To think that all parents should spend a day in the life of a teacher

[Ivortheengine8]

in the classroom [alone with a class of little brats sweety pies and see what little angels their children all are at school?
Do you think any parents would be surprised? Overwhelmed? Shocked?
well?

Yabu.

Teachers are people. Parents are people.
Some(actually I would say most) teachers are fantastic and committed and work their arses off. Some are not.
Some parents are fantastic and supportive and engaged with their child and the school. Some are not.

I don't need to spend a day at school to understand it is difficult. I am not bereft of imagination.
But neither do I buy the 'every teacher is a martyred saint' line that gets spun. Possibly because I am closely related to a couple.

Some of the people I admire the most in the world are teachers. One I know works all year in a special school and then volunteers across the summer holidays for a school project in Africa.

I think the few that seem to whine all the time do the rest a huge disservice.

If all you ever do is complain about how hard done by you are then you create quite a negative impression around your profession.

Pag for the 5th time, I don't teach here! So I am not whining about my job! Never have and never will.
SDD I live in London so maybe more reference to life here in that regard.

I didn't say you did teach.
I responded to your op and the general discussion.

Would it help if I used 'one' instead of 'you'

Maybe the whiners are in the wrong job? Theres plenty of careers out there. Do one of those instead?

Can people do a degree and get a career in whining?

I would be an awful teacher but could make a damn good fist of whining/moaning for a living..

Maybe not.

The OP is not about whining teachers! Where has that come from?
The OP is really about parents who think their children can do no wrong.
Maybe I should have written it in regards to ALL professions relating to childcare and work with children but the people who probably spend the most time with them is teachers.

But then I explained all that pages ago so we are going around in circles again!

Completely and totally agree with Pag. (as usual [yawn])

YAB a bit U. I don't see how one day would really let people see how any job is. Personally I know I would make a rotten teacher and I do respect teachers I think, although I don't see them as infallible. If dd comes home and says Mrs Y told me off then my usual response is 'why, what did you do' My first instinct is to assume there must have been a reason.

Should I also spend a week doing the job of every service I use? Doctor, Librarian, Bus Driver, waitress, Bank cashier?......

NO but how often do you hear people saying how easy any of the above have it? Teachers apparenlty just float float from school holiday to holiday and fuck off home 2:30 as well never to mark papers or anything like that no.