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Frankly, it is not easy to teach. When you couple that with people who are untrained in teaching and are given the jobs as a “stepping-stone” or see it as a temporary job which is “nice” to have, the “teachers” get overwhelmed with the students and fall and develop a bad attitude to the very product they are entrusted to develop.
I have to point out there are many intelligent people in teaching positions in yeshivos who know their subject well and are loaded with information.
But here is the point: Telling is not teaching. Teachers need to find the threshhold of where the class is holding because the primary job of the teacher is to ensure the student now becomes the owner of the knowledge or skill.
Too many teachers come and go and stand up in front of the class telling all their detailed and vast knowledge, as students run around or make paper airplanes, lol…figuratively speaking.
The teachers cannot understand why these kids are not listening and learning, and they get harsh, negative, and often verbally abusive to the students.
It is the teachers fault. They are not there to “chalk talk”. They need to engage the student on the students level and chunk out the information in portions and detail so the student can absorb it and achieve success.
When a teacher does that, their experience is another ball game completely, and their experience becomes cherished.
This takes skill. Fortunately I have had formal training, and rely on it constantly
While we have no problem as a community addressing our need to uplift ourselves in the realms of Loshon Hora and Tznius, we should add Education to the list in terms of quality of materials and teachers, as well as the school environment presenting opportunities for children to grow and develop in healthy ways guided by professionals who are properly trained.