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You think you know what field workers do. Right? Wrong. You think you know what factory workers do. Right? Wrong. You think you know what farmers do. Right? W

You think you know what field workers do. Right? Wrong. You think you know what factory workers do. Right? Wrong. You think you know what farmers do. Right? Wrong. You think you know what oil rig operators do. Right? Wrong. You think you know what coffee shop owners do. Right? Wrong. You think you know what lawn care specialists do. Right? Wrong.

mandalar12 13y ago
I agree with your point: the title is sensationalist. The difference between teaching and owning a coffee shop (and the others examples) is that few people will try to tell you how to handle your coffee shop while a lot think they know better than you how their children should be taught.
- carsongross 13y ago
  I've seen a close friend work 20 hours a day, barely make payroll, deal with employee drug habits and try to minimize the legal damage a sociopathic employee did. You don't know what it's like owning a coffee shop.
- jedmeyers 13y ago
  But people will tell what kind of coffee they would like.
j2kun 13y ago
I was going to say something to this effect, but I think the biggest one is: mathematician. It's like if you're a clothing shop owner you have a good idea what coffee shop owners do, and there are similar parallels for most professions. But not mathematician. Most people haven't the slightest clue what they do. I guess that makes "math teacher" the most misunderstood of all :)
- rmrfrmrf 13y ago
  Hush; mathematicians got their very own letter in "STEM".
  - j2kun 13y ago
    And if we were playing a game of "which of these is not like the others?" the answer would be M
mig39 13y ago
I don't think I've ever heard anyone pretend to be an expert in any of those fields. But practically every day I hear some grand opinion of teaching from people who haven't taught a class, ever.
rjzzleep 13y ago
you mean because we've been trained for 8 hours a day for 10 years by field workers? or we've been trained for 8 hours a day for 10 years by factory workers? we've been working for oil rig operators for 8 hours a day for 10 years? this looks a little like a straw man fallacy to me. go speak to someone who has worked in the oil field for years. oil field is a thing that has actually changed little over the years. you don't think they have a fair share of criticism and improvements to suggest? coffee shop owners are probably the most dynamic of the bunch in your example. definitely much more dynamic than the teaching industry. although we're actually in the process of a teaching revolution. a few top tier university are completely switching their study methodologies. ...or they could have just asked students 10 years ago, and asked them whether it makes sense to just read slides for them during the lecture. guess how many would have said yes.

mandalar12 13y ago

I agree with your point: the title is sensationalist. The difference between teaching and owning a coffee shop (and the others examples) is that few people will try to tell you how to handle your coffee shop while a lot think they know better than you how their children should be taught.

carsongross 13y ago
I've seen a close friend work 20 hours a day, barely make payroll, deal with employee drug habits and try to minimize the legal damage a sociopathic employee did. You don't know what it's like owning a coffee shop.
jedmeyers 13y ago
But people will tell what kind of coffee they would like.

j2kun 13y ago

I was going to say something to this effect, but I think the biggest one is: mathematician. It's like if you're a clothing shop owner you have a good idea what coffee shop owners do, and there are similar parallels for most professions. But not mathematician. Most people haven't the slightest clue what they do. I guess that makes "math teacher" the most misunderstood of all :)

rmrfrmrf 13y ago
Hush; mathematicians got their very own letter in "STEM".
- j2kun 13y ago
  And if we were playing a game of "which of these is not like the others?" the answer would be M

mig39 13y ago

I don't think I've ever heard anyone pretend to be an expert in any of those fields. But practically every day I hear some grand opinion of teaching from people who haven't taught a class, ever.

rjzzleep 13y ago

you mean because we've been trained for 8 hours a day for 10 years by field workers? or we've been trained for 8 hours a day for 10 years by factory workers? we've been working for oil rig operators for 8 hours a day for 10 years? this looks a little like a straw man fallacy to me. go speak to someone who has worked in the oil field for years. oil field is a thing that has actually changed little over the years. you don't think they have a fair share of criticism and improvements to suggest? coffee shop owners are probably the most dynamic of the bunch in your example. definitely much more dynamic than the teaching industry. although we're actually in the process of a teaching revolution. a few top tier university are completely switching their study methodologies. ...or they could have just asked students 10 years ago, and asked them whether it makes sense to just read slides for them during the lecture. guess how many would have said yes.