Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
Teaching.
Been thinking about becoming a teacher. There's something about the concept of transmiting ideas and being in a place that motivates perpetual learning that fascinates me. Having time to explore stuff you want to do, being able to instill a passion on someone about something you love, the posibility of brainwashing them into mindless drones that'll be part of an army ready to die on my command... seems appealing.
That and I'm fed up with dickheaded teachers who're there just to make their own at the end of the month, don't give a fuck about students and don't bother to teach or even know what the fuck they're talking about. I'd like to say that only a few are like this, but in some degree, about 90% of all teachers are one or various of the following:
distant, self-important, dumb, incompetent, anal-retentive, arrogant, don't give a fuck or are just plain fucktards. There's also the hypocrit type, but I despise hypocrits in all forms, so no point in mentioning them here.
I admit I'm nowhere near flawless. I'm arrogant and sometimes don't give a fuck. Still, the fact that I'm arrogant makes me want to be better than these fucks. I want to be arrogant but have a good reason to be so. I want to be able to teach people to think for themselves, to question, and not just be drones that want a degree and are willing to take any sentence uttered by a teach to be true, as long as they pass at the end of the term. I think I'd like to make more people ask why, 'cause when you start asking why, you start really learning!
Understandible when there are teachers who think there are things students shouldn't know... had my share of these. Some who hide the fact they don't know something by saying "it's irrelevant at the moment" or "it won't be explained for pedagogical reasons" (always loved that one). Some who find students a nuisance, something that serves as a source of funding. Some who assume students don't know shit.
I think that, deep down, I like the whole prespective of teaching because it seems to be a way to make people less apathic. Most freshmen I see today care for nothing. They're not in school to study anymore, they're there to get a degree. There's no curiosity, no willingless to learn new stuff. In fact, I was a bit like that for a while. Luckily I had a couple of good teachers.
In any case... I would like to be a teacher. One who makes learning fun. One who isn't a prick. One who actually cares and likes what he does. Ah, like most things in life, it'll probably never be. Like most things in life, a futile effort... but, if you think about it, everything is futile, might as well try for it with everything you got. That way, when you fail, you'll fail with a bang!
Plus, nice pay, low hours, cute student chicks, free time to yourself, constant learning. I like those!
Been thinking about becoming a teacher. There's something about the concept of transmiting ideas and being in a place that motivates perpetual learning that fascinates me. Having time to explore stuff you want to do, being able to instill a passion on someone about something you love, the posibility of brainwashing them into mindless drones that'll be part of an army ready to die on my command... seems appealing.
That and I'm fed up with dickheaded teachers who're there just to make their own at the end of the month, don't give a fuck about students and don't bother to teach or even know what the fuck they're talking about. I'd like to say that only a few are like this, but in some degree, about 90% of all teachers are one or various of the following:
distant, self-important, dumb, incompetent, anal-retentive, arrogant, don't give a fuck or are just plain fucktards. There's also the hypocrit type, but I despise hypocrits in all forms, so no point in mentioning them here.
I admit I'm nowhere near flawless. I'm arrogant and sometimes don't give a fuck. Still, the fact that I'm arrogant makes me want to be better than these fucks. I want to be arrogant but have a good reason to be so. I want to be able to teach people to think for themselves, to question, and not just be drones that want a degree and are willing to take any sentence uttered by a teach to be true, as long as they pass at the end of the term. I think I'd like to make more people ask why, 'cause when you start asking why, you start really learning!
Understandible when there are teachers who think there are things students shouldn't know... had my share of these. Some who hide the fact they don't know something by saying "it's irrelevant at the moment" or "it won't be explained for pedagogical reasons" (always loved that one). Some who find students a nuisance, something that serves as a source of funding. Some who assume students don't know shit.
I think that, deep down, I like the whole prespective of teaching because it seems to be a way to make people less apathic. Most freshmen I see today care for nothing. They're not in school to study anymore, they're there to get a degree. There's no curiosity, no willingless to learn new stuff. In fact, I was a bit like that for a while. Luckily I had a couple of good teachers.
In any case... I would like to be a teacher. One who makes learning fun. One who isn't a prick. One who actually cares and likes what he does. Ah, like most things in life, it'll probably never be. Like most things in life, a futile effort... but, if you think about it, everything is futile, might as well try for it with everything you got. That way, when you fail, you'll fail with a bang!
Plus, nice pay, low hours, cute student chicks, free time to yourself, constant learning. I like those!
posted by Cash at 8/02/2006 10:20:00 AM
2 Comments:
you want to be a teacher because you like it or because you want to get back at your teachers?
Because I like it. There's the plus that I can get to show those pricks how it's done. The premise is, if I keep reminding myself how shitty some teachers I had were, I won't make the same mistakes.
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