Do teachers complain too much about their jobs?

[Texaskid1]

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I have met a few. They complain too much. Don't they get 3 months off? Easy job!!!

[Curmudgeon]

It depends upon the teacher. This particular teacher's lament is spot on:

"Let me see if I've got this right:

You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning. Not only that, I am to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, peacefully disruptive behavior (without any authority to actually do that), and observe them for signs of abuse, drugs, and T-shirt messages.

I am to fight the war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for guns and raise their self-esteem. I am to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, how and where to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook and how to apply for a job. But, I am never to ask if they are in this country illegally.

I am to check their heads occasionally for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of potential antisocial behavior, offer advice, write letters of recommendation for student employment and scholarships, encourage respect for the cultural diversity of others. And, oh yes, teach, always making sure that I give the girls in my class fifty percent of my attention, never mind that they almost always actually get the majority of it.

I am required by my contract to be working, on my own time, summer and evenings and at my own expense towards additional certification, advanced certification and a master's degree. I am to sponsor the cheerleaders or the sophomore class, and after school, I am to attend committee and faculty meetings and participate in staff development training to maintain my current certification and employment status. I am to collect data and maintain all records to support and document our building's progress in the selected state mandated program to "assess and upgrade educational excellence in the public schools."

I am to be a paragon of virtue larger than life, such that my very presence will awe my students into being obedient and respectful of authority. I am to pledge allegiance to supporting a "progressive" curriculum, yet also a return to the basics, and my current administration. I am to incorporate technology into the learning, but monitor all web sites for appropriateness while providing a personal one-on-one relationship with each student.

I am to decide who might be potentially dangerous and/or liable to commit crimes in school or who is possibly being abused, and I can be sent to jail for not mentioning these suspicions to those in authority.

I am to make sure ALL students pass the state and federally mandated testing and all classes whether or not they attend school on a regular basis or complete any of the work assigned.

I am to communicate frequently with each student's parent by letter, phone, newsletter, and grade card. I am to do all of this with just a whiteboard, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a 45 minute or less plan time, and a big smile. Is that all?

You want me to do all of this, and you expect me to do it WITHOUT praying?"

[Avicenna]

Spot on.

[Avicenna]

Teachers don’t have „three months off“. During the summer break, they have to do professional development and it isn’t a 40 hour a week job during the school year.
Plus read up on the EdTPA and ask yourself if you’d want to have to do that in addition to ordinary teaching responsibilities. Furthermore, teachers are usually expected to coach, serve as a faculty advisor or serve on committees.

[Avicenna]

And dealing with administrators is often no walk in the park either.

[TrueConfection]

They really do have tough jobs. Of course there are a few that make their own job tougher and live on a power trip. The students know which teachers love their job.

[FictionalCharacter]

Yes. I don’t know why they torture themselves like that.

[ChrisMaster69]

In the UK they do, far to union controlled and expect everything done for them.

Also far to militant and influenced by far left (this is UK far left).

A lot of people lost respect for teachers during lockdown.

Far too political.

[Curmudgeon]

Sadly, we are not too far behind the socialist Road To Ruin here in the USA.

[BeMuse]

Go teach for a year and actually try to teach and then come back and tell us how easy it was...

[Texaskid1]

3 months off , good health care , work days ends at at 3 PM. Easy job. Anyone can do it.

[BeMuse]

Like I said go teach for a year, because you obviously don’t know shit.

[BeMuse]

Go do it pussy. Bet you quit.

[Texaskid1]

Are you a teacher? Lucky you.
How do I sign up? I want summers off and an easy ride until I retire.
Easy breezy job.

[BeMuse]

Nope, but I have taught science and computer science courses. So I know, that you don’t know shit. I’d describe it for you, but it would be more satisfying to watch you try it and then eat your words after going all “Hold My Beer Dude”... You’re just that guy that needs to face plant into a pit of broken glass and have the crowd laugh at you.

[Texaskid1]

You have don't know science. Come on , be real , teaching is sooooo easy. I mean come on 3 months off - lots of money and you get Spring Break , Thanksgiving , and Christmas !!!

Easy job!!!

Plus your teacher's union makes it impossible to fire you. Easy job for life.

I will sign up to teach at the local high school. It will be eaaaaaasy.

[BeMuse]

Every single thing you say, shows you don't know shit about the job. Reading your responses it like watching an episode of the biggest poser.

[Texaskid1]

I will take that easy job today!!!

[BeMuse]

Like I said pussy, go do it. Man the fuck up.

[Texaskid1]

Bla, bla, bla...

I will do it just to prove how eaaaaaasssy breeeezy it is.

I can't wait to have the summers off!!!

[BeMuse]

You couldn’t even land the job. You’d have sub for 5 years in some shit school because you lack the content specific education, work ethic, and intelligence...

[BeMuse]

Then when they actually gave you a change in some off subject shit, with the worst kids in the school, at one of the worst schools in the county, you'd probably be all suicidal and quit... If you started drinking to make it through the days and managed to make it to the end of the year, there’s a 100% chance they would fire you due to some sort of county or state budget cut and you’d have to try again next year at some other shirty school with more shitty kids.

[BeMuse]

I was way overqualified so I got to skip way the fuck ahead in line and end up in an A+ rated school with a biotechnology academy teaching biology, chemistry, software development related courses. Almost everyone in my department had at least a Ph. D in their subject matter and most of them left the school within 2 years after I left. Most days started at 3 AM for me and ended at about 7 PM. I did a couple of all nighters to meet deadlines and ended up working some 38 hour work days then got a few hours of sleep and went back to work. I never intended to do it for a career though. It was just something to do while looking for a far easier, far better paying job.

[Avicenna]

Work day ends at 3 p. m? What fantasy land is that?

[BeMuse]

@Avicenna The lady who was my mentor had a husband that had subbed for 5 years to get in the door and they threw his ass in the jungle in a 90% Black school in the middle of the school year because two other teachers had already quit. I seriously thought that dude was going to eat a bullet or jump off a bridge after he was a month into the job. He would leave his school at like 5 or 6 PM and come over to our school. Often he’d bring a pizza and beer with him and basically be going through a therapy session with two or three other teachers while grading papers until 9 PM at night. 3PM is definitely a fantasy even though most teachers are already at work at 5 AM in the morning. Teachers pretty much work all the time until the school year is over, through holidays, at night, when they wake up in the morning over breakfast at their desk, and on weekends. Some are even crazy enough to work through the summer... They are definitely underpaid, schools are underfunded (even in affluent areas), there is little to no job security until you are like a decade in, and parents almost universally are horrible these days. That’s also when they tend to give teachers stable class assignments so that their work isn’t constantly changing and better students that actually want to learn that material... It’s a long walk through fire if you want to get an OK position.

[Texaskid1]

Bla, bla, bla, bla...

You complain so much about such an easy job... thanks for proving my point. Anyways... I need to get back to work... I have a real job you see.

[Avicenna]

What is your problem?

[BeMuse]

@Texaskid1 I never complained about my job. Nor did I complain about when I worked as a teacher. I just told you what the work schedule is like. The fact that you saw that as a negative shows how much of a bleeding asshole mangina you are and your complete lack of work ethic. You’re too much of a pussy to work a 38 hour day. What’s your job, tampon tester?

[Texaskid1]

I can't wait for 3 months off!!!

[BeMuse]

Why your asshole hurting? Testing fag tampons for the Texes twister in Austin must be a real pain in the ass.

[BeMuse]

When a teacher works a 16 day and you work an 8 hour day, the reality is you have a day off every day you work. Must be nice to have 12 months vacation snowflake.

[BeMuse]

*16 hour

[Texaskid1]

Eaaaaasy breeeeezy job!!! 3 months off!!! Where do I sign up?

[BeMuse]

You already 12 months off pussy.

[EnglishEuropean]

No, if anything they don't complain enough.

[Joker_]

They don't complain enough