They say things like, “It’s just a name they made up to make substitute teachers feel special…”

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    In the Netherlands, PE teachers have a 4 year college degree. Imagine spending that much time to be the least relevant teacher.

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        Yes? What important skill have you learned from a PR PE teacher? Because I can’t name a single one.

        I can name plenty of useful things taught by, say, my maths or English teacher, or chemistry, history. Or hell, even my art teacher (though they come a close second). But PE? Not one actual skill.

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          Self defence? Physical exercise for health?

          Climbing methods, flexibility training, overcoming fears? For maths I didn’t learn much that ended up being useful.

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            Really? You never had to compare two numbers to tell which is bigger? Never counted anything? Never added or subtracted anything? And you apparently got enough PE to count as proper exercise too!

            We have had two very different lives.

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          What important skill have you learned from a PR teacher?

          Can’t honestly say I had one. They didn’t teach PR in my school lol XD

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              Ik, it was just funny the way it looked lol. No harm done bro :D I had a similar comment earlier where they said ‘sofa manufacturer’ instead of ‘soda manufacturer’ and joked about that too XD

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      Here in Germany, you need to subjects for your teaching degree. A teacher told me that sport and geography are the easiest way to become a teacher and that’s why he chose them.
      Once you are a teacher you can teach other stuff as well.

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        Sport is only easy if you have some aptitude. They have regular fitness exams and need proficiency in a range of physical disciplines.

        And you can only teach stuff unrelated to your degree below a certain grade and never advanced courses.

        Source: Studiere Lehramt