As others have pointed out, you made a quite a sweeping generalisation. What I will add is that what other general groups of people have more emphasis and train

As others have pointed out, you made a quite a sweeping generalisation. What I will add is that what other general groups of people have more emphasis and training on teaching skills and not because it's directly applicable to their career? I'm a Mormon. We have manuals (Publicly available, for example, Preach My Gospel[1] and Teaching, No Greater Call[2]) that focus on asking good questions, empathy and rapport, lesson plans (Interrogation plans?), understanding those you teach, studying and using resources (Scriptures), how to tell if the students are learning, different teaching methods, listening skills, etc. From an early age we have opportunities to teach too and this continues on forever—much to the disdain of some members though haha. On my mission I spoke with everyone from those in prisons to the general populace to someone running for president of the country. He did become the president too. I/we did quite well in conversing with the apparent equivalent of foreign informants in the context of this discussion. [1] http://www.lds.org.au/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-missionary-service?lang=eng http://www.lds.org.au/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-mis... [2] http://www.lds.org.au/manual/teaching-no-greater-call-a-resource-guide-for-gospel-teaching?lang=eng http://www.lds.org.au/manual/teaching-no-greater-call-a-reso...