>teaching is viewed as overpaid babysitting. I think it's also an example of the...

		bduerst on Feb 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Many McGill Education Students Cannot Calculate an... >teaching is viewed as overpaid babysitting. I think it's also an example of the Dunning-Kruger effect, in which parents think that just because they have kids, it makes them experts at education. This is ultimately harmful because it makes parents feel superior to educators in their respective field.

Many people also think they are experts in education, even if they don't have kids, but they've been to school.