Do people become school teachers for the power more often then just wanting to teach?

Question

Do people become school teachers for the power more often then just wanting to teach?

Answer 1

Power? What power? Teachers don't have any authority any more. Obnoxious parents and their evil spawn have taken that away.  How many teachers get the tar beaten out of them every year? If anything, I'd say they really love to teach, because making peanuts while the threat of violence looms in the air would deter most people.

Answer 2

yeah the power of seduction

Answer 3

Ha! teachers have no power wat-so-ever.  If you want power become a judge or police officer. Cuz when you think about it.  The Big boss at a huge corporation can get chewed out by a police officer... or can get sent away by a judge.  THey have AUTHORITY

Answer 4

Teachers have power anymore?  Where?  

Sorry, but teachers are some of the most powerless folks out there...at the mercy of the administration, the government, parents who don't bother to discipline their kids, and let's not forget the little darlings themselves.  

Teachers aren't just expected to teach...they're expected to raise a generation of kids that they see anywhere from 1-6 hours a day with next to no authority to do so.

Yep, what a power rush ;)  Nope, they teach because they want to make a difference, not because they're power hungry.

Answer 5

I don't see anyone deciding on this career by saying, "hmm? I want a job where I have power...I know! I will be a teacher!"

I think we want to teach to work with kids or to share knowledge.  I think we value education. It's definitely not for money!

Answer 6

I think there are several kinds of teachers.....the ones that like the idea of making a decent wage with good benefits and having all holidays and summers off......the ones that truly love kids and want to impart their wisdom and knowledge.....and the ones that just need a job and don't really care.  As far as power, I don't see teachers being on a power trip.....its the administrators that seem to be on that.

Answer 7

I'm sure, but I think most of those types of people become cops.

Answer 8

As Gandhi stated "Be the change you want to see in the world." Teachers enter the field to share their love of their chosen content area, to make a difference in the lives of their students, and share their life experience.  At times, educators can become jaded and abuse their authority.  It is the role of good administrators to act as advocates to children to ensure that does not happen.  No one starts off wanting to fail.

Answer 9

you're kidding right? as a teacher, i never see myself has having "power" in the classroom. you work to have control, organization, direction and discovery, but power?

not even close.

all i can hope is that you're not an educator asking that question.

power is about domination and teaching is far from that. teaching is about sharing knowledge, guiding research and facilitating learning. power has very little to do with it. what you want and hope for as a teacher is to give students the tools they need to get far in the world. you want them to want to learn and to love to learn and to want to share that with others.

education is about giving your students the keys to the future and as they move forward, you hope that they will take what you offer and extend that into the next phase of their lives.

there are people in EVERY profession who are misguided about the best way to do their job and the purpose behind it. people talk about how "mean" teachers are and how they just want little drones to do everything they say and personally, i believe that's a lot of bunk. like i said, there are ALWAYS people that don't give their profession the respect it deserves, but in no way would i single out teachers as the ones who ALWAYS do it.

so nothing personally to whomever posted this, but i take that kind of suggestion as offensive and all i can hope is that the responses you recieve change your mind.

Answer 10

I'm sure it's both. There are a lot of people out there that just love to control other people though - so I bet a lot of teachers abuse their power. It's sad.

Answer 11

Power?  I have power?  You're kidding right?

Answer 12

My dad was a school teacher for 30 years.  I thinkhe taught because he loved kids and he wanted to help make a difference in the world.  There is not much power in being a school teacher, they don't make much money, work long hours and put up with a lot of bad parents!

Answer 13

I don't think so.  Try to get a bunch of students to do something when they'd rather be doing something else (talking, playing), and you will find out why it sometimes seems that way!

Answer 14

Power?  I can't think of many jobs in which you have LESS power!

Answer 15

It's about 25% of them for the power.  The other 75% really do it for the kids.  The ones doing it for power overshadow the good ones.  How often do students go back to school to see the POWER HUNGRY?

Answer 16

I didn't.