We need more male teachers..critical shortage exists in elementary schools

Running Head : Teaching as a Profession

WANTED : MALE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS

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WANTED : MALE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS

Every child has the right to be sent to school to gain knowledge that could not be sufficed at home . They are intended to study on schools that will cater their needs not only for basic life information but about the different aspects of life that might help them as they grow up like the changes one undergoes upon growing up and the reasons why earthquake and green house effect happen . The

learning that each child will gain through studying can be used in the fields they will choose in the future . Education is very important in the lives of every one given that it may help them achieve their desired jobs in the future

This is given by certain people who finished degrees that focus on teaching . They are trained on a profession that masters the proper way of dealing with students . These practitioners are called teachers whom are often called the second parents of the students . Since they are the ones who are often with the students , they are expected to be guiding them towards the right path : a successful and fulfilled life Nowadays , there has been an issue that seems to be a problem at school The teaching career ' is now viewed as a profession for women

Decades and centuries ago , men are in this field by which they were the ones who try to instill knowledge and wisdom to students whom after some time became their followers . Cicero , Plato and Aristotle are examples of the aforementioned people . Since there are social and genders issues before which state that men are the only people who are right for education , men in the teaching profession is ubiquitous . According to one article , it was after the World War 2 that men stopped or decreased in number in the teaching profession (National Men 's Resource Center 2003 . They cited that as the percentage of the women teaching is increasing accordingly in ten years scale by 21 from 1986 to 1998 , male teachers decrease by 4 , which is undoubtedly depressing

Reasons of male who do not engage in teaching professions were reported as follows : low wages that do not equate their efforts in teaching naughty and stubborn kids gender issues that might be tagged to them like they are gays or homosexual degraded pro and issues that might connect them to having affairs with the young , pedophile and sexual harassment . Indeed , these reasons might be stopping them from sharing their skills with the young . Studies show that males really look on jobs that can emphasize their masculinity or so . Moreover administrative positions are the most expected careers of man making teaching ' a career for men with no choice

Protection , on the other side is something they can give to the students . Fatherly attention and love can also be expected from good male teachers . They might serve as role models of the young , given that...