Everyone says teaching is really stressful is that true????

Question

Everyone says that teaching is very stressful but, I really want to be a teacher. Should I just become one and I will handle the stress somehow??

Answer 1

Teaching is not the stressful part, put me in my classroom with the children and I am fine. What is stressful is the politics of the work place, the lack of funding and materials, administration that does not understand what you are working with ( unrealistic expectations) and not being able to control the home situations of your students ( this part is often heartbreaking). If you want to teach, please pursue it, teachers make a difference in the lives of many, it is a very rewarding profession... as long as your not in it just to have the summers off.

Answer 2

It can be stresssful with requirements from the govt. nowadays and how everyone seems to blame all student failures on teachers. I have been a teacher for 14 years and have seen it become more and more stressful every year.

That being said, however, it is still something that I find rewarding. I always wanted to be a teacher and can think of nothing more rewarding. Yes the pay can be low, depending on which district you teach in, and you do spend a lot of your own money on supplies and such and children will test the boundaries no matter what grade they are in. I teach 1st grade and I have some stories that would make your toes curl.

If you want to be a teacher, I would suggest that you spend some time volunteering in a classroom to see what is actually going on. I did that when I was in college and I'm glad I did. I got a chance to talk to different teachers and see firsthand what was going on.

There are many drawbacks to being a teacher but there are some amazing rewards. Seeing a child learn to read and knowing you helped do that is amazing. Watching young minds open up to the possibilities of the world is amazing as well.

If being a teacher is what you really want to do, then do some volunteering and see what it is really like. If you still have the desire to teach, I say go for it.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Teaching is a lifestyle. The long vacation, the financial budgeting required over summer. Teachers are known to be 'cheap' because of this. Teachers tend to be clickish because there's really no other job like it and it's hard to meld into the other part of society.

The job requires you seek new refreshing challenges every year or you'll burn out. Pay special attention to developing skills in handling troubled kids. Much of teaching is keeping the class culture in some kind of structure so learning can happen.

Teachers tend to stay in the job longer at Catholic schools, mostly because the kids parents are the type willing to pay for their childrens education and care and so the kids are well behaved and are there to learn ect. If you have a dislike for contentious situations I recomend you choose a school in a good area or small town. If you like the excitment, go to a city school , have fun and you get a good salary.

It's very important you know who you are and what you want and need BEFORE you take a position or you may leave the profession forever without really needing to.

The rewards personally are many. You get a good pension. If you're good, you can get a new position almost anywhere in the world. I've seen teachers that volunteered at their school after retirement so that tells you something too. The right person at the right place and it's kismet, like any other job I suppose.

Good luck.

Answer 4

you should become a teacher if you really want too. Can you stand being cooped up with kids all day? Can you handle the stress of having to teach them and being responsible for another persons education? Those are questions only you can answer. On the other hand I believe the world needs teachers and hope you decide to do take it on as your life's work.

Answer 5

It can be, but it doesn't have to be. It is the same for stress and anything (parenting, parents, siblings, neighbors, etc.). How do you keep stress under control in other areas of your life? Apply those same concepts here. In my 34 years of teaching I control stress in many ways, including:
Pick your battles - do not get upset over the little things.
Be a friend to your students, but do not be their buddy. Keep the teacher-student relationship alive.
When you turn a problem over to the administration, leave it their. Whatever they decide is their business. You did your job.
Leave all problems at the school. Do not take problems home.

Good luck.

Answer 6

The stress may be high. If you like little kids, and have a high tolerance level, teach kindergarten, or 1st grade. High School would be tough and eventually, some of those teachers just go blank. It's wierd. The easiest may be 6th, 7th, or 8th. They can take care of themselves and aren't always testing the boundries. Good Luck!

Answer 7

At times, yes. Because there are kids at school who don't want to learn, start fights, and do others things they should do. Little girls havind babies. Little boys talking about beening a bloods or whatever they call them selves. A teacher wants to help their student the best way they now how, but it's hard when they don't want it. I wish the kids today wii learn that what they are doing is not hurting anybody but themselves.

Answer 8

In my opinion yes, because they have so much to worry about and sometimes it can get confusing. But to some people think outherwise. Some teachers have everything under control, they are very oganized. It all depends on if you know what you are doing and what kind of person you are really.

Answer 9

Teaching is stressful, a lot of hard work, takes commitment and is SO rewarding. Give it a go!

Answer 10

I am amazed that anyone wants to be a teacher. The pay is low, the hours are long and there is the risk of verbal and physical abuse from both pupils and parents. Any success a pupil archives is their own but any failure is the teachers fault.
If you want to be a teacher good luck.