portest:

portest:

im not saying you have to be a Natural Born Teacher & never wanna do anything else with your life beyond teaching, but like . the idea that teaching is a valid career option for any/every educated adult is a very very harmful one . the reason we have teachers who dont support and even hate kids/their students is because we tell everyone that “those who cant teach!” and it’s societally accepted that teaching is a great fallback career for anyone . which is absolutely 100% untrue . teachers are more involved with the lives of most children than even their PARENTS can be . you have to be able to control yourself and be able to address many tough situations . it isnt just your job to teach material , it’s your job to CARE . about EVERY STUDENT .

literally everyone involved would be better off if yall found a different job to settle for

“anyone can teach” implies that all adults are good role models , who will always act in the best interests of their students (even if the students are difficult to work with, even if the students are disabled, even if the students dont speak english, even if the students are LGBT+, even if the students are of different ethnicities, … ) which is NOT TRUE

anyway these were the best posts i ever made