I'm with the people who say that you can't judge your ability to be a teacher on your current experience. Consider this:
You meet a fighter in the SCA. He was a successful athlete outside the SCA. Since joining the SCA six months ago, he's gone to only backyard practice full of nothing but dukes and shiny new knights. He's gotten sporadic help, but mostly he's gotten his clock cleaned. He's convinced he does not have a future as a fighter in the SCA. What do you say to him? And how is his situation different than yours?
You started in the deep end of the teaching pool with very little training. There's programs at places like Harvard (and other universities I think) to provide instruction for mid-career switches to teaching that I imagine also help the graduates land in teaching positions not in the dregs of the system. Maybe teaching isn't for you - but I wouldn't write it off based on your current situation.
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I'm with the people who say that you can't judge your ability to be a teacher on your current experience. Consider this:
You meet a fighter in the SCA. He was a successful athlete outside the SCA. Since joining the SCA six months ago, he's gone to only backyard practice full of nothing but dukes and shiny new knights. He's gotten sporadic help, but mostly he's gotten his clock cleaned. He's convinced he does not have a future as a fighter in the SCA. What do you say to him? And how is his situation different than yours?
You started in the deep end of the teaching pool with very little training. There's programs at places like Harvard (and other universities I think) to provide instruction for mid-career switches to teaching that I imagine also help the graduates land in teaching positions not in the dregs of the system. Maybe teaching isn't for you - but I wouldn't write it off based on your current situation.