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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think part of the reason teachers think they are so unique is that most of us don't complain and share as much about the terrible aspects of our jobs as teachers. Maybe it's a professional culture thing, maybe its because it's easier for people to understand what teachers do having been students themselves.

I also suspect, having consulted with some elementary and high schools, but in a field not related to education, that many teachers have never not been in education. Some of course have, but I've posted here before how surprising I find it that across schools I find that the teachers especially (and to a lesser extent, administrators) aren't able to function in a way all my other nonprofit clients are- e.g., stuff that i would call "adult" work skills, such as participating in a meeting productively or working with other adults.

It could be a coincidence, but I've worked with a LOT of nonprofit clients and don't typically experience this impression... and yet almost always experience it with teachers.

It could mean teachers are people who couldn't function in other environments, but could also be that they can't get out once they are in.

Most importantly to my point, it shows that teachers may not have a clue about how other professions function- they think they are really, really unique in the challenges (and pay) when they are in fact in many ways completely the same (and in fact privileged). Maybe not on the specifics, but generally.

I also think they really like to talk about their specifics, but that's more of a personal vs. professional observation.[/quote]

Wow. Your post shows just how ignorant and pompous you are. I find it surprising you've taken your minuscule interactions with[b] people who are not even in education[/b] and overgeneralized your experiences to teachers. "Having been students themselves" DOES NOT mean people know what it is like to teach. Being a student and being a teacher are not even comparable.  Your ill-informed opinion of teachers you do not even know is appalling. I would rather spend all day, every day with a complaining teacher than with someone like you.

-supporter of teachers[/quote]

Look - it's anecdotal, but my experience IS with teachers. And my point wasn't that people who were students know how to teach, it was that teachers seem to think that people "get" their issues, and I think it's true more of most professions- in the same way most of us can vaguely get what the basics of managing a grocery store or being a doctor might entail[/quote]

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