| Table 76. | Percent of public school students' interest in a career ineducation, by student characteristics: 1996 |
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| | School level | Sex
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| | Grades | Grades | |
Item | Total | 7 and 8 |9 through 12 | Male | Female
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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Interest in becoming a teacher | | | | |
Very interested ......................| 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11
Somewhat interested ..................| 24 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 27
Not very interested ..................| 25 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 27
Not at all interested ................| 41 | 45 | 39 | 48 | 34
Don't know ...........................| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1
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Ever talked to a teacher about becoming a | | | | |
teacher | | | | |
Yes ..................................| 12 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 15
No ...................................| 87 | 90 | 85 | 89 | 84
Don't know ...........................| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1
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A teacher has told you they thought you | | | | |
would make a good teacher | | | | |
Yes ..................................| 22 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 28
No ...................................| 73 | 75 | 71 | 77 | 68
Don't know ...........................| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4
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SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc., The Metropolitan Life Survey of The American Teacher, 1996, Part II. "Students Voice Their Opinions on: Their Education, Teachers and Schools." (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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