Teaching: Is it worth it??
Teaching: Is it worth it??
Categories: Abe's Blogcabin, 288 wordsSend feedback • PermalinkHi Everyone,
I recently read Rob's post and felt really good that he had gotten an internship in his career. At the same time though I had some misgivings because I am a teacher too, albeit on a different level than Rob. After teaching at a university for three years as an adjunct; I have come to the conclusion that teaching is a dead-end career. Don't misread my statement, I love teaching, my subject and I like my students too but careerwise it is not much of a choice. Teachers are paid less than any other professional occupation and in most cases they have more responsibilities than any other profession (except maybe doctors).
Often times, especially in the US, people will say that the importance of a project or program is denoted by the amount of money spent on that thing. In my experience I've found that this is not true for education. Sure there are cases where universities are given a tremendous amount of funds, but more often than not, the administration throws the money down the toilet and gives it to the atheletics program.
What I am trying to say is that teachers are expected to deal with a load of responsibilities and to do it for less pay simply because we love teaching. This system takes advantage of teachers and 'burns them out' in the process. I guess what I want to say to Rob is: "Congratulations on your prospective job, but if they can pay you to work there, you should demand it. Don't ever let anyone talk you into teaching for free (unless you have another job with which to support yourself) because then you will be burnt-out and broke."
Congrats Again, Neil
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