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

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It's not that hard for me, but maybe you went through SPED.

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Teacher BOOM!!!!!

Here's my perspective as a high school teacher of 6 years, university instructor of 2 years, community college instructor of two years, and soon-to-be middle school teacher:

Teaching isn't the hardest job in the world. We are paid well if you get a master's and don't live in a shithole state (see Louisiana). Excel in your job and get hired in a predominantly white, wealthy suburban school system and you will have plenty of positive parental support and resources. Put in your work the first few years and you'll earn tenure and never be forced to participate in any extracurricular activities ever.

But it is a tough job. It's not easy. Anyone who wants to claim otherwise is just being a stubborn a-hole for whatever reason. Teachers in this thread have already mentioned their schedules, but they should forget the hours worked or other stressors of the job. They're not the real hard parts.

It's draining to spend that much time with a large group of kids. That's the hardest part of the job. Everything else can fall into line with being proactive, staying organized, and being innovative. But nothing can overcome the drudgery that comes every year with working with students who are clumsy, immature, and often defiant (even if the defiance isn't overt - all young people would rather play than engage in serious learning).

Now I will say that every time these threads pop up, I get a little flustered. There's so much animosity towards teachers and all of the arguments and mockery are missing a better target. You want to shite on a profession? Look at the Ivory Tower. They bitch almost as much as public school teachers, have real tenure, have high salaries, flexible schedules, sabbaticals, utmost respect, and very small teaching loads.

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Finally a teacher says the truth around here.


I don't want my kids to have a teacher that only punches the clock from 7-3 M-F..This guy doesn't care..He literally says
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because it's pretty easy


I bet this reflects in his students scores

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When people ask me why I think my job is pretty easy, I tell them it’s because the students do all the work. The best teachers I have observed don’t leave school exhausted and overworked their students do.

I'm a teacher. The teachers in the OP story are delusional, and they make us all look bad. Teaching is nowhere near the toughest job in the world. That being said, I'd estimate that roughly half of today's teachers have no business in the classroom, public or private. One can look at turnover rate and see this. If you want to remedy the situation, you have to make the occupation more attractive to those who do or can do it better. Spring test scores and twice a year administrative observations are not accurate gauges of being a good teacher. Pull students who care about learning and interview them about their teachers if you want a truer picture of teacher quality.

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Now I will say that every time these threads pop up, I get a little flustered. There's so much animosity towards teachers and all of the arguments and mockery are missing a better target.

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I think the animosity it focused on teachers who think they have the "toughest job in the world", not teachers in general.

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I think the animosity it focused on teachers who think they have the "toughest job in the world", not teachers in general.

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Dude are you reading these threads? Pecker would open a teacher concentration camp with gas chambers if he could.

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Pecker claimed moms are delusional for saying motherhood is the toughest job in the world.

Lnch said you wouldn’t know without experiencing it.

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Fair enough. There's been a lot of back and forth, I was following the string of replies where Pecker said it's proposterous to say he doesn't know what it's like to raise a child. But that couldn't be more 100% truth if he hasn't, in fact, raised a child, he may know it's a tough gig, but he does not know "what it's like"

If other posts were made, then I probably missed that portion of the discussion.

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Fair enough. There's been a lot of back and forth, I was following the string of replies where Pecker said it's proposterous to say he doesn't know what it's like to raise a child. But that couldn't be more 100% truth if he hasn't, in fact, raised a child, he may know it's a tough gig, but he does not know "what it's like"

If other posts were made, then I probably missed that portion of the discussion.

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He's misrepresenting what was actually said.

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