<p>Advantages to going into elementary school teaching for males
They are taller than most of their "co-workers"
Every day is casual day!
No one will comment if you like to eat the same thing everyday.
Great field trips!
Reading Higglety, Piggelty, Pop at storytime.
Hugs
Seeing somebody really "get" it when they learn to read.
Being in charge of 25 bodies.</p>
<p>Disadvantages
If they drop something on the floor the 10 second rule wouldn't apply cause "that would be setting a bad example"!
They have to be the mature one in the room.
They don't fit into those chairs.
Since they are often one of a small number of men at the elementary school, guess who gets to sleep in the boys cabin on overnights! ( and take the boys to the bathroom, change for swimming etc)
They made more money cutting lawns in high school.
They don't like to admit the 5th graders know more about computers.
Reading Harry Potter at story time.
Crying.
Having to teach geography when you can't tell the difference between Mazatlan and Azerbijan.
Trying to match up 25 bodies with their coats on a rainy day.</p>
<p>My younger daughter has had two really good elementary teachers who were male.
My older daughter had few teachers who were male till high school, although her art teacher who was fantastic in elementary school was male.
She is interested in teaching science, she likes elementary students but really wants to teach science over other subjects, so she is more than likely going to stick with middle high school age. Perhaps that is why males like older kids, so they can be a specialist rather than a generalist?</p>