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[quote=Anonymous]I have been teaching for over 20 years.

Noticed this right away.

I think a lot of men really like history, and are drawn the the content (battles, politics, econ, etc.) and want to study this in college.
A lot of my male students who struggle in other areas, like reading, find history class engaging because of the story-telling aspect.

When they love a subject, they want to share it.

To be a HS teacher, you usually have to study the subject (History, English, a Language) and add on a handful of education classes to get certified (about 5).
For ES teachers you have to take more psychology classes, an assortment of content are classes (math, geography, literacy ..etc.) and some development classes.

I was 1st certified as a teacher in a content area and then went back to get a M.Ed. so I got the "curriculum and instruction" parts later. Much more "how people learn" and "why schools are the way they are" than "MORE ABOUT HISTORY".
My husband was a poly-sci major. To become a HS teacher in history, he'd need about 5 classes. To be a kindergarten teacher, he would need about 10-15 classes.
My brother thought about teaching when he was 22 because he loves books. He wanted to stand around and talk about books all day. He said he liked kids, so it would be OK.

I really like seeing kids progress whether it is solving a math problem or learning to talk.
I am more of an ES teacher-type.

I knew a lot of people who started college thinking they would learn history or policital science so they could go to law school. If that didn't come to be, some of these people became teachers.

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