To be sick of the current public slating off teachers!

[Belle15]

Just feel teachers are criticised from all angles at the moment and we work damn hard for very little financial gain or thanks!! Would like to see any of the people moaning about us actuallu spend a day in our shoes.Needed a rant!

[MrButtercat]

Soooooooo your contention is I have a partner whose career I can compare my experience of teaching with.

Strange

[scottishmummy]

My contention is you assert pov on teachers via your dp and his work
Not you opinion,your vicarious opinion based on his trials and tribulations
Given youre a former teacher I'd expect you have some insights to add

[SirChenjin]

It's called comparison.

Not answering my question about your DH I notice.

[MrButtercat]

Erm I have ie there are stresses and people work hard in all sectors,teaching doesn't have the monopoly on stress or hard work.

[scottishmummy]

I note I'm not the only poster to note your my dp said posts

[SirChenjin]

Buttercat's been pretty insightful and didn't hold back from voicing her opinions. Read the whole thread. It helps.

[MrButtercat]

Really hadn't noticed,don't actually give a shit tbh.

[MrButtercat]

Thanks SirCh

Thought you made a good point in your post,it is an emotive area when you have dc involved.

[scottishmummy]

Jolly good,and what does dp say
Seeing he so vocal

[MrButtercat]

Scottish have already posted,feel free to scroll down,you're beginning to look like a bully(and slightly unhinged).

[SirChenjin]

Away with you Scottish, scram. Time for a wee hot milk and bed.

It is an emotive area. Teachers see hundreds, if not thousands, of children over the course of a teaching career, whereas parents have a couple of children (maybe less, maybe more) who are the most important things in their lives. To hand them over to a teacher who is recognised as a bad teacher is gut-wrenching, whereas knowing that they have a good or excellent teacher for the year is an absolute joy and relief.

[scottishmummy]

Alas,no petty name calling doesn't make you look too clever
So we disagree?and I'd expect more than youse a bad un
Will you go back and upbraid others or just me?

[scottishmummy]

Chenin,given your not moderator you don't get to say whose had their jotters

[SirChenjin]

Night night Scottish. Scoot.

[scottishmummy]

Gosh hope you're no a teacher wi that deskside manner

[SirChenjin]

Don't you be worrying about that. Drink up your milk.

[scottishmummy]

Ahh bless this could go all night
Me rebuking your piss poor putdowns
You must wok on that deskside manner

[SirChenjin]

Bless??!

[mignonette]

The psychological load from one's own schooldays surely must colour how teachers are perceived by adults? How can it not? Many of us have polarised experiences. We rarely remember the adequate, only the really good and the really bad. Hence the heated comments.

[scottishmummy]

Like most,I had range of teachers from shouty to inspirational

[Caster8]

We all know that we can say, dp says, exh says, dh says whatever.
The rabbit said...

[MrButtercat]

And plenty do.

If you can't comment on observations from close quarters and only your own very narrow experience half the threads on MN wouldn't exist.

[Caster8]

sm enjoys goading. Anybody will do I think.

[alreadytaken]

to get back to the OP - I think I've finally sussed why teachers moan so much. On yet another thread about teaching it was said that teachers need to be self-confident and only those who are stick around. Someone also said "That said, there are plenty of miserable old (& young) buggers just going through the motions competently enough. Their classes might not enjoy their lessons, they probably hate the job, but if the kids hit target they're untouchable." The problem is all those miserable buggers are so self-confident they think they are wonderful when in fact they are at best average. The parents, or at least some of them, can see that and hence you have unhappy teachers, parents and students. Don't think there is an easy solution to that so I guess teachers will be moaning forever.

[scottishmummy]

Teachers aren't more derided than any other professional group on mn
maybe a vociferous minority feel got at.plenty professional jobs are misrepresented in life on mn
And to an extent thats the way it goes,not right,not fair but cest la vie