teachers are born not made?
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John's first sentence is beautiful. and correct!\n\nHowever, the master was first born to be a teacher and with age, education and experience he/she becomes the practicing master.  And, only the master is truly ABLE to recognize those precious moments when the student is really ready to receive the lesson.\n\nA trained teacher only delivers lessons, hoping some will penetrate the minds of average students.  This is not to say that trained teachers are not competent, many are very competent, but competency and mastery are separate qualities; they should not be confused, one with the other.
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some are professionals who are very highly educated and enjoy travel and teaching\n\nand some are backpackers who want to live on the cheap.\n\nI suggest that any school thinking of hiring ANY teacher (both local and foreign) check the credentials and references VERY carefully
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There are probably less than 1000 teachers in the United States of America. Most schools have people that do not care one whit about teaching. Only drawing a teacher's salary. American education is in a deplorable state. When countries , such as India or China surpass the United States in quality of education, something is very wrong.\n We send our children to school for 16 years and they are marginally literate. I mean, look at the way your question is written.
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As far as I understand professors may teach at colleges but not being taught at them. If they are taught then they are taught at some further education courses at some Universities.
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You are wrong. Society gives a lot of respect to teachers. What they don't give is a living (aka salary), as money is more expensive than respect.
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Yes.\n\n- You have to get a degree (and in some instances a masters).\n- You have to be licenced.\n- You have to attend seminars and courses (which surprisingly are referred to as professional development).\n- Paid a salary, not hourly (hence no overtime).\n- Lastly, like any skilled job, the longer you do it the better you become and the more you can see how others would struggle were they to fill your shoes for a day.\n\nWhat does it matter what others think - I'm ignorant at times too. Regardless of how worldly our experiences they are still finite, so we have altered perspectives. Also, teaching has the distintion of requiring personal character (or what others state as being a calling) - for you can be smart/knowledgeable and still be a poor teacher. So it is a profession that involves a basis of knowledge being built on those receptive to assisting, caring and taking an interest in others.
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Schools? No. Universities? Yes. My grammar lecturer is Danish, my Stylistics lecturer is Italien, one of my RIAL lecturers is German, and our multitude of EFL lecturers are, among other nationalities, German, Polish, Belgian and Brazillian.\n\nWhat I'm driving at is that if non-native speakers can teach at the highest level (supervising a PhD), then it follows that they can teach at any level. In a nutshell, if the linguistic competence of the speaker is high, being native or otherwise should not even be a factor.
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A balance of both. Teachers are there for a reason, as well as peers.
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As with all professions, there are people who really like what they do AND are good at teaching. There are others who like what they do BUT are not any good at explaining anything, or simply lack the knowledge (believe me, I work at a school for teachers and some are abysmally ignorant!! and still get to go out and teach). And there are others who don´t like teaching but have to do it (because of the pay, or academic requirements). Those are the worst, I think. \nBut luckily you'll have a good mix of different kinds of teachers. Next time that you feel like attacking a teacher, please stop and think that maybe he/she's just tired and disheartened, and needs some good attitude from the students. I know that a good response works for me!
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I can't really understand your question as you have apparently left some words out.  But in the US there are many unfilled public school teaching positions.  So a certified teacher should have no problem finding a position, especially in larger cities...the problem comes in on trying to live on the meager wages offered.
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teachers are fu  ck tards sometimes .. isssuesssssssssss
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That's impressive. The youngest teacher I've known was 37. My current teacher is 71. You must have started at a young age!
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Inherited not in genes but by knowledge. They exist in generations due to the type of upbringing and the teachings of not being open to new frontiers. Even false impression about one's image is a factor in this.
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There are good teachers and bad teachers, smart ones and, well, the other kind.\n\nOne important thing to understand is the difference between knowing the subject matter and knowing how to teach the subject matter.\n\nThe best teacher I've ever had was not extremely knowledgable, but was excellent at motivating me to learn the material.\n\nOn the contrary, I've had teachers who were at the cutting edge of their field but couldn't connect with the students.\n\nSo the question you should be asking is not whether your teacher is smart, but if your teacher can help you to learn, understand, comprehend, act, synthesize, etc. \n\nOne thing you can count on is that your teacher wants you to succeed, but you will need to put in the effort to make that happen. It will be a while before we can just download an education into our brains. Until then you will have to do what everyone else who wants the benefits of an education has to do. Get to work!
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This is a very good question. Every time I walk through my child's school, there are a couple teachers that I just want to slap. As for the comment made by, DID I GET ADOPTED, Teachers are suppose to set an example. I have know doubt that there are days and kids that can try their nerves, but this is a part of life, and teaching your classroom how to act and behave badly is just plain wrong! No matter what job you have I have always believed that if the heat is too hot in the kitchen, get out!!!
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How dare you claim that those who actually know the subject matter would be the best teachers!  Don't you know it's more about self-esteem, and making the students feel better about the fact that they don't know s**t?
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Nope. Teachers from a different country doesn’t know the target country’s culture. What you say may work in case of scientific subjects, but if a teacher knows so well a langauge and his/her profession as well, he/she would get a good salary at home, so why go to the target country?