The children were wonderful and I made good friends with colleagues. Many were considering leaving the profession altogether. I dreaded my first pupil progress meeting — in my old school it would drive teachers to tears. Supply teachers and visitors comment on how happy everyone seems.
At the end of the last school year, not a single class teacher left. The majority of teaching assistants who left did so to train as teachers. While almost all of my peers from the PGCE course I took five years ago have already left the profession, there are teachers in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s at my school. The funding certainly helps.
My school is in one of the most deprived parts of the country, so it is relatively well-funded. If not Also, it has become extremely dangerous in certain places.
I teach in the inner-city. Teachers are hit and kicked almost daily. I've been teaching for 14 years and I have had guns and knives in my classroom two different times. Yet, the students received nothing but a couple of days of suspension. When I complained, they said "Well, they didn't threaten or hurt anyone.
And this was in the 3rd and 4th grade!! My step-nephew's mom had her back broken by a student when she was on yard duty. This was in junior high. I would NOT advise anyone to go into teaching today. The so called perks more time off that other professions are not worth it for the amount of work you have to do and the abuse you have to take.
Also, I foresee in the near future, that teachers will not be needed. Classrooms of the future will have video streaming lessons. And those who can afford it, will move their kids to private schools or some sort of private tutoring. Schools are just too dangerous and disorderly due to administrations doing nothing. Their mantra is "Keep suspension rates down at all costs. Granted, during my career I've only worked at school sites in the inner-city, but I hear these stories from all over the country.
Find another way to make a difference in society. I wish I had. I taught middle school for five years before switching to elementary 1st. I work SO much harder and SO many more hours at my new position. I wouldn't change it for anything though. Even with all of the long hours, parent drama, misbehaving kids, etc. Don't switch to have more time with family. It won't happen. I just have to leave when my carpool buddies leave we live 40 min. My husband is the high school teacher and I work on school stuff all night while he plays computer games.
Not that I'm jealous insert sarcasm here! He also doesn't understand why I go in on weekends or spend so much of my own money on my class. I think that you will probably have more time if you are going to be teaching high school.
As for the health care I wish I lived in your state. In addition to working at one of the lowest paid corporations in the state, our medical coverage is mediocre and we have NO vision and NO dental!
Our worthless governor would like us to buy into a state plan and have even crappier coverage. At first I was upset they kept asking me to make more homework for them and making the class more challenging but I understood they just wanted to learn more. I do not have kids with special needs as they go to a special school.
I do not have real bad kids compared to what I have read on here. It makes me put things into perspective which is good for me.
The kids have great pride in their classroom and everyone in the school cleans the school after lunch sweeping, mopping, scrubbing toilets It is a we mindset here and it shows in the classroom too.
At the end of class each kid says thank you sensai. Also my title of sensai is respected here and it ranks up there with doctor. They start education early here and I also teach a 2 and 3 year old class bilingual education class as here the parents start education classes as early as 6 months old. It is not easy teaching 2 years olds!!! My start time varies 8am or 9am. My teaching day does not end till 7pm. I get home between 8 to 9pm. The school year is about days long.
I am also responsible for developing the kids personally and teaching values and have pretty much free reign for discipline. The parents will rarely complain about how you discipline a kid. I also have to make home visits during the year which is being invited to dinner sometimes at the students house. Most kids do the serving of the food and pouring of drinks. Salary - the school reimburses my transportation costs train and I get 3 bonuses a year.
I do not worry about health care as it is socialized medicine here medical, dental and vision and I love the health care system here. I also get a cost of living adjustment each year. Yea I have gripes here but I guess the pros outweigh the cons. This is my 4th year teaching, and I mostly love it. But I love: my students most of them , collaborating with awesome colleagues, finding better ways to teach, and challenging myself.
It was the right choice for me. Follow your heart - passion helps a lot on those tough days. Unlike a small office, you work with directly with a large number of people Therefore you have to deal with all sorts of personalities and demands. Think about just the sheer number of people you work with intimately in a school setting.
You work for the public. Therefore, you have to put up with comments from the public because they feel that they are your boss. You are expected to be completely successful in meeting everyone's needs And they all have an opinion on how to educate and expect you to do it their way.
So your love of kids has to be so strong that it overrides all that I've said. It does for me. Add in that I love learning about things, and I've got a perfect match for a job that can be overwhelmingly demanding. I have plenty of time for my family.
I arrive early and leave early. I went to my son's practices in four sports and never missed a game or match. I spent two months every year camping or traveling around the US.
I knew his teachers and I was able to help him with his homework by reteaching if needed. I cooked family meals.
I don't do that as much now because I don't want to. I make plenty of money For me, this has been an ideal vocation. But I can sure vent with the best of them when I feel like it. I have now taught middle school for 9 years, and my first response to your post is "YES I love my job! Photograph: Alamy. Allow content provided by a third party?
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If teachers were given more freedom to pick and choose how they direct their efforts toward improving their teaching, it might not feel so taxing. But, the bureaucracy can get to be a little much, and it can feel like there is a lot of wasted time. All of us have been in classrooms, and looking back on those experiences it can seem as though teachers were mostly relaxed, that one activity seemed to easily fold into the next, etc.
Plus, because of budget restrictions, many teachers spend their own money on classroom supplies. They spend that time on professional development work and preparing for the following year. Actually, the truth is that you could always work on it a little more. But, with grading, emails, and professional development tasks piling up, you have to find a way to move the almost bottomless to-do pile along at some point. Additionally, some folks are able to take breaks during their workday.
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