If you are an educator/, what would your prefer to teach adult or children?

Hi Seeker. My own experience has been in the area of tutoring both children and adults, and then in teaching church school for children, at one time and another, of all age groups. It is a satisfying thing to teach, just as it is to learn. Karen

Hello i have taught in colleges for over 44 years, i have been posted in some colleges for more than once, so i have taught the parents and the kids, i enjoyed teaching always.. now in free time i teach my grandkids too Thanks for this post Bhuwan

hi seeker, if i have a chance to be an educator, i like to teach children. i like kids, they are lovely and pure, if i teach them, it would be a happy thing to me. although they are naughty, they would follow my rules if i am strict or very kind to me, but adults are not, they have their own thoughts, many of them would not obey my rules in class. plus, if kids are active in my class, it made me feel succcessful.

After experiencing tutoring to kids and giving teachings to adults, I find it much easier to teach adults. Children are much challenging to teach. You still have to get their attention and let them obey you even for just a couple of minutes. Adults can understand better. And I prefer college ones, not in high school. Much easier to teach mature minds.

I haven't such an experience until now. But if I have some chances to choose, I prefer to teach these lovely children. Compared with adult, it is apparent that children have the beauty of the mind instead of these so called adult. When teaching children, we can harvest happiness and trueness. Yes, it is a way to enjoy a better life with these lovely children. But you see, these adult are all sophisticated, which is annoying indeed. Teaching children is enjoyment while teaching adult is an extreme of distress.

If i would really be in this state, i would choose adults. Because, teaching adult is comparatively easier in comparison to children. Teaching children requires managing them also.

I would prefer to teach children students rather than adult student. Why, It just because children have a fresh mind and all they need to do is just absorb what your teaching them, they just seems to absorbing anything you say, unlike the adult there are times that they don't believe what you are teaching them and sometimes they will argue on you just get you annoyed!

I have had experience with both. Teaching younger children is a wonderful experience as you can actually see their minds start to put new knowledge into perspective with their daily lives. The wonder & imagination you see on their faces and their work is enough to put a smile on your face each day. Working with groups of children is the challenge as you also have to keep their focus and interest. The older children are more difficult in my opinion as it is harder to keep the focus & interest on the subject matter when hormones kick in at various ages. This combined with increased independence and "know it all" attitudes make this an age range that is more difficult to find rewarding. The exceptions did help make it worthwhile though. I have been working with adults in my current job and in it's own way it's rewarding as you can help them put into persective what they know with the job requirements. This can be equally as challenging as not everyone has the same education, skills and experience to build from.