I think I’d be happier as a teacher if schools weren’t disciplinary, didn’t impose debt, didn’t gatekeep lives, weren’t ungodly early in the morning, I had time for students, students had resources provided, I didn’t have to worry whether my life or art was compromising,
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also if we didn’t make people feel stupid or broken when something didn’t work for them, if we didn’t pretend that ten weeks of gorging on a topic then summarizing/testing/arguing was a good method of learning or that we had learned anything that way ourselves
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also if we didn’t present “making the cut” (others don’t) as the best thing to hope for
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It is really wild how many ex-academics I know who share these aspirations and it’s like, damn, what a waste. I’d show up tomorrow.
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If I’m still doing computer shit at age 40 remind me I said this. Fuck a computer
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Replying to @jackie_ess
I wanted to be a teacher for a long time + spent some time teaching + am still interested in it as a later-stage career move the nurturing part, where you help others discover the world and actualize themselves, is where the joy comes from the rest of the job mostly sucks
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you can do some of this stuff through mentorship, but it doesn't feel as compulsory or formal as 'real' teaching, so it's harder for either party to commit themselves to the exercise I think this is also why some people become parents
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