Being a teacher is tougher than any other job in the world

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Being a teacher is tougher than any other job in the world, and way more rewarding

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Young teachers explain what it’s like working in the hardest profession on earth

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Engineering majors and Wall Street wannabes look down on those studying education with the phrase: “Those who can’t do, teach.” But they’re wrong. Teaching, as anyone who does it will tell you, is a grueling, demanding, and unforgiving profession. Teachers work long hours for low pay, grading papers at night and planning lessons on weekends. They’re faced with instructing large classrooms of kids who can smell fear, and the arguably more daunting task of dealing with their parents if things go wrong.

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The workload is huge
“I wake up every day at 5am and stay at work until 6.30pm, and then I have homework on top of that. I get around five or six hours of sleep a night.” – Jessica Garman, an elementary school teacher in Washington state

You have to ignore the engineering and econ majors who say your degree is pointless
“Most people in college were like: ‘Oh, that’s very honorable, I could never work with kids, I’d rather make more money.’

You have the toughest job on earth
“Teaching is the hardest job in the world, there’s no doubt about it.” – Laura

You have to really want to be a teacher
“It is a difficult job. You’re warned you’re going to spend extra time grading and doing lessons plans. You teach full-time, grading part-time. I arrive at 7.30, I heave at 4.30. And I work three to four hours on the weekend.” – Jessica

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The toughest part of the job is the parents
“The hardest part of my job is knowing how much effort goes in. It’s tough when a parent questions you. We get criticized more than we get praise.” – Natasha

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TheTab

Is there a more delusional group of people (maybe mothers in general?)? No one is going to take teachers seriously as long as they continue to speak in such hyperbolic ways.

All this time I thought being a lumberjack, a sanitation worker, a roofer, working on an oil rig, managing deepwater drilling projects, a firefighter, search and rescue, prison guard, Alaskan Crab fishermen, a farmer, an astronaut, etc. were difficult jobs. Little did I know how difficult teachers have it.