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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Teaching overrated?

By selliott | Thursday, January 17, 2008, 10:23 PM

A friend who covers education elsewhere pointed me to this list of the most overrated professions in U.S. News and World Report.

Yep. You guessed it. One of the 13 most overrated professions is teaching.

The magazine says idealistic young teachers go into the profession to change lives and make a difference only to find many barriers to doing so. It’s just not as heroic as it seems in the movies.

I know there are a lot of teachers who read GOTB. What do you think? Is the profession overrated? Do you still feel you can make a difference? Would you recommend teaching to a young person today?

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