There is a desire to learn in young people. I have seen it, and I have felt it. Unfortunately education fails when teachers do nothing to reinforce this desire. Teachers who do not care teach students not to care. Teachers who are unprepared for the classroom create students who are unprepared for the world. Students deserve so much more. What is needed, more than anything, are well-trained teachers who are passionate enough to go out of their way to help kids grow. Teachers’ credentials need to encompass more than just the ability to educate; they need to demonstrate that they actually care about their subject, as well as their students. Ironically, my criticism stems from the fact that I have had teachers who truly love their jobs, teachers …show more content…
The low pay is offensive and illustrates how little value is placed on education. If salaries were increased, many brilliant minds would embrace teaching. Improved pay would produce the respect that the profession deserves. We have to make the monetary sacrifices to attract the teachers we need. There should also be stricter guidelines for becoming a teacher. It should take more than a degree and passing a couple of tests for someone to be given authority over a classroom full of students. The requirements for the teaching profession should be comparable to those of other fields: more strenuous internships and more content training. Though prospective teachers are required to intern at a school, a semester is not nearly long enough to accumulate the experience that should be necessary to become a teacher. It would be more appropriate for the internship to be a year long; a year would allow future teachers time to decide if this is what they really want to do, if this is their calling. Along with learning to teach, it should be a requirement that potential teachers earn a degree in their subject, ensuring that they are knowledgeable about what they will be