AIBU to think that teachers whinge too much???

[hoobledoo]

Not much to this post, just that if you feel that being a teacher is such hard work and so unrewarding and how the children and their parents are so awful to them, then stop moaning and don't be a teacher!!!!

*Actually I think some schools do encourage a culture of whingeing. Our dc's primary school did....teachers regrettably do seem to and it isn't very professional."

You seem to be extrapolating an awful lot there from just one school - not some schools at all.

As someone else who is a late entrant to teaching I do think there are elements of the job that encourage moaning. I work similar hours to my previous career but they are compressed into shorter bursts. During the week during term time I am lucky if I do anything other than work. Most days i will do about 13- 15 hours. Not surprisingly by the end of a long term I am exhausted because I have been working so many hours with no real break. I then switch from doing that to then doing no work. My previous career could be tiring but teaching does bring me to the edge of exhaustion , luck out though that always happens the week before a holiday so I can recover .

So if you have an organisation packed with knackered employees they are going to moan. However that peak moaning period usually only lasts for a week.

I also think the long summer holidays are so glorious that it is difficult making the adjustment from doing no work at all for 6 weeks and then crashing back into 15 hour days.

Thank you for making me laugh out loud

OP that is

In my experience, the teachers I know (and I include myself in this) feel really torn about teaching. The teachers I work with are dedicated, energetic, positive and enthusiastic (with two notable exceptions, but no one takes much heed of them). We all love our jobs and feel privileged to teach. Exactly because of this, we also feel immensely frustrated, unhappy and demoralised when we see the Education Secretary (can't bring myself to mention his name) putting teachers down, making reforms to education that we can all see are going to be detrimental and otherwise making our job more difficult to do. We love our jobs, so want to be able to get on with them!

Also, where is all this 'teachers against performance related pay' rubbish coming from? We have it. It's fine. At my school we are awarded points throughout the year for book scrutinies, lesson observations, learning walks, meeting assessment deadlines, meeting progress targets...etc. A certain number of points is expected to be met based on pay grade and level of seniority and capability procedures ensue on failure to meet expectations.

I know that I look at certain members of staff knowing that they shouldn't be teaching and I know this rigorous method gives then nowhere to hide. This is a good thing!

YABVU. All the teachers I know work very hard.

Gosh, what a strange school married.