As a general rule, outside of school, teachers are the most unteachable people in their circle. Why?
I am one–a teacher who loves teaching, so I can tell you why.
4 Reasons Teachers Are Unteachable
1) Teachers tend to live insulated lives. They study books, work in a school and are not required to spread their wings much farther.
2) They were educated in academia, where their young impressionable, brains were molded and poisoned by left-wing indoctrination. It is a cult.
3) They were not educated in the real world.
• They weren’t taught to build a business, so they tend to look down on capitalism, competition and meritocracy.
• They weren’t taught to raise animals and kill them when necessary, so they worship the environment, hate guns and accept artificial things into their bodies.
• They weren’t taught how to grow their own food, so they easily get addicted to and dependent on toxic drugs.
• Most don’t know how they were groomed by fiction and are part of feeding children deception about faith, food, fitness and finances. In all the essential areas of life, children who listen to them will be deceived. Jesus said of teachers in His time, “They are like the blind leading the blind.” (paraphrase)
4) They speak to children all day. If you gave most teachers the best business opportunity in the world, they would remain broke. Why?
They don’t know how to handle finances and would not know how to sell something to someone, because they’re not used to being persuasive to adults.
Jesus said of the teachers of His day:
MATTHEW 15:14 (ESV)
14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”MATTHEW 23:13-16, 24 (NKJV)
13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides…”
24 “You blind guides, straiing out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
5 IMPLICATIONS
What does all this mean? Do we not need teachers?
Yes, we need to learn from teachers who are teachable. Teaching is a calling from God. But teachers are advised: it is a dangerous profession, one comes with a warning: “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers…” (James 3:1). Teachers must be aware of the dangers and pitfalls.
1) If you are called to be a teacher, you are most likely the most unteachable person in your circle, unable to pick up new skills or embrace new opportunities.
2) This character trait tends to be true unless you labor intently to remove the poison of academia and broaden your horizons by becoming street smart and interacting with the business world.
3) Modern pastors, of course, are teachers in the secular sense of the word. Trained, sheltered and insulated in a kind of spiritual bubble. This may be why Jesus did not choose one Bible school student or one teacher to be among His twelves apostles. Jesus chose 12 businessmen.
4) If you’re a teacher, you have an uphill battle learning new skills and worldviews from others. Your peers and your environment don’t foster a lot of growth.
5) If you’re NOT a teacher, say you are a successful business owner or investor, remember it’s hard to help teachers become successful, outside of their comfort zone. Teachers have the hardest time learning, ironically.
Do you think I’m being too harsh? The Bible is harsh on us teachers, so I am being harsh on myself, too.
JAMES 3:1
1 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
4 GENIUS SOLUTIONS
If you cannot escape your call to be a teacher (like I cannot), then you should try to escape the traps that make many teachers mediocre. I was Summa cum Laude in high school. I earned a Masters degree in education. How did I round off my teacher’s training so the Lord can use me in a broader way than my teachers: to reach 70 million views on social media, to speak to millions on TV, to address a wide variety of audiences at schools, churches and conferences?
The LORD opened doors, I walked through them. He gave me opportunities, I accepted them. He sent me gifts, I opened them. These have included:
- Doors to travel, not merely for fun, but for service to others, such as going on the foreign mission field. The Lord has sent me so far to 55 countries for ministry. Even if it’s for one person or one family, I have gone to pray for their healing or their salvation. One of the most stretching experiences in my life was landing in France with almost no fluency and staying there till I could converse and dream in French. Breaking a barrier spurred on my personal growth. To be an outstanding teacher, you have to break some painful barriers.
- Doors to attend seminars on topics outside of my immediate field of knowledge. For over 30 years, I have paid for and attended: stock, CFD and forex training, crypto training, firearm training, real estate training, art class, framing class, tennis lessons, ski lessons, business coaching, personal coaching, MLM coaching, pastors’ practicum, and leadership seminars. It has cost me tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours.
- Doors to action. I implemented what I learned. Year after year I tried and failed, and failed and tried. Sometimes in some measure I succeeded. I’ve built, renovated and sold home after home. I mostly made profits. I can say that the most profitable experiences came from my pastor’s practicum in Hawaii and network marketing experience in Australia. Both were the profitable because they gave me people skills like nothing else did.
- Doors to people. Whatever broadens your contact with people the most will grow you the most. This is why traveling to serve people, not merely going to hotels, tourist sites and restaurants, is wonderfully maturing. This is also why I believe building your own business that solves people’s problems makes you a better teacher.
My 2 Favorites
My favorite opportunities are businesses that help people in a tangible way with a unique breakthrough that no one else has, and at the same time the business is part of a growing trend. Currently there are trends away from artificial to natural, from being big to being lean, from working outside to working online. The Lord sent me amazing opportunities twice in my life; I took them up both times.
If you’re looking to become a better teacher, or to move out of teaching into launching your own business, or you need coaching with your calling, contact me. My time is limited but I may be able to point you in the right direction.
If you’re ready for a change, look at the latest opportunity I love. It ticks the boxes for me: a Christian company with well-trained customer support, a disruptive breakthrough that helps your body heal itself, an opportunity that allows me to minister to people’s health and heart, and a compensation structure that can create life-changing income if you work it. As surfers know, we don’t create waves, we can only rides the waves that come to us.
Email me at phixme@icloud.com to grow as a teacher, or to launch a personal business (I believe online business is the easiest to succeed in), or to grow in the business you’ve got.
Thank you for trusting me as a teacher and following my teaching. If you’re an aspiring minister, you can expect my results in ministry only if you’re willing to do what I did to get here. Learn by applying yourself to something difficult. Teach by being teachable.
