By: Riss Willwerth
In an article I read, Jaime Madison discusses the responses of others when you tell people you are going into teaching. The number of typical responses us teaching majors recieve, is ridiculous. The author opens the article by telling a story about a guy she knew who exclaimed, “you’re okay with being just a teacher?” to her. She responds with emotion saying, “seriously?” What does that mean? Why is it seen as a bad thing to just want to teach? How do we as a society get rid of this negative stereotype?
The stereotype that being a teacher is not a way to be successful is very degrading. The amount teachers do goes way beyond classroom work. The amount of hours spent working on IEPS and paperwork and grading and creating lesson plans far exceeds the 8-hour school day. Without education and teachers, people cannot get degrees, and therefore have trouble getting a job. We need teachers and they are very, very important part of society. It is clear that it isn’t the career with the most money, but that just shows how much teaching majors love what they are wanting to do. We wouldn’t be in this field if we didn’t want to change lives.
I think everyone going into this field has heard most of the stereotypes and is not too shocked when hearing them every so often. When someone asks me what I am going into I am proud to say that its Special Education. I know what I want to do and as annoying as the stereotypes and responses of those who don’t view things the way I do, I am not concerned because I am the one that will be teaching not them. This is what I’m meant to do and this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
https://jaimemadison.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/just-a-teacher/
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