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<blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 5280611" data-attributes="member: 83805"><p>Without raining on the parade too hard, this is what my ex-wife mentioned many times to me. She was a high school teacher, in a well off yuppie suburb.</p><p></p><p>** Paraphrased ***</p><p></p><p>At best, actual knowledge of one's subject is at most around 20% to 30% of the job. The other 70% to 80% of the job, is classroom management and dealing with all kinds of other stuff. The more successful high school teachers in such an environment, frequently had a background of being a police officer, prison guard, etc ... The "intellectual" types generally had a horrible time, and frequently left the teaching profession after a year or so. (Some even quit before the school year ended).</p><p></p><p>For example, one of her former colleagues was teaching high school mathematics and some science classes. This particular colleague was a cop for many years previously. During the years previously as a cop, this person took some college level math classes at a community college and later at the university over a decade or so. (Basically one course per semester, over many years). By the time this person turned in their badge and gun, they just had one more year full-time at the university, to finish off and get a general science degree in mathematics and some credentials which could be used to get a teaching job in the local public school system. On their first day of teaching, this person was able to deal effectively with kids trying to challenge their authority without restoring to physical force. Somehow they were able to get the students' respect, without resorting to fear/intimidation and losing control of the classroom.</p><p></p><p>Basically for a former cop or prison guard, it was to beat the defiant rebel students at their own game. Apparently extreme rebel types will respect you if you can beat them at their own game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ggroy, post: 5280611, member: 83805"] Without raining on the parade too hard, this is what my ex-wife mentioned many times to me. She was a high school teacher, in a well off yuppie suburb. ** Paraphrased *** At best, actual knowledge of one's subject is at most around 20% to 30% of the job. The other 70% to 80% of the job, is classroom management and dealing with all kinds of other stuff. The more successful high school teachers in such an environment, frequently had a background of being a police officer, prison guard, etc ... The "intellectual" types generally had a horrible time, and frequently left the teaching profession after a year or so. (Some even quit before the school year ended). For example, one of her former colleagues was teaching high school mathematics and some science classes. This particular colleague was a cop for many years previously. During the years previously as a cop, this person took some college level math classes at a community college and later at the university over a decade or so. (Basically one course per semester, over many years). By the time this person turned in their badge and gun, they just had one more year full-time at the university, to finish off and get a general science degree in mathematics and some credentials which could be used to get a teaching job in the local public school system. On their first day of teaching, this person was able to deal effectively with kids trying to challenge their authority without restoring to physical force. Somehow they were able to get the students' respect, without resorting to fear/intimidation and losing control of the classroom. Basically for a former cop or prison guard, it was to beat the defiant rebel students at their own game. Apparently extreme rebel types will respect you if you can beat them at their own game. [/QUOTE]
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