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Because despite the low salary men still want to teach. The reaction to that desire to teach is suspicion. Men are literally demonized in this profession. This

Because despite the low salary men still want to teach. The reaction to that desire to teach is suspicion. Men are literally demonized in this profession. This isn't "making it political", it's the accepted reality of the profession.

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em-bee 4y ago
in new zealand men are practically not allowed to work as teachers for that reason. this is a shame really. teaching is the one profession where gender parity should be enforced by law because kids need the rolemodels. i spent a year in a US highschool, and the teachers i had there were fantastic. my teacher in US history was most enthusiastic, and i enjoyed the class despite failing it. that was a few decades ago. and already then it was known that teachers don't get paid well. my conclusion then was that the one good thing that comes from low pay is that in order to become a teacher you have to really love it.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  > my conclusion then was that the one good thing that comes from low pay is that in order to become a teacher you have to really love it. I wonder if the people cooking at fast food restaurants or janitors cleaning bathrooms or people stocking shelves at wal mart really love it. And does loving a job necessarily correlate with being able to do the job?
  - em-bee 4y ago
    the difference of those jobs to being a teacher is how much education it takes to get there. you don't spend years in college to become a janitor. and as for love correlating with ability. it's up to the teacher-training programs to weed out those incapable of teaching. i don't know how it's done in the US but elsewhere teachers have to spend many hours in classrooms under supervision before they get their own classes. a big part of teaching is classroom management and there, love and enthusiasm make a big impact.

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Because despite the low salary men still want to teach. The reaction to that desire to teach is suspicion. Men are literally demonized in this profession. This

by busterarm 4y ago

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em-bee 4y ago
in new zealand men are practically not allowed to work as teachers for that reason. this is a shame really. teaching is the one profession where gender parity should be enforced by law because kids need the rolemodels. i spent a year in a US highschool, and the teachers i had there were fantastic. my teacher in US history was most enthusiastic, and i enjoyed the class despite failing it. that was a few decades ago. and already then it was known that teachers don't get paid well. my conclusion then was that the one good thing that comes from low pay is that in order to become a teacher you have to really love it.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  > my conclusion then was that the one good thing that comes from low pay is that in order to become a teacher you have to really love it. I wonder if the people cooking at fast food restaurants or janitors cleaning bathrooms or people stocking shelves at wal mart really love it. And does loving a job necessarily correlate with being able to do the job?
  - em-bee 4y ago
    the difference of those jobs to being a teacher is how much education it takes to get there. you don't spend years in college to become a janitor. and as for love correlating with ability. it's up to the teacher-training programs to weed out those incapable of teaching. i don't know how it's done in the US but elsewhere teachers have to spend many hours in classrooms under supervision before they get their own classes. a big part of teaching is classroom management and there, love and enthusiasm make a big impact.