Why we teach

spurious

I'm sure many here have already been watching 'Educating Yorkshire', but if not, here's a short reminder of an example of one reason to teach.

ustazjoseph

really enjoyed this. I worked in the British system for a while and enjoyed the energy and commitment. I love it when colleagues here are really into it.

acequion

spurious wrote: »

I'm sure many here have already been watching 'Educating Yorkshire', but if not, here's a short reminder of an example of one reason to teach.

Really liked that,thanks Spurious, for putting it up.The thread is very aptly titled too. We can,all of us, identify with the emotions those teachers are clearly feeling and we can all do with some reminding as to why we teach.

Teaching,in itself is a lovely job and as that video shows,can be richly rewarding.The problem is when stupid policy makers start fixing what ain't broke and in the process of their stupidity,demoralise the many committed teachers out there.

endacl

Being a 'non-traditional' teacher, who doesn't teach in a mainstream school, and who just kinda fell into teaching as a stopgap some years ago...

While I do certainly enjoy my job and find it engaging, stimulating and rewarding, for me it's mostly the holidays. Stereotype Central here I'm afraid. If holidays were reduced to other-industry standards, I'd go full-time at my other work. Which is also engaging, stimulating and rewarding. I've seen educating Yorkshire etc, and while it does demonstrate the vocational nature of the profession, I'm always a little leery of attempts to fetishize those aspects.

electoralshock

spurious wrote: »

I'm sure many here have already been watching 'Educating Yorkshire', but if not, here's a short reminder of an example of one reason to teach.

Thank you for reminding me of the real reason I teach. This puts everything back into perspective.