3 ms·

I agree with a lot of what you've said, but as a large, physically confident man, I would hate to have a job where I'm required to occasionally wrestle with peo

I agree with a lot of what you've said, but as a large, physically confident man, I would hate to have a job where I'm required to occasionally wrestle with people. I think when you've got to the point where your wrestling ability is a relevant criterion as a teacher, the system is already completely dysfunctional, and we need to take a broader look at the problems that young people face. You can't put a bandaid on that by just trying to recruit muscular specimens, and hoping that they are also decent teachers. I had a physics teacher who was a great rugby player, and I can tell you, it was not good for my understanding of physics.

CapricornNoble 3y ago
> as a large, physically confident man, I would hate to have a job where I'm required to occasionally wrestle with people Sure, that's fair. Not everyone wants to be a bouncer. But nightclubs recognize that they need bouncers, because sometimes patrons get unruly. The school system hasn't grasped that having enforcers on site is a useful symbol to ensuring everyone has a quality experience. I'm saying it's better to have the standby enforcers be of the Sheepdog archetype [1] and serve as regular teachers, than to have security guards fill the role. Now I agree with your next point: > I think when you've got to the point where your wrestling ability is a relevant criterion as a teacher, the system is already completely dysfunctional, and we need to take a broader look at the problems that young people face. I'd argue that these problems start in the home/family life of the children. Single-mother households produce a disproportionately high fraction of juvenile delinquents, and we've had a marked increase in those per capita.[2][3] Even asking serious questions about why we have a bunch of single-mother households is outside the Overton window of many mainstream organizations. Usually the only answer put forward is "more government spending". [1] https://www.mwkworks.com/onsheepwolvesandsheepdogs.html https://www.mwkworks.com/onsheepwolvesandsheepdogs.html [2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258200285_Race_Gender_Single-Mother_Households_and_Delinquency_A_Further_Test_of_Power-Control_Theory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258200285_Race_Gend... [3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-children-living-with-a-single-mother-or-single-father/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-childre...

CapricornNoble 3y ago

> as a large, physically confident man, I would hate to have a job where I'm required to occasionally wrestle with people Sure, that's fair. Not everyone wants to be a bouncer. But nightclubs recognize that they need bouncers, because sometimes patrons get unruly. The school system hasn't grasped that having enforcers on site is a useful symbol to ensuring everyone has a quality experience. I'm saying it's better to have the standby enforcers be of the Sheepdog archetype [1] and serve as regular teachers, than to have security guards fill the role. Now I agree with your next point: > I think when you've got to the point where your wrestling ability is a relevant criterion as a teacher, the system is already completely dysfunctional, and we need to take a broader look at the problems that young people face. I'd argue that these problems start in the home/family life of the children. Single-mother households produce a disproportionately high fraction of juvenile delinquents, and we've had a marked increase in those per capita.[2][3] Even asking serious questions about why we have a bunch of single-mother households is outside the Overton window of many mainstream organizations. Usually the only answer put forward is "more government spending". [1] https://www.mwkworks.com/onsheepwolvesandsheepdogs.html https://www.mwkworks.com/onsheepwolvesandsheepdogs.html [2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258200285_Race_Gender_Single-Mother_Households_and_Delinquency_A_Further_Test_of_Power-Control_Theory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258200285_Race_Gend... [3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-children-living-with-a-single-mother-or-single-father/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-childre...