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As I was reading the page, I began to notice how much of the authors thoughts echoed my own within the context of the show and applications to real life. For those who aren't familiar with How I Met Your Mother, it's a sitcom about a group of friends living in NYC during their prime. Each of the characters focuses on their career while transitioning out of early adulthood. One character is an architect who later becomes a professor, another is a lawyer, one is a journalist, one works in some corporation, and the character who is being discussed on that page is a teacher. In addition to what that person wrote on that page, the career choice for that character in the show is most always portrayed as something of a joke.
Be a teacher because you're interested in it, because you have the not-altogether-common skill of being able to engage kids (not simply to entertain them, loads of people can do that) and guide them to think about things in a way that leaves them wanting to know more. Don't be one because you couldn't figure out another way to monetize your major. Nobody who is truly skilled at teaching thinks of it as "just" teaching. Only people who don't especially enjoy it feel that way.
But that's the way society is. I'm sure there's K-6 teachers who make fun of garbagemen and shoe salesmen just like TV does. People always kick the dog who's smaller than them.
Are you aware that in the medical field, people who specialize and become radiologists, anesthesiologist, and plastic surgeons look down on people who 'just' became a general physician. Very common.
Also, despite the blogger's best attempts to praise the teaching profession, she didn't stick with it either.
The annoying thing to me is that it assumes one becomes a kindergarten teacher through osmosis or something, otherwise where is Lily's reference to the extra training and classes she had to undertake to get that kindergarten certification after she completed her art history degree? My guess is that the writers thought one becomes a kindergarten teacher by just saying you want to be one and applying for a job.
The article and reference remind me of the scene from Mr. Hollands Opus when he initially refers to teaching as a just another "gig". He also mentions how he got his teaching license so he'd have something to "fall back on". Unfortunately this is a stigma that was once partially true and has stereotypically maintained.
But that's the way society is. I'm sure there's K-6 teachers who make fun of garbagemen and shoe salesmen just like TV does. People always kick the dog who's smaller than them.
Are you aware that in the medical field, people who specialize and become radiologists, anesthesiologist, and plastic surgeons look down on people who 'just' became a general physician. Very common.
Also, despite the blogger's best attempts to praise the teaching profession, she didn't stick with it either.
Haha so true about the medical field. I'll add that doctors "look down" on pharmacists, physical therapists, and audiologists despite that these professions require 4 year doctorate degrees as well. OTOH, PhD medical researchers will "look down" on doctors claiming that they don't know the real science behind medicine.
I do believe teacher's get picked on too much for being a professional career. People for some reason think teaching is easy when in reality is very stressful being responsible for 20+ students, having them learn and pass all these new crazy standardized tests and stuff.
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