Ahh, being a teacher. It comes with such a huge stigma. No matter who you are or where you live, you feel like you are an expert on what it means to be a teacher. Can you fault anyone for this? Not really.
Everyone, even if they only have an eighth grade education, feels they are an expert because the majority of everyone’s childhood is spent confined within the four walls of a classroom. Those memories lead to very specific ideas about what teachers should look like and how they should behave, even if it is far from the truth.
