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Teacher is for Educations/Teaching which not for Jobs/Careers? |
Teacher is for Educations/Teaching which not for Jobs/Careers? I am going out on a limb here, and assuming that you are asking why teachers are for education and teaching, and not for jobs and careers. In other words, why do teachers not teach more useful skills that could be used in the workplace. If this is your question, here is my answer, if not, then please restate your question. Elementary education through High School (at least in America) is intended to give a student a fairly wide base of knowledge - and more importantly than anything else, imparting in that student the ability (and hopefully the desire) to study and learn. Unfortunately the public school system in this country is pathetically underfunded, and full of the offspring of people who refuse to discipline their children. Add to this the current administrations (pathetically underfunded) 'no child left behind' act - which, like most other Bu$hco policies, does not even begin to address the real issues facing educators in America today. Instead teachers are left having to 'teach to the test' and cannot stray far beyond the subjects laid out in those tests for fear of losing funding due to low test scores. The lack of discipline, both in the home, and in the school systems leave students sorely lacking in basic skills that they need to continue their education in college. An entire generation of children being raised by the television set and video games add to the problem, as parents again refuse to set any kind of limits or mete out any form of punishment. I blame the parents as much as I do the school system for these kinds of problems. Now, once you get your elementary public or private education (private schools are one option for getting a higher level of education - however you need to research the schools extensively to make sure they stand up to rigorous standards, unfortunately the ones that do are usually out of the price range of the average family.) you have two options - enter the workplace, or go to college. Some people are not given the option, and must go directly to work (if they haven't already been working all along) in order to support themselves or their families. I am a big proponent of making it a rule of thumb that most people should not go directly to college, as this makes it simply a continuation of high school, and the majority of high school seniors do not have a clue as to what they are going to do with their lives. Sending a kid off to college (esepecially when the parents fund everything) teaches them nothing about responsibility, and a disturbing number of these will fail to gain anything from going to college in the first place. Personally, I worked in a kitchen restaraunt for a year or so, and then continued to work there while going to school at night. I was able to get my Bachelors in Electronics Engineering in only three years (going to school four hours a night, five nights a week, with two weeks off in the summer, and two weeks off in the winter). Before graduating college, I was able to secure a temporary position with Eastman Kodak doing warranty field repairs for Apple computers - a stroke of luck, but also something I would've never found if I had parents who paid my way through school. Most college graduates complain of not being able to find a job that uses their degree--mostly due to the fact that they have zero experience. A degree is nothing more than a piece of paper--it can get your foot through the door of an interview, but it will not get you a job, only you can do that. There are schools (similar to the one I went to) that offer vocational subjects - teaching you how to do a specific job, unfortunately - most of the information you need to know to have any kind of rewarding career cannot be taught in a classroom. This isn't the teachers fault, it is simply due to the increasingly complex world that we live in. There is no substitute for experience, and the only way to get experience is to get out there and find some way to get your foot in the door. Learn what you can from teachers, but don't expect them to hold your hand. At school I had certain teachers who made a massive difference in the way I viewed education - the first maths instructor I had blew me away - rather than being an insecure know-it-all, he presented everything so that it could be understood. Compare him to my Calculus instructor who seemed to derive great joy from watching us struggle to comprehend what he was attempting to teach (it didn't help that he had a thick egyptian accent, and his favorite variable was 'h' which he pronounced 'haychay') and you will see where a lot of the problem lies. All in all, unless you are going to a school that teaches specific work-related skills, it is up to you to learn what you can from each teacher, and build up a repository of knowledge that you can draw from - you won't always have the answer to every question, but you will know where to go to find out. Im sorry- WHAT is the question?? Please re-consider asking this in understandable English. Thanks. Hugs. |
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