Teachers I need solidarity before I leave the profession

Teachers shouldn't be put on a pedestal by expecting basic manners from parents. 👍

@porridgebath

Just do your job then. No one asked you to be a martyr and take their kids away

Well that is basically what is happening. Teachers aren't up for spending 24/7 with a load of kids if they are not getting so much as a thank you & in some cases a load of moaning.

I think in primary staff are generally expected to take their class away. So I don't think they are being martyrs.

I think parents with your attitude aren't helping with the current situation where there's fewer teachers training than leaving. It doesn't take much to say thank you 🤷🏻‍♀️

@porridgebath

Then don't do it. Seriously. I see so many teachers on here moaning and they don't have to be teachers. It's OK to admit you made the wrong career choice. Get an office job where you don't have to deal direct with clients or something if people annoy you so much

They aren't. Many young staff don't run trips or even agree to go. Lots of teachers are leaving.

It's not about the extra hours. It’s the parents complaining that is the issue!

I do quite a lot of extra curricular events & rarely see young staff taking kids out of school.

Don’t worry we know this and she deals with it every day. We always try and provide when we know. We give treat boxes and then they don’t use them. It would be nice at school though if occasionally they made the tiniest effort to include her. The teacher buying something for her just once when she buys things for other children every Friday would mean so much to her.

Sending a link on Teams sounds like a healthy boundary to have, teach during school hours and let parents do the rest.

You would have to be an absolute idiot to think that! 🤣

You don't get a job by having your name picked out of a hat, in fact nothing in life works this way. You try your best at the interview.
Teachers should maybe stick to teaching Monday to Friday.

If all teachers said no there would be no trips or clubs.
That’s a pretty joyless experience for children, most remember their yr6 activity holiday as a highlight of primary school.
Plus the longer term impact of kids not getting opportunities to develop resilience and skills.

Don't mind not being thanked. Just feel sad for the children who are not developing life skills because of parents that step in / give in / blame everyone else and expect teachers to do the same. Developing the skills to manage disappointment, disagreements, unfairness, sadness etc are so important and we are growing humans that are deficit in these skills. A bit of rough play, a disagreement with friends, not being chosen, not winning, losing, finding your own lost cardigan, trying a food you are not keen on, having a go at something you don't enjoy or find challenging, sitting next to someone who is not your best friend, problem solving yourself to sort out an issue etc etc etc - are all necessary, important skills. Parents should be teaching their children these life skills. Most teachers (even with children as young as four) are doing their best to develop this independence for the pupils in their class (alongside all the other shit). Some (definitely not all) parents are hindering social development by stepping in at every tiny issue and also modelling complaining, confrontational, blaming behaviours to their children.

It's not really about the thank you.

For our coeliac guide we obviously buy what she can have as far as possible but have asked mum to provide a snack box for cupboard just in case. I’d ask school if you can do similar then if someone brings in sweets or chocolate to share she can have something safe.

Most schools do better than this if a child has diet needs. At my daughter's primary school the lady in charge of the kitchen has responsibility for providing snacks/sweets at speciel occassions. She knows how to handle it and the teachers can consult her.
I would consider attending another school.

I think it's just one of those things you're going to have to teach your child they'll have to deal with. The world won't change for them and that's sad but it's the truth

I'm not one of those parents if you're referring to me.

Teachers really aren't that special

We would if we knew they were giving them out. We've always asked for a heads-up and we have handed in multiple things to be given out whenever but it rarely happens. We try incredibly hard to make things easy for people but we are not mind readers.

No it's isn't that special. Don't go if you don't want to.
If you don't want to be a teacher. Retrain. Di another job.
Don't expect people to be impressed of your work.
Lots of people work as hard as teachers do. Without a thank you.

Well read it again!

On the contrary - there are no pedestals high enough!

(Non-teacher here who has done a lot of work in schools and has the greatest possible respect for the teaching profession.)

Can't believe how many of 'those' parents there are on this thread. Absolutely zero self-awareness.

Why don't you hand the teacher an Easter Egg to pass your daughter?

The teacher might not know what is safe to buy. I am no milk and gluten diet - often people don't want to leave me out but don't no the options.

Of course we say thank you.

Our childen have only gone away with the unpaid scouts never the school. I always thank them and give them 1 kg sweets to their tea after the kids are at sleep.

Yes

Have you even read the thread?

Because they aren't being thanked?

Are we forbidden from occasionally moaning about our jobs? Jesus, there’d be barely any threads on here if we are going to be dictated to about subject matter!

Wrong career choice? After 31 years, I definitely didn’t! I love teaching, I don’t love some of the attitudes.