Is it necessary to repeat 'simply' every time you mention teachers, or the process of teaching'?
It seems a little patronising.

Research - which often depends largely upon postgrad peons, in any event - ain't always that special. See improbable.com/ig/winners/ for some rather amusing bathos.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 21:34, 1 reply)

Not patronising in the least.
I've done my stint as a teacher, as has my dad. There's a huge difference between teaching a topic and involving your own research in that teaching, and teaching simpliciter. They're different things. Some'd rather be doing one, others'd rather be doing the other.

I don't have postgrads to do research for me; nor would I want them - your picture is one I recognise from the natural sciences, but wouldn't fit the humanities easily. I've done some collaborative work in my time, but I prefer it to be 100% mine. Much easier.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 9:23, closed)