Ivy educated teachers?

collegealum314
Thu, 30 May 2013 13:08:14 +0000

Concerning why someone might end up as a teacher from an ivy league, the answer may be simply that they love the subject they studied and want to think about it on a day-to-day basis. Tenure-track positions are very difficult to come by even for ivy-level people, so teaching high school may be the only option if they want to continue to live the life of an intellectual. For people in humanities, these may be the only two options available. There are science jobs in industry, but troubleshooting and working in a lab is very different from thinking about theories. There’s a lot of working with one’s hands if you work as a scientist in industry.