School Teacher

I am a teacher, and let me tell ya, teaching is something you have to be born to do. It can be stressful, but usually I find it very enjoyable.

they are kids you have yo know some will give you hell

Typically, the younger the kids are, the more stressful it looks. By the time you get to college, the teachers seem really relaxed, just enjoying collecting their state benefits.

Depends on what grade we're talkin... I'd of liked teaching grade school... it's still stressful but you can make it fun. Too much attitude to deal with after 7th grade or so...

i think it would be a hard job

Sometimes you are your students mother, father, friend and teacher...it's hard to be all things to all people....

There's days I don't like my own kids why would I want any body elses!

whew!

Off the record, teachers are quite aware that they aren't allowed to really 'fail' anyone due to enrollment requirements. . .teachers are blamed for the shortcomings of a generation of increasingly entitled yet illiterate students. . .and teachers are forced to dumb-down the curriculum in the face of government intrusion on education and unsupportive parents who think that school is more about baby-sitting on the way to a diploma instead of being challenged. . .you reap what you sow- check out the percentage of foreign graduate students at any top-30 university program in the math and science departments. . .

One of the most underappreciated professions. Teacher's job is demanding. It's not only educating kids, but also setting an example and leading the way.

It depends on how big the class is, and how the students behave in class. The stressful part comes in marking tests, assigning and grading homework, creating and grading exams, and making sure that the students behave properly. Then there is always summer school.  The job of a college or university teacher, is probally even more stressful.

Everything depends on the age levels involved and how long you've been doing it. Fourth-graders are awesome, full of creativity and life; when they become junior-high students just a few years later, they are mostly demon spawn. The first-time teacher will find his or her job the most stressful thing imaginable -- he or she will walk into a classroom without having had the time to make lesson plans for all the classes, and will have no sense of classroom rhythm: every activity will be either way too long or way too short. By the way, there are some things to be said for samjung23's point of view, but he's wrong in blaming the problem on a lack of classroom discipline, complex pedagogical theories, or overspending. Teachers wouldn't get more respect if they were suddenly encouraged to start getting medieval on their students. There's a more deepseated American view of the profession as impractical, a kind of fallback (what other country would have invented the slogan: "If you can't do,... Read more

Being a schoolteacher in America is a horrible job. Where I came from, it was easy as pie. You know why? The teachers could lash the students on the legs and hands, and the parents were friends with and respected the teachers. When I moved to America, the contrast was amazing. American schools practice all this new-age, sensitive crap and their schools are out-of-control. The parents are yuppie scumbags with little common sense or proper education, products of an ever-declining system with kids to boot. Teachers are no different from babysitters, and if they try to do a good job or heavens forbid, give homework, the parents call them or complain to the principal. I think the problem in America is that people are foregoing what works for new, complex academic theories which are heavy failures in practice. However, because we are trained to believe that anything austere is traumatic, it is ignored and left by the wayside. If American schools want to improve, they need to bring back corpo... Read more

My mother has been in this profession for decades, so I can attest to the stress related to this job. One thing you've got to realize is that while dealing with so many obnoxious kids on a daily basis is obviously stressful, dealing with their parents and [unelected] school administration is even worse.

I have alot of respect for teachers who have to try and correct the mistakes of lousy parenting.I am taking a star off though for summers off and 2 weeks for Christmas.Update:Biggun you have no idea what goes on behind that window.There is alot more going on than you or the public realize.Teachers may do alot of mental labor, but how much physical, if any do they do.

In the days of old, our school teachers had to the respect of both the students and parents. Times they be a changing. Blame it on the 60's or blame it on the rain, but somewhere we got off course. There is no longer a natural respect for people in authority. What a shame. Many many parents have hurt their kids by instilling the idea of challenging authority. Just like any other profession, there are people who are lazy and there are people who give all they have in their heart. The good teachers change lives and ultimately change entire communities, states or nations. Behind every great citizen is a great mentor and teacher. I speak from experience. Thank you to our good teachers across this land. If you are one of the lazy ones, get out now! I am putting back one of the stars that Louiethe20th took away. Get real Louie-Teachers earn their time off in the summer. You postal workers would not last a week in a classroom full of 30 hormone-raging teens. Anyone can lick a stamp or put an ... Read more