standbackweregoingtolearns-blog1:
You may think that’s a compliment but it’s not. When I tell people that my long term plan is to go into Education Policy and advocacy, and they look relieved, I get offended. I’m not “too smart to be a Teacher.” No one is. And if that’s your views on the intelligence of the average teacher, you can just stop talking to me now. I’m becoming a teacher because I want to teach. If I only wanted to do education policy work, I could have done that. But I’m choosing to teach, and it’s going to be challenging and exciting and I’m looking forward to it. I’m not too smart to be a teacher, and neither are you.
