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Date Posted: 12:34:00 02/02/05 Wed
Author: Nickie
Subject: Re: Teacher? or Performer?
In reply to: Dr. O 's message, "Re: Teacher? or Performer?" on 12:12:08 04/16/04 Fri

I say get the ed degree if you can actually see yourself teaching at some time. Don't use teaching as a fall back. My private teacher back home once said to me "Teachers are failures..." and what she meant was that math teachers are failed mathematician, science teachers are failed scientists, and music teachers are failed musicians. I wholeheartedly disagree with this! Teachers are teachers, not failed "anythings". The last thing we went in our classrooms are dispassionate teachers, so don't go into the classroom as a "failed musician."

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[> [> [> Re: Teacher? or Performer? -- Gary, 09:18:15 02/03/05 Thu [1]

"If you can do, do. If you can't do, teach."

Probably one of the biggest lies to be found in any proverb in history. I have to say I agree with you, Nickie--teaching has nothing to do with admitting (or even experiencing) failure. Teaching is something of a noble profession, I think, and that's not only because I intend to be a teacher; I have always had a high respect for those who make it their duty, their life's ambition, to pass on knowledge to those who desire it. If anything, the decision to become a teacher is made with the will and hope to change lives for the better. If any teacher is a "failure", then they are not qualified to teach, anyway.


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[> [> [> [> Re: Teacher? or Performer? -- Nickie, 20:23:16 02/07/05 Mon [1]

I doubt I could have said it better myself, Gary :o)


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