Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
> > On 10/01/2011 04:01 PM, John VanSickle wrote:
> >
> >> Teaching requires, in addition to subject matter competency, skill in
> >> classroom management and lesson planning and presentation. I was hired
> >> having a CIS degree, but with no training in the other areas. If you
> >> don't know what to watch for, the kids will go crazy. Toss in the kids
> >> who weren't raised right (for whatever reason), and the situation
> >> becomes unmanageable.
> >
> > I would have thought the biggest problem is that kids don't want to
> > learn anything, don't give a damn what you're talking about, and will
> > basically go to any lengths to avoid being taught.
> >
> > _That_ is why I'm not a teacher.
>
> Don't teach kids. Teach adults.

wise suggestion.  Adults seeking education are eager to learn because most
likely were the types of kids who didn't want to learn back then and because of
that took quite a beating in life.  They are much more humble now.

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