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I wonder if kids pick that because its one job that they understand and attribute positively (to some degree - "a teacher is someone that teaches kids like me at a school and we have fun") whereas jobs that their parents have are more nebulous and more negative in their mind ("my parents leave for the day and then come back angry? I don't want to do that").
I'm assuming that as well, but it's still surprising to me.
That was exactly my conclusion as well. At first I was surprised that kids would want to be teachers (having known a few - it’s not a great job! Terrible pay, not much respect… you’ve got to love it). But then I suddenly realised - what jobs would kids know about? All of them would know a teacher…