why is it so hard being a teacher???

Answer 1

because kids these days don't want to be educated, besides, with all the divorces, and family problems that usually affects the family, what could you expect from kids that suffer from them :(

Answer 2

Just remember that when you were kid, you probably didn't like learning or going to school either. Kids don't take it a serious or they don't realize their hurting themselves. But back then people were straighten out if you went in the wrong direction. They get away with stuff and their spoiled. It's all fun and games now, till they need to get two or three jobs to support themselves later on becasue they didn't go to college or even graduate. Parents don't care of their education because they probably didn't have a good education background themselves either. They barely graduate, when they actaully have a 1.5 GPA. or even less and get their diploma, that's shocking. What another thing is that the public schools are lowering their standard because the no child left behind act is not working and kids are getting away with it. Instead of 3 yrs of math it's two years, or 1yr of science instead of two, that bothers me. Once they turn 13yrs old their not innocent any more, and their aware of that, all they care about is being cool and they show off. They don't respect anyone not even their parents so the parents give up or say let them figure life for themselves, that don't have good role models to look up to, and it teaches the kids they can do what ever they want. Most likely the way the children reflects on the parents. It's sad becuse the teachers are their to help the kids and education is the most important thing and there nothing really to do about it.

Answer 3

WOW! There are many reasons: 1) Low pay 2) Lack of support from the administration/legislators 3) Passing the buck 4) Teachers are used as scapegoats for lack of parenting in the home 5) Lack of resources 6) Unfair distribution of resources, especially in lower socio-economic areas 7) Too much power granted to students

I could go on and on, and this is from experience. With all this being said, it takes someone who has a genuine concern for the students, a competent knowledge of the subject matter and thick skin to be a good teacher. I was blessed with these, but the money was not enough to create the lifestyle I deserved.

Best wishes...

Answer 4

Well, I remember about 30 years ago .. a good family friend who taught for 30 years told me. Now that we don't start our day with Prayer and the Pledge, I wonder what other things will be lost in school.

Respect, yep! Teachers have kids for over 6 hours of the awake time in each day. Parents work 2-3 jobs so who is parenting these kids? Teachers have the most influence in a kids life from K-12 and usually by 8th grade the mold is set!

Fight to get respect back into schools! Prayer, Pledge .. Respect is taught and we don't even teach kids to respect our Country, how do they know to respect people?

If kids knew respect and understood authority, it would make your job a lot easier hearing yes ma'am or yes sir, then NO!

I don't know what grade you teach, but if it HS, I don't think your battle will change any day soon .. if it is Elementary, teach yes ma'am, yes sir for replies and I bet you will soon see a more simple day.

Answer 5

It depends, what do you mean by hard? teacher? being?

It is a lot different now than 30 years ago when I was a new teacher. There is a lot less stability in families, much more divorce, much less parent contact with children, a very different outlook on discipline, many more theories, and many more school administrators that run away from problems like mice in front of a cat.

Answer 6

I was glad to see Malik2's answer...up to that point, all the answerers laid the blame on the students. It takes two to teach just like it takes two to tango.

Teachers in California have one thing on their collective minds...tenure. We recently attempted to lengthen the minimum years for earning tenure from one year to three years. The initiative failed because the teachers spent millions of union dollars to fight it.

One year and they have a job for life, with little recourse for getting rid of them even if they turn out to be teachers from hell. With that kind of job security, there is little incentive to maintain excellence outside personal pride in a job well done. So we end up with teachers who have little ability and no motivation to put in the effort needed to teach well...so that the students stay interested in the subject and learn something about it.

Answer 7

Students tend not to respect their authority. Teachers are often given very little funding. With the advent of No Child Left Behind, teachers are forced to focus on teaching to the test over actually teaching.

Answer 8

The different kinds of personality's makes it hard to be a teacher, because you don't no what to expect from them.

Answer 9

PARENTS SCHOOLS TV ........... too many teachers are young and inexperienced these kids have seen more young teachers and can smell blood on a new teacher


apathy and ADD in students doesnt help

Answer 10

because the students are being hard towards the teacher.

there! well said.

students think that rebellion is cool, because instead of getting respect from the authority, they get respect from their friends.

you curse a teacher, your friends looked at you in awe and fascination in their eyes for being so brave, and thus, getting respect from them.

the reason is probably that teachers were being hard on the students. like, would students listen to teachers who arent laid-back and kept on shouting for them to listen?

so students had to retaliate and thus, that is why being a teacher is hard.

Answer 11

Teachers are superficial and discriminatory. They only care about the ones with who can learn the work quickly. It never occurred to them that there are kids with LD's who want to beat the odds. I have no idea why they carry this mentality that anyone with a disability is a lost cause.Very few teachers in public school would help me as oppose to my private elementary. They people wouldn't want teachers doing this to their handicapped child, so what's their problem? I feel that a teacher's favorite Bealte's LP is the "White Album": Whenever they get together and listen to the single, "Helter Skelter"and try decide whose blood they'll use stab in the back next and use the blood to smere pig.