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Adam Greene and Jordan Cook have spent their summers having fun -- going to the pool, leading crafts and playing games. They've also undertaken more serious responsibilities, such as maintaining order and resolving conflicts.
They are counselors at Derry Twp.'s summer day camp, organized by the township's parks and recreation department.
They are teachers in training. Greene, 22, of Hershey, is majoring in elementary education at Penn State University. Cook, 22, of Palmyra, graduated with a degree in elementary education from Susquehanna University.
They are counselors at Derry Twp.'s summer day camp, organized by the township's parks and recreation department.
They are teachers in training. Greene, 22, of Hershey, is majoring in elementary education at Penn State University. Cook, 22, of Palmyra, graduated with a degree in elementary education from Susquehanna University.
Students explore urban teaching - young men teach
Marquise Cottman knows he wants to become a teacher, but not just anywhere.
His dream is to help students who have to overcome the challenges of growing up in an inner-city neighborhood, like the one he was raised in just blocks from Temple University in North Philadelphia.
His dream is to help students who have to overcome the challenges of growing up in an inner-city neighborhood, like the one he was raised in just blocks from Temple University in North Philadelphia.
Betrayal of boys: A new report says white boys need father figures at school. But the male education crisis is far more complex
Any parent will recognise Peter Smith's assessment of the boys he teaches at Hampton School in south-west London: 'Boys are like greyhounds. They love the chase and the race, and they don't care if the prize is a fake rabbit.'
Mr Smith had invited me into one of his English classes at this single-sex private secondary school to illustrate the point.
Mr Smith had invited me into one of his English classes at this single-sex private secondary school to illustrate the point.
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The male minority
They are a group of men who work in an overwhelmingly female world.
They are used to children forgetting and calling them "Mrs.," they know to check the men's room to make sure no women happen to be in there, and as one put it, "I probably know more about pregnancy than a man should know."
These men also say they have one of the most challenging and rewarding jobs in the world: teaching elementary school.
They are used to children forgetting and calling them "Mrs.," they know to check the men's room to make sure no women happen to be in there, and as one put it, "I probably know more about pregnancy than a man should know."
These men also say they have one of the most challenging and rewarding jobs in the world: teaching elementary school.
