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On 5/8/2016 9:27 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 8 May 2016 08:22 pm, beliavsky@aol.com wrote:
>
>> There are
>> far more female than male teachers. I don't attribute it to anti-male
>> suppression but to greater female interest in working with children.
> Of course there is suppression of male teachers, particularly but not only
> for very young children.

A college instructor encouraged me to become a teacher,  especially as 
boys from single mom families needed a daily role model. I looked into 
it and took some preparatory childhood classes. When the local 
university had a presentation for their teacher program, I went, saw how 
sausage got made, and ran like hell.

Thank you,

Chris R.