Fed up of people saying this about me being a teacher

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Sorry long title but didn't want it to be too vague.

Help me out here. This is somewhat lighthearted and I'd like a sassy answer to my issue.

I'm a teacher. My daughter (thinks) she wants to be a teacher. I live my job. I'm good at it. I work in a lovely school with lovely people. The children are great.

The issue I have, is that when we talk about jobs with family and friends, all of them say "Why do you want to do that job!" "Why not be a lawyer".

My answer to her is that she can do anything she wants, teaching is hard, but it allows me a wonderful job, and time with my family as I have the holidays. The money (for me) is decent. Yes it could be more, but we live well.

I'm so annoyed. This is also coming from kids too! Who I would understand might not like their own teachers, but I find it really rude and disrespectful.

So....what would you say to answer them?

Yesterday she answered with "well my mummy is here looking after all of us (playdate with friends) and some parents are at work today. I want to have a good job but still have time with my family". She obviously hears my answers and repeated that.

Come on! We need Laywers, teachers, city workers, but teachers are the least favourable.

Help me answer those critics!

Teaching is Not a thankless job for goodness sake! All those parents sending kids in with presents for you because they want their child to be favoured. And to openly say you have the holidays lol! Aren't you all striking because it is just SO hard to have to spend weeks when the kids are on hold planning the next lessons etc? While all the other professional parents have to make do with 'ordinary' holidays and also take work home with them? I think you will find this is why people really cannot be bothered with the profession any more.

Your school sounds amazing, OP. I left teaching after 7-8 years because I mentally couldn’t do it anymore, so it’s good to hear that not every teacher has the experience I had.

My parents were both teachers and tried to put me off teaching. In all honesty, I wish I had listened to them. DD (age 5) said recently she’d like to be a teacher when she grows up but I will be doing my absolute best to put her off. I fully get the irony of that!! But I don’t want future her to do it and I will be honest with her, when she’s older, about just how long it took me to get well again after I left my teaching career.

You need to come up with a pithy retort that shuts them down.

something along the lines of:

it’s a privilege to cultivate the minds of the future to be more open minded and understand the value of knowledge and quality of life over blind capitalism.

i am sure as a teacher you can make that sound better. Good luck the world needs more teachers who love teaching. I know it’s not something I could do having spent time in my children’s school I appreciate the teachers more and more.

I find this response quite sad as some women want to be stay at home mothers and are hopeful that it will be possible sadly now finances often don’t allow it. We seem to have gone the other way where you have to aspire to be a lawyer , banker, doctor etc. If a young girl knows she really wants to be a mum primarily but realised that she may have to bring in a salary and realises that teaching is a great compromise as you get to work with children and have the advantage of the school hours/holidays etc. then what is the problem? As long as they are not deluded and think it is 8.30am - 3.30pm with no responsibility during the holidays.

My dd might want to be a teacher probably Reception. She goes to private school. Someone I barely knew said to me, in front of her, 'You don't want to pay all those fees for her to end up a teacher, do you?' I was literally speechless.

Teaching is such an important and gruelling job, the lack of status is down to pure ignorance and possibly people having had bad experiences with teachers themselves in childhood.

I think you could say something like, 'I'd have been delighted to have a teacher like x when I was at school, wouldn't you? Such an important job, educating young people in their formative years.'

@Fuctifin0
You are very condescending. The child is obviously a child and wants to do what mummy does.
Arr you saying people who can, Do. People who can't teach. I'd hate to be a teacher. My sister was one. She had under 10's and was liked.