Football teachers and coaches

There was a time when I was outraged by the use of the term "professor" when referring to football coaches, mainly because of the absurd disparity in their astronomical salaries – unimaginable for any educator.

However, upon closer examination, some similarities can be drawn. Just like educators, coaches are rarely remembered for their achievements. Yet, when defeat comes, the blame falls on their shoulders. Students are the players, and when they want to "bring down" their "coaches," they succeed. But unlike the groups that form in locker rooms, in schools it is the parents who dictate, feeling entitled to interfere with academic freedom and promoting veritable persecution of educators.

Another point that should be highlighted: just like in football, what players do off the field is ignored, and even the lack of commitment from the athletes, making it always easier to blame the coach. If there is no commitment from the athletes/students, no miracle can be performed on the field/in the classroom.
Furthermore, traditional clubs/schools, in an attempt to maintain their status, lose their identity in an effort to please their members/clients, always imposing an inhumane burden on those who make the system work. As a result, they don't evolve, but try to sell a false evolution based on persecuting the "culprits".

I'm not saying that all coaches are competent – ​​just like teachers. However, this type of attitude and persecution is notorious. When these professionals demand, expect, and want to promote the best, but which will equally require greater commitment and sacrifices from their trainees, they are quickly seen as a threat to... status quoStudy more? Train more? Get out of your comfort zone? Change the system? Develop questioning and critical thinking? Better not...get out!
Those who cause trouble by wanting to improve, whether it's society or a simple team, are not compatible with maintaining blatant conservatism. Hypocrisy continues to be the guiding principle of these institutions.

Educators, both male and female, are unsettling, especially those who encourage questioning and critical thinking. Even though many schools advertise their mission as "forming critical citizens," limitations arise when this is actually put into practice. This is true in both public and (especially) private schools.

As I always say: woe to the nation that persecutes its educators!