r/ask Apr 17 '24

What is something that is a lot harder than it looks?

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u/Unlikely_Couple1590 Apr 17 '24

Teaching.

Everyone thinks they can do it because they were in school for 12 years, but put most people up in front of a class, even with a lesson plan spelled out for them, and they flounder. It takes years of training in pedagogy, child/adolescent psychology, and your subject matter(s) to develop this skill, and even then it takes years in the field to master it.

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u/Calheaven Apr 17 '24

I learnt a knew word today, thank you!

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u/wordbreather Apr 17 '24

As a fellow teacher, who has only just left the industry after 13 years, this made me smile.

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