I agree that some teachers have the ability to put things in a way that others can understand.
I went into teaching when I realized that I understood some of my classmates questions while the teacher seemed clueless as to what the student was confused about.
However, when I was confronted with a class of underachievers I found that my techniques made little difference. I do not know even today what might have worked. I believe many teachers are faced with this concern, but cannot get past the fact that some students are making it difficult for others to learn.
Thank you for your comments.
I appreciate your efforts as a teacher. My wife comes from a family where most of the people on her mother’s side were all teachers. They took their profession very seriously. I of course had good teachers and bad teachers during my time as a student. It seems like the reward that the good teachers receive is more from the satisfaction of a job well done and the relationships formed with students and in some cases parents.
Our youngest child is now in her 40s so it has been so long than I do not know what the situation is like currently other than frequent reports that the price of education has increased greatly while the quality of the instruction received at least in our local schools has declined. This of course is likely partially because of changing demographics and societal attitudes, but teachers cannot be held completely blameless. I am sure that as a good teacher this must be very frustrating.