“Those that can, do. Those than can’t, teach. Those that can’t teach go into administration”.
That was a blanket statement.
I understand the situation in the schools. I’m sure your friend and friends we have that are teachers DO see what goes in in the classroom. We too sent our kids to Parochial school and no, it was not easy. We knew the money was better spent on tuition than other things so we chose to do without a few things so the children could benefit. I just know there are more than plenty of people who are educators and do it by choice...NOT because they cant’ do anything else.
I attended public school from kindergarten through 12th grade and I experienced quite a few teachers who were there by choice and literally could not do anything else. Many were coaches first and teachers second. I had one coach that "taught" elemental biology and it was obvious to everyone from day one he was in way, way over his head. I had another coach/teacher who tried to teach Algebra, but he, too, was in way, way over his head. I also had one English teacher in 9th grade, a black man, who was about as close to illiterate as anyone I've ever seen in such a position. This guy had been there for 20 years and it was obvious that the rest of the faculty knew what he was all about, but they were afraid to do anything for fear of cries of racism. I also had teachers who were brilliant at what they did and it showed with their relationship with the students. Trouble is, there isn't a sure fire way of weeding out the bad ones....