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Originally Posted by Skull&Crossbones
I just feel like a terrible person asking students to call me Dr. I'm such a fraud. I applied to a well-known school in my field but didn't make it in because they didn't want me for a TA. I was clearly to worthless and stupid to apply to any other better schools so I just applied to where I got my Masters. I'm clearly not good enough to teach college so I'm hoping I'm good enough to teach high school. Probably not as I'll have to beat out people who just graduated with their bachelors. You know, with a REAL education degree instead of a doctorate and a certification. I'll never be a real teacher. I'll never be a real ANYTHING. No wonder my ex left me...he's a REAL college professor, a REAL musician, a REAL person! I'm none of those things and never will be now. I shouldn't have lived past 24 or 25. That must be the biggest mistake I ever made.
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Teaching is one of the hardest jobs out there. It takes a skill set that there is no formal qualification, or intelligence test currently available to indicate likely ability. Einstein's brain & wall of diplomas won't guarantee an ability to teach - that requires an enthusiasm, tenacity & sense of how best to work with each student that can't readily be taught. Hiring boards may also not be the best judge of these abilities, so don't take rejection as a reason not to try again, if there's anything inside that makes you think that you can do it.
As for the original question: Not embarrassed at all - I've learned not to compare myself to others by singular metrics like IQ. It's the sum of the parts that matters...