Those who can...
One of the worst things anybody can say to a teacher is "Those who can, can. Those who can't, teach". It's degrading and insulting to the people who try their hardest to raise generations of people who hate them just because they are a teacher, who try their hardest to train the generations for a world that will not treat them right, who try their hardest to listen to lives that are destroyed. It's not fair to judge those who become teachers by saying they can't do anything else in life. Teachers have to put up with what most people in this world will never have to deal with.
Yes, they get "9 months off". But those 9 months are the most grueling anyone can have. You spend 7-8 hours a day arguing with people who show no common sense, who have to get the last word, and who think they know more than anyone else. And then you have the children...
Yes, their pay is not really that bad, don't let anyone fool you. But pay is not even in the top ten complaints. Survey after survey finds that pay is not on those lists. However, the pay is deceiving. Teachers do not just work 7-8 hours a day. They prepare 1/2-1 hour before anyone gets there. They stay 1/2-1 after the students leaves. And then they go home with all the work of the day and spend another 2 hours grading and researching. Over all we spend almost 12 hours per day working, and that is without overtime.
In reality, teachers are those who can; can deal with the atrocities they hear, can handle adversity and criticism, can talk to different types of people, can adapt to the times, can juggle personal and professional lives, and can do it for 35 years.
Those who can....teach!
Yes, they get "9 months off". But those 9 months are the most grueling anyone can have. You spend 7-8 hours a day arguing with people who show no common sense, who have to get the last word, and who think they know more than anyone else. And then you have the children...
Yes, their pay is not really that bad, don't let anyone fool you. But pay is not even in the top ten complaints. Survey after survey finds that pay is not on those lists. However, the pay is deceiving. Teachers do not just work 7-8 hours a day. They prepare 1/2-1 hour before anyone gets there. They stay 1/2-1 after the students leaves. And then they go home with all the work of the day and spend another 2 hours grading and researching. Over all we spend almost 12 hours per day working, and that is without overtime.
In reality, teachers are those who can; can deal with the atrocities they hear, can handle adversity and criticism, can talk to different types of people, can adapt to the times, can juggle personal and professional lives, and can do it for 35 years.
Those who can....teach!
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