Plaks life in his career. Mr. Plaks graduated from Harvard University and id now an elementary school teacher in Harlem. He teaches a class full of Dominican immigrants. He is having an extremely negative experience with being a teacher and that is concluded by statements spoken by him “Teaching is an undignified, unglamorous profession” and “It’s been a big negative factor to me.” As stated in the article, teachers were once known as pillars in the community that helped form or shaped a child’s life in one way or another, but now teaching is not looked upon as a career, it’s looked out as low social status. Mr. Plaks believe that because professionals were given bad education from the New York Public Schools that it is effecting the students as well as those who are in the profession. The truth through this was Ms. Plaks actually loved his jib but because of the criticism he got from friends he felt he had to keep that a secret. He friends believed that his job was not a real job. So with more support from others not just financially but actual support would be extremely beneficial for all the teacher who are extremely passionate but just need a little encouragement to keep pushing to impact a child’s
Plaks life in his career. Mr. Plaks graduated from Harvard University and id now an elementary school teacher in Harlem. He teaches a class full of Dominican immigrants. He is having an extremely negative experience with being a teacher and that is concluded by statements spoken by him “Teaching is an undignified, unglamorous profession” and “It’s been a big negative factor to me.” As stated in the article, teachers were once known as pillars in the community that helped form or shaped a child’s life in one way or another, but now teaching is not looked upon as a career, it’s looked out as low social status. Mr. Plaks believe that because professionals were given bad education from the New York Public Schools that it is effecting the students as well as those who are in the profession. The truth through this was Ms. Plaks actually loved his jib but because of the criticism he got from friends he felt he had to keep that a secret. He friends believed that his job was not a real job. So with more support from others not just financially but actual support would be extremely beneficial for all the teacher who are extremely passionate but just need a little encouragement to keep pushing to impact a child’s