a 15 year age gap with their teacher". Not sure why this was flagged though. The point I was trying to make is that it's generally rarer in the US/Canada for a teacher and student to only have a 15 year gap. Tenure rules for unions & generally increasing class sizes means there's comparatively few new teachers entering the profession straight from college. Younger teachers also have a high attrition rate because of pay, the difficulty of the job, lack of support across the board, dealing with parents, etc. Having just a 15 year age difference with a teacher that continues to be a teacher and mentor in your life throughout for an extended period of time from then on seems extremely rare these days. So I was trying to provide color why the statement "It's funny how, as a student, your teacher seems like a real adult person from a completely different generation. But I guess after you fast-forward a few decades, the difference becomes pretty trivial." may be overlooking differences from when this relationship was formed.

resonious 5y ago
0-year-old kids?
- robbedpeter 5y ago
  Also known as babies.
solarmist 5y ago
Eh. I'd say it's not at all uncommon. I seem to remember most of my elementary school teachers being in their 20's and a few teachers after that too. Plus, there's student teachers and subs, etc. I'd stay it's probably a pretty low ratio somewhere around 1:10 or 1:20, but yeah a lot of them don't stay teachers for a long time, but that's still more than enough time to make impressions on students. And I'd bet there's a very high correlation to making an impression on a student (in your first few years teaching) and staying in the profession.