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From: greenber@phri.UUCP (Ross Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: career vs. relationships
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 13:52:41 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 13:52:41 1986
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cheryl@batcomputer.UUCP () writes:
[Downplaying the worth of how a teacher feels when teaching]:
>
>	How do you think this teacher feels the OTHER 364 days that year?
>	
>

Probably pretty good: if they're a good teacher, then they probably
have quite a few good teaching days.  If they're a lousy teacher,
they probably don't even notice.

Unless you've done it, don't knock it, cheryl. In fact, even if you
have done it, don't knock it! There is little more joyful than
actually getting some foreign concept across to some unknowing body of
persons.  Imagine how good *you'd* feel if your concepts were
properly expressed so that people could comprehend them well enough to
form an opinion?

Looking out over the blank stares of people who have never heard
of UNIX, for example, and then seeing the glint of "Ah Hah!" in
their eyes when they finally understand a particular concept, is
a joy that makes the low pay, bad working conditions, and other
remarkably bad parts of teaching all somehow worth it.

Now, I don't support my current life style as a teacher. I don't think
I could, as consultant pay has spoiled me a bit. But if I won Lotto,
I'd probably end up teaching somewhere for free.

And, by the way, if a teacher is serious about teaching, they spend a
great deal of "the other 364 days per year" planning their next 
class, and hoping that they'll be effective in their communication skills.

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ross m. greenberg
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[phri rarely makes a guest-account user a spokesperson. Especially not me.]