The teaching profession has a large public opinion gap to overcome. When I was a teacher, I was told multiple times "I can't believe you are a teacher." Have fun with the results:
http://link.email.hbr.org/r/QTSN/74I53/MSL8ID/XJ4N9/NBOSH/U1/h
Monday, October 25, 2010
Why Top Students Don't Want to Teach
Harvard Business Review recently sent out their "The Daily Stat" with the headline "Why Top Students Don't Want to Teach." Of, course . . . I was hooked. What amazes me is the difference between the questions "I would be proud to tell people I had this job" and "People in this job are considered successful": 60% versus 38%. To me, they are the same questions. "I would be proud to tell people I had this job" has a "correct" answer. The correct answer is "yes." "People in this job are considered successful" externalizes the question, and you get more honesty.
The teaching profession has a large public opinion gap to overcome. When I was a teacher, I was told multiple times "I can't believe you are a teacher." Have fun with the results:
http://link.email.hbr.org/r/QTSN/74I53/MSL8ID/XJ4N9/NBOSH/U1/h
The teaching profession has a large public opinion gap to overcome. When I was a teacher, I was told multiple times "I can't believe you are a teacher." Have fun with the results:
http://link.email.hbr.org/r/QTSN/74I53/MSL8ID/XJ4N9/NBOSH/U1/h
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