Learn your craft just by watching someone else do it.

I’ll learn how to be a plumber just by watching someone else do it.

I don’t need to go to college to become a qualified plumber.

I’ll learn how to be an electrician just by watching someone do it.

I don’t need to go to college to become a qualified electrician.

I’ll learn how to be a nurse by watching someone else do it.

I don’t need to go to college to become a nurse.

I’ll learn how to be a banker just by watching  someone else do it.

I don’t need to go to college and learn about economics.

(Although you do wonder, even with  college?)

I’ll learn how to be a brain surgeon just by watching someone else do it.

I don’t need to go to college to become a doctor.

I’ll learn how to be a teacher just by watching someone else do it.

I don’t need to go to college to learn how to teach.

There we are, that’s that then.

All you’ve got to do is watch and learn and you’re there.

Fully qualified and raring to go.

I’ll learn how to be a politician just by watching someone else do it.

OOps
Trouble is they probably will and keep their prejudices.

Is there actually a notion of a professional politician?

Teacher trainers threaten to strike over Michael Gove’s plan to move training to the classroom

Education secretary wants trainee teachers to learn their ‘craft’ by observing other teachers in schools rather than learning in universities

Daniel Boffey  - Observer 17/04/2011

The fact that this conversation is actually taking
place points to philistinism on a grand scale.

Absurd

PS. I found that a one year PGCE was just not enough to fully appreciate the skills required in being a teacher.

If anything that needs expanding to two so you can have the space to reflect in those early years.

Sabbaticals need to be paid for to allow professional development.

Supervision should be a possibility in difficult teaching environments.