Reply #35: 30 years experience is all the evidence I need

[proud2BlibKansan]

Teaching is a profession that most enter underqualified. Nothing can prepare you for the demands of the job. It takes years to perfect the craft of teaching. It's a myth that teachers are born or that a fresh out of college (or in the case of TFA, a fresh out of a quick couple week training program) teacher can waltz in and do a better job than any who have come before her.

Lazy people don't stay in the teaching profession. You absolutely cannot be a minimally effective teacher and be lazy. In fact that's downright comical. So it's far more likely that a newcomer would be lazy and end up quitting after only a year or so because she lacks the work ethic necessary to be a good teacher.

This is the beginning of my third decade in education and I am just now hitting my stride. My best years are ahead of me. I'd like to forget some of the years behind me.