A reaction to Buzzfeed’s “23 Things People Always Get Completely Wrong About Teachers”.

The College Fix reports.

Stereotypes of the teaching profession: Reactions from a retiring veteran educator

As a quarter-century-plus veteran educator who’s retiring from the field in a couple of weeks, I had to react to this Buzzfeed article which my wife (also a teacher) had forwarded me: 23 Things People Always Get Completely Wrong About Teachers.

Always and completely? Welllll … not quite. Some of the following are spot-on, but others (unfortunately for the relevant parties) prove some of the stereotypes correct.

Buzzfeed’s original list is in bold; my reaction is in italics, followed by commentary by yours truly.

1. For some unknown reason, people tend to think you have it easy.
Reaction: Get real.
If it’s so easy, why do many studies show that a large percentage of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years?