re: Any of you ever dated a teacher before?

As a former teacher I will handle the batching

- low pay vs work
This has vhanged for many teachers and from what teachers are taught in school. Many teachers go I to the profession thinking you teach your subject area, you grade test, and you talk with parents then you are done. Now you have meetings 4 days a week so you have no off time during the day for lunch as all elementary school teachers each lunch with their kids. So districts taking away their planning period sucks. Now teachers are also tasked with doing data charts for every student and updating it either daily or weekly. You are also tasked with countless IEP's, behavioral plans, etc. The job went from low pay and not many expectations to low pay and much higher expectations, with those higher expectations and more work should be more pay. A teacher doesn't really get a bonus as each year depending on district you get a raise between 200-500 bucks. You get a small bonus for being exceptional at your job that can be 750 unless you teach at a TAP school (which is honestly more work)

- Respect
It has completely dissolved. Parents no longer respect teachers. Students no longer respect teachers. Administration no longer respects teachers. You can say some of it is brought on by teachers complaining but really it is brought on by a slow shift in how society views teachers. The bad ones hurt the good ones and it makes even the decent ones suffer.


There is a lot of I see teachers complaining about on my social media since I'm still friends with them and a lot dissolve into the amount of work they are asked to do and the lack of respect. I do see them wish summer break or Christmas break was longer but that is fricking everyone. Who takes a vacation and when it is over says, "I wish I was at work" so I don't see that as a complaint. I do believe teachers need a raise but I'm also of the belief that school should be longer during the year. Go for longer than the 182 days teachers are required to work (although with summer and before school stuff it became really 200) and make them work 215 or so.

I've read the comments from people over the years, "if I was in the classroom I'd make them do this or that." No, no you wouldn't or you would be fired and not last a day. Depending on grade level you are dealing with 20-100 students a day. Some fantastic and some little bad asses. 1 bad student can ruin a great classroom and as a teacher your hands are tied. You can't punish the child unless you take recess away. You can't send them out because after a "talk" they come right back and start again. So you are essentially stuck and when it happens, it sucks. Good and great teachers handle it better than poor teachers but all teachers get frustrated with it cbecause it ruins a good lesson and hinders the learning of everyone else.