A big part of the problem is that teaching is treated as a second tier profession. A lot of people end up teaching after having failed at something else. I took some masters level education classes and these were some of the dumbest people I had ever met in a college environment.
The people that choose teaching as a first choice often leave because the pay and work environment is so poor for such an important job. They either burn out from stress or give up because they cannot properly do their job within the system.
I worked with several former teachers in my software career. They were all smart patient people. Software jobs making shit for rich people to get richer paid more than double for less work.
I knew another teacher who was on food stamps because her salary was so low.
Our society values stupid shit. It invests in stupid shit. We are lead by assholes and fools.
I am a flight instructor. The funny thing about my profession is, it is NOT a middle age man’s game. It’s for young guns and retirees.
Say you’ve spent the tens of thousands of dollars it takes to earn a commercial pilot’s certificate. You’ve got a few hundred hours in the logbook, all of it training or pleasure flying, almost all in 2-4 seat trainers. You’re qualified to do…basically nothing. Mind you, a commercial pilot can’t work for an airline, you need an ATP certificate for that. A commercial pilot can do weird things like air taxi, some charter operations, air tours, banner towing, glider towing, aerial photography…and with an additional certificate, teach flight school.
The vast majority of (civilian) pilots including myself log their first revenue flight as Instruction Given. All of a sudden, some other rube is not only footing the bill for the plane, but paying YOU a wage. Your logbook starts filling up pretty quick, the second 250 hours happens a lot faster than the first 250 did, you can afford to get your multi-engine, etc. Then you get hired for a “real job” flying something turbine powered and spend your “actual” career flying Caravans for Fed-Ex.
Then, it’s time to retire, start living life as if you’re actually going to get the pension they promised you, and to get out of the house you start teaching lessons at your local municipal airport until you can’t pass a medical exam anymore.
A big part of the problem is that teaching is treated as a second tier profession. A lot of people end up teaching after having failed at something else. I took some masters level education classes and these were some of the dumbest people I had ever met in a college environment.
The people that choose teaching as a first choice often leave because the pay and work environment is so poor for such an important job. They either burn out from stress or give up because they cannot properly do their job within the system.
I worked with several former teachers in my software career. They were all smart patient people. Software jobs making shit for rich people to get richer paid more than double for less work.
I knew another teacher who was on food stamps because her salary was so low.
Our society values stupid shit. It invests in stupid shit. We are lead by assholes and fools.
The only thing our society is interested in is extracting more value from people and funneling that value into the wealthiest hands
I am a flight instructor. The funny thing about my profession is, it is NOT a middle age man’s game. It’s for young guns and retirees.
Say you’ve spent the tens of thousands of dollars it takes to earn a commercial pilot’s certificate. You’ve got a few hundred hours in the logbook, all of it training or pleasure flying, almost all in 2-4 seat trainers. You’re qualified to do…basically nothing. Mind you, a commercial pilot can’t work for an airline, you need an ATP certificate for that. A commercial pilot can do weird things like air taxi, some charter operations, air tours, banner towing, glider towing, aerial photography…and with an additional certificate, teach flight school.
The vast majority of (civilian) pilots including myself log their first revenue flight as Instruction Given. All of a sudden, some other rube is not only footing the bill for the plane, but paying YOU a wage. Your logbook starts filling up pretty quick, the second 250 hours happens a lot faster than the first 250 did, you can afford to get your multi-engine, etc. Then you get hired for a “real job” flying something turbine powered and spend your “actual” career flying Caravans for Fed-Ex.
Then, it’s time to retire, start living life as if you’re actually going to get the pension they promised you, and to get out of the house you start teaching lessons at your local municipal airport until you can’t pass a medical exam anymore.