ESL and Kindergarten Teachers Being Looked Down On...

I've taught a wide variety of things in my career: sciences, math, kindergarten, and ESL.

I have noticed that whenever I brought up that I am an ESL or kindergarten teacher, it is usually looked down on:

"Playing hide and seek isn't teaching!"

"Oh no, like... a real teacher."

"How much of an impact can you really make at that age?"

"Playing with 5 year olds isn't teaching..."

These things come from normal people, but they also occasionally come from other teachers. It was something that was really surprising to me when I got into the profession.

Am I a lone case? Maybe I just ran into a few bad apples. What has your guys's experience been?

Submitted January 14, 2021 at 11:21PM by RichardATravels https://ift.tt/3qm1aX9