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VIDEO: One Teacher Says Teaching Is a Profession, Not a 鈥榃ork of Heart鈥�

By Emma Patti Harris & Madeline Will 鈥� March 14, 2022 4:34
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Jherine Wilkerson, an 8th grade English/language arts teacher in Peachtree City, Ga., recently penned an essay for 澳门跑狗论坛 titled, 鈥淚 Don鈥檛 Have to Love My Students to Be a Good Teacher.鈥�

She said the word 鈥渓ove鈥� in education leads to 鈥渁n intentional devaluation鈥� of the profession and has 鈥渃aused people to believe that what we do is something that they can also do, and what we do doesn鈥檛 matter.鈥�

When asked about the phrases like, 鈥渢eaching is not a job, it鈥檚 a calling,鈥� Wilkerson said, 鈥淚 hate it because teaching is not a calling for me.鈥�

鈥淚t was a choice. And when you consider something a calling, I think it really diminishes the work that you put into it.鈥�

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