I am doing a project on a career and i want to be a teacher so... what is the hardest part about being one?
2006-11-30 07:10:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I'm not a teacher, but my parents both are. To me, it seems to be that once you're a teacher, you never, ever stop being teacher. You can't avoid taking your work home (and I mean emotionally, not just tonnes and tonnes of marking!) and you will run into ex-pupils for eternity!
Also, there are the classes that are simply unteachable. A friend's mum is also a teacher, in a worse school, and she regularly comes home with broken bones from children throwing chairs etc at her.
However, I think what is beginning to become the hardest part of the job for my parents is all the paperwork for things like taking children on a school trip. Also the lack of gratitude that some parents have.
2006-11-30 07:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by catelf7 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Students love their teachers, but rarely when the teacher is teaching. Most the time they hate us and everything about us, and only afterwards, once the goal is acheived do they look back at it as a found memory. It's hard for the teacher to keep this in mind when even your best students don't want to do anything.
2006-11-30 20:15:04 · answer #2 · answered by locusfire 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not being able to do what you know is right for your students. Either with Special Ed, or testing, or whatever. You are very limited in what you can say/do for some of your students. The hardest thing to do, is know that a child needs help and you just can't give it to them. For example, in my school district we can not test for special education till the second semester of second grade. So the little guys that NEED the extra attention and help can't get it till almost third grade. It breaks my heart to see some of these kids in tears because they don't know their colors, or how to count, or how to read, no matter how long you spend on it, and what you do, because they are sped and they are stuck in a regular ed room where they get LEFT BEHIND. And yes, I said it. Children DO get left behind because you CAN NOT stop the whole class to help those that just don't get it, can't get it, or need the extra time to get it.
2006-11-30 15:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by redneckchick602 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trying to meet all your students needs. Many of the students come to school with so many problems and issues in their home life that you can't teach them such inconsequential things as math and reading when they thinking about where they are going to sleep that night or what they are going to eat. Another hard issue to deal with is that you can't "save" or help all students. Some students are going to fall by the wayside despite everything that you do to help them and keep them on the right path. The emotional toll that it takes on you is the hardest thing to deal with.
2006-11-30 16:00:17 · answer #4 · answered by Angie C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's been a lot of political influence in schools that's caused certain changes over the last several years. Those changes have been ones that aren't good for kids, but in order to keep your job, you need to conform and do your best, despite knowing you could be doing better if you weren't restrained by laws and parent complaints.
2006-11-30 19:53:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has become too bureaucratic, political, too politically correct and restrictive. Teachers and parents can't do what they know is best for a productive learning environment. Besides some classrooms are like battlegrounds and the teachers don't recieve combat pay or flac jackets! Teachers take too much abuse.
2006-11-30 15:46:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sassy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For me the worst part is all the things that have nothing to do with actually TEACHING. A large part of the job involves supervising (study hall, homeroom, etc.), meetings, and paperwork. I love teaching; I don't much like babysitting or clerical work.
2006-11-30 20:54:29 · answer #7 · answered by dmb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Watching your students fail repeatedly on tests and quizzes. Retaking your teacher's degree thing every 3 years. Being on sick leave and watching the school go by without you.
Ridiculous and immoral co-teachers.
2006-11-30 16:21:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a teacher is really fun, but also really hard. When some students are naughty and you yell, they don't think: "Oh, the teacher yelled at me because i did something wrong" , instead, they think: "Gosh, that cranky teacher is really mean!"
So think about it!
2006-11-30 17:55:28 · answer #9 · answered by Shadow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inspiring your students even when you're having a bad day.
2006-11-30 20:00:44 · answer #10 · answered by morning glory 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋