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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many wouldn't have other, better options.  [/quote]
I've posted before about this. I am really appreciative of teachers, but I think the majority graduated at the bottom of their class (bottom 25%). And from my experience ,the vast majority of teachers would have a very, very hard time transitioning into other "normal" work. [/quote]

Hi.  Teacher here.  I graduated at the top of my class.  And yes, please, go on and tell me how easy my degree was.....I love it when people do that.  From my experience, [b]the vast majority of non teachers would have a very, very hard time transitioning into the classroom. [/b] [/quote]

Can you imagine all the people who post here about not being able to handle their own (few) children  actually teaching a classroom full of kids? I don't understand how people don't understand that people have different skills in life. Some people have the skills to be a teacher. Some people have the skills to be a salesperson.  More often than not, the teacher wouldn't be successful at sales and the salesperson wouldn't be successful at teaching. Different skill sets. One is not better or worse than the other, just different. It's the snobs on here who belittle people who have a different skill set than their own that are the problem. It stems from their own insecurities and makes them feel better about themselves to put others down. And we wonder how kids learn to bully others. I would love to know why if teaching is such a cushy job with adequate pay and an amazing schedule why people aren't quitting their own jobs in droves to become a teacher? Why isn't that happening?[/quote]

I'm the first person quoted here and would also be the first to admit there's no way I would be good at managing a classroom. I would never argue my skills are, at least for the most part, transferable into education.

BUT, I would also say my own skill set, and those of many other white collar professionals, can be transferred from one industry to another (with obvious exceptions, including teaching). In my limited experiences, I don't think the same could be said of most teachers. So the answer to "why don't teachers quit" from my perspective is that they wouldn't succeed in other professions. Just like the answer to "why don't you transfer to  teaching" would be I wouldn't succeed with my skill set in that profession.[/quote]

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