Teaching as Self-Sacrifice
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Lots of good potential teachers will take a pass on the profession as long as teaching’s selfless nobility remains a selling point. That’s part of why Teach for America only asks for a two-year commitment - not because short stints are better for students, but because it’s the surest way to get hordes of ambitious young people to give teaching a try. Devote two years to the greater good? Sure. Two decades? No thanks.
My mother was a teacher, and I know how hard it can be. But this article made me think about how treating teaching as an act of charity isn't good for the students, either.