I don’t know one parent that at some point doesn’t get stressed at least once through the day looking after their own kids. That’s with TV, tablets, toys, parks and whatever else we do to keep them entertained.
Now imagine a teacher with at least 25 kids, in a classroom and especially in this weather. Children of all abilities, so they must do separate plans for this.
There is nearly always one child with a recognizable learning difficulty, that can lead from mild disruption to a full-blown trashing of the classroom where the other pupils are evacuated from the classroom.
They perform a really important role in society and are most certainly underpaid and overworked. Imagine having that level of responsibility, not having one minute to yourself throughout the day, have to be accountable all the time, can’t even pee when you need one, scrutinized and observed
to an inch of your life, dealing with parents every liitle gripe, some warranted, most not!
Teaching is a real job, so is nursing, firefighting etc. The majority of people have BS jobs that don’t really do anything other than feed corporate greed, they may be in charge of big teams, work to deadlines, stressed etc but it’s not really important, is it!
Knowing a lot of teachers, I think they are brilliant, they aren’t looking for praise at all, don’t begrudge them time away from the school or that glass of wine.