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I did two years of a special ed major in college before switching over to computer science and I can say that the ed program I was in covered in depth how to te

I did two years of a special ed major in college before switching over to computer science and I can say that the ed program I was in covered in depth how to teach and handle a class room, it focused on how to teach math to people who don't understand any concepts, and the department had additional offered classes if you wanted to do teach for america or inner city schooling. Speaking with friends who have become professors they are often jealous of this because they were never given any kind of 'teaching' classes. Their under grad wasn't in education and their teaching experience was trial by fire teaching assistant jobs of handling undergrad college courses. All that said, I grow tired of the arguments and articles of 'don't speak unless you've walked a thousand miles' which I felt as I read this article. Not all knowledge and understanding must derive from doing something to have a valid opinion. We need to treat teachers better and find better pay structures but I've found no harsher critics of teachers and our schools than the teachers I went to college with as they filter into the systems and find tired and broken systems in which they get no voice until they have 'tenure'.

hackluck 13y ago
> All that said, I grow tired of the arguments and articles > of 'don't speak unless you've walked a thousand miles' > which I felt as I read this article. Not all knowledge and > understanding must derive from doing something to have a > valid opinion. We need to treat teachers better and find > better pay structures but I've found no harsher critics of > teachers and our schools than the teachers I went to > college with as they filter into the systems and find > tired and broken systems in which they get no voice until > they have 'tenure'. I don't know that this article is so much about "not speaking bad about teachers", but about having compassion for teachers and talking about education with a little more humility for the institution that helped produce you. I would say this article is more of the "teachers don't write articles about how to __________ better, so don't let _______________ers tell teachers how to teach better" variety. And I totally agree that most young teachers are completely overwhelmed by the ridiculous systems in which they are forced to teach. My only hope is that some of these young, inspiring teachers remain in the profession long enough to change the broken system (which might take a LONG time!). The unions are broken; for the most part, teachers are not.

hackluck 13y ago

> All that said, I grow tired of the arguments and articles > of 'don't speak unless you've walked a thousand miles' > which I felt as I read this article. Not all knowledge and > understanding must derive from doing something to have a > valid opinion. We need to treat teachers better and find > better pay structures but I've found no harsher critics of > teachers and our schools than the teachers I went to > college with as they filter into the systems and find > tired and broken systems in which they get no voice until > they have 'tenure'. I don't know that this article is so much about "not speaking bad about teachers", but about having compassion for teachers and talking about education with a little more humility for the institution that helped produce you. I would say this article is more of the "teachers don't write articles about how to __________ better, so don't let _______________ers tell teachers how to teach better" variety. And I totally agree that most young teachers are completely overwhelmed by the ridiculous systems in which they are forced to teach. My only hope is that some of these young, inspiring teachers remain in the profession long enough to change the broken system (which might take a LONG time!). The unions are broken; for the most part, teachers are not.