What is it like to be a teacher? One
man’s opinion. Teaching, as a profession, it’s all I’ve ever known. I had
dreams of doing other things but those were just that, dreams. Growing up in
the 40s, the dreams of many were dashed. Please realize that these are simply
my feelings and that I’m not complaining. As I look back on my career in
teaching, I am very satisfied with what teaching did for me.
For me, I discovered that most of
the time, my students were my teachers. For many of my students, I marveled at
their intellect, they challenged me to learn more. For the troubled students
that gave me fits, they challenged me to understand student differences. I
realized very soon that I loved them all. Again, my students became my
teachers.
Having grown up in the ‘4os and
50’s, scientific knowledge was limited compared to the present. How surprising
it was to me when one of my Biology students would explain to me in 1961 that
Watson and Crick had elucidated the structure of DNA in 1953. I’ll bet that
some of my students of 60 years ago can still explain photosynthesis and its importance
to all life on earth.
In graduate school, as a Masters
Degree Student, I was proud of the science education that had been provided for
me by the professors at TCC (now CCSU). Teachers must always be learners and I,
as have many others, received more graduate degrees since then.
In general, teachers today get a bad
rap. Do teachers deserve criticism? Certainly! Please don’t be one of those
that criticizes teachers for things for which they are not responsible.
Remember, teachers didn’t raise your child
Louis G. Salvio
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You tell them Mr. Landslide. Oh I'm sorry, to me that is Alderman Landslide!
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