Daughter wants to be a teacher...
Discussion
Should I be concerned or should I be happy she wants that rather than "to be famous" as she said a couple of years ago?
I used to live with a couple of teachers and they were cretins. Although come to think of it I didn't actually like teachers when I was at school (which may be why I've been on benefits for 10 years.) and was glad to leave at 15yo, all that horrid homework and learning. Yuk.
So. Is teaching an honourable job now and is it something you'd be proud your child to do?
(VinceFox is an exception I'd like to point out.)
I used to live with a couple of teachers and they were cretins. Although come to think of it I didn't actually like teachers when I was at school (which may be why I've been on benefits for 10 years.) and was glad to leave at 15yo, all that horrid homework and learning. Yuk.
So. Is teaching an honourable job now and is it something you'd be proud your child to do?
(VinceFox is an exception I'd like to point out.)
I used to teach - now sit in an office
Pay is excellent, annual progression.
Only trouble is, pay and benefits so good, if you ever get fed up, can't hack it, extremely difficult to find another profession that pays so well.
At least in my neck of the woods!
Others will be along in a mo to give you a completely different answer of course!
Pay is excellent, annual progression.
Only trouble is, pay and benefits so good, if you ever get fed up, can't hack it, extremely difficult to find another profession that pays so well.
At least in my neck of the woods!
Others will be along in a mo to give you a completely different answer of course!
My missus is a teacher. She goes to work everyday happy. Makes a difference to kiddies lives in more ways than I ever realised was possible. Comes home happy with her work done.
She earns 1/3 what I earn but doesn't care at all.
I think it's like anything - if you take pride in it, and be great at it, it will make a person very happy
Good luck to her.
Ps missus also trains teachers, and has been doing it a long time, so pm me any specific questions and I'll pass on
She earns 1/3 what I earn but doesn't care at all.
I think it's like anything - if you take pride in it, and be great at it, it will make a person very happy
Good luck to her.
Ps missus also trains teachers, and has been doing it a long time, so pm me any specific questions and I'll pass on
teachers who inspire change the world for all of us. Teachers who do it because they can do nothing else kill dreams dead. It's nothing to do with the profession and everything to do with the person. It is. Profession where brilliance changes lives and cretins destroy. What kind of teacher do you think she will be?
Doing some work experience in schools killed the idea for me. The teachers I worked with were lazy, moaning, all the stereotypes! When I was looking at it I looked at TeachFirst, looks to be a very good scheme. Good luck to her!
Instead I'm off to make sure lorries dont kill polar bears after I graduate, if I ever finish this f
king thesis!
Instead I'm off to make sure lorries dont kill polar bears after I graduate, if I ever finish this f
king thesis!My Mrs is a maths teacher, first school she worked at she didn't like that much, partly because of some of the other staff's attitudes I think. She's now at a 6th form college and loves it. Pay's not fantastic but not bad, and while she does get long holidays she spends a lot evenings working so total hours are probably similar to a more conventional job.
I reckon it can be a rewarding and honorable job. she certainly gets a kick out of seeing her classes A-level results. I guess many of us remember one or two really good teachers at school that inspired us to be where we are today. Of course many also remember some crap teachers that would put you off the idea too.
Get her to do some some work experience in a school, it's pretty common that they'll take on people who are thinking of going in to teaching to give them an idea what it's like
I reckon it can be a rewarding and honorable job. she certainly gets a kick out of seeing her classes A-level results. I guess many of us remember one or two really good teachers at school that inspired us to be where we are today. Of course many also remember some crap teachers that would put you off the idea too.
Get her to do some some work experience in a school, it's pretty common that they'll take on people who are thinking of going in to teaching to give them an idea what it's like
NeMiSiS said:
drivin_me_nuts said:
teachers who inspire change the world for all of us. Teachers who do it because they can't do nothing else kill dreams dead. It's nothing to do with the profession and everything to do with the person. It is a profession where brilliance changes lives and cretins destroy.
This^ More brilliance from one of PH's fonts of knowledge.
My wife is a headteacher, she loves her job. She is totally driven by inspiring kids. She often works 80+ hours a week so the concept of short hours is misleading, the teachers that work the 'school hours' are generally those that 'kill dreams dead'.
As above, it all depends on the person - but a hugely rewarding career for the right person.
Plus, the holidays are good!
I taught while I could. 2 relatives are university lecturers, 3 are primary and secondary school teachers. It's one of the most astonishingly diverse jobs I can think of - it's not just teaching, it's social work, first aid, crowd control, small-scale policing, occupational therapy all rolled into one. AND the teaching.
DMN, as ever, put it about as well as it could possibly be put. A good teacher, someone who's found their vocation, is really really special.
DMN, as ever, put it about as well as it could possibly be put. A good teacher, someone who's found their vocation, is really really special.
its fine, if you want to get home at 5, then start working on pupil progress reports, do planning for the next day, marking the books, other assorted paper work untill 11pm then go to bed, get up go to work and repeat.
my mums a teacher and she gets in at 6ish and has tea, then starts working till midnight some nights most night 11/11:30.
the pay is not great either and then there is dealing with 2 parents evenings a term. teaching students after a couple of years and mentoring NQT's and the numerous times they have people from the gummint in every term to grade the teachers.
all in, i wouldnt do it even for great pay, cause you only get payed for 8 till 3 but in reality you work nearly all day and night.
my mums a teacher and she gets in at 6ish and has tea, then starts working till midnight some nights most night 11/11:30.
the pay is not great either and then there is dealing with 2 parents evenings a term. teaching students after a couple of years and mentoring NQT's and the numerous times they have people from the gummint in every term to grade the teachers.
all in, i wouldnt do it even for great pay, cause you only get payed for 8 till 3 but in reality you work nearly all day and night.
Slink said:
all in, i wouldnt do it even for great pay, cause you only get payed for 8 till 3 but in reality you work nearly all day and night.
None of the five teachers I know do that or anything close to it. The stereotype that they barely have to do anything isn't valid but equally the concept that they work all hours isn't either.Compared to the people I am used to working with the hours are good, there's no concept of having to be at a meeting somewhere far away by 9.30am, no danger of being called out in the middle of the night because something has gone wrong and the holidays are good, being contracted for 190 days is nice.
Personally I'd hate it, but others love it, each to their own.
VinceFox said:
Hear that c**ts?
I'm EXCEPTIONAL.
And here endeth the lesson. I'm EXCEPTIONAL.
I'll chat to her about why she wants to do it but I think I know the answer already. She's already decided she wants to do job experience at a school.
Teachers - from school to uni then back to school. What do they know!
GTIR said:
VinceFox said:
Hear that c**ts?
I'm EXCEPTIONAL.
And here endeth the lesson. I'm EXCEPTIONAL.
I'll chat to her about why she wants to do it but I think I know the answer already. She's already decided she wants to do job experience at a school.
Teachers - from school to uni then back to school. What do they know!
It's like anything. If you're a footballer, you can be Vauxhall Conference standard, or an Champions League regular and seasoned International. Same with teaching. An insperational teacher will have a great career, rise thru the ranks, earn good money and love their job.
A crap teacher will be disillusioned and stuck teaching kids who don't want to listen.
A crap teacher will be disillusioned and stuck teaching kids who don't want to listen.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
It's like anything. If you're a footballer, you can be Vauxhall Conference standard, or an Champions League regular and seasoned International. Same with teaching. An insperational teacher will have a great career, rise thru the ranks, earn good money and love their job.
A crap teacher will be disillusioned and stuck teaching kids who don't want to listen.
You say that, but as you rise through the ranks you do less and less teaching as far as I can see.A crap teacher will be disillusioned and stuck teaching kids who don't want to listen.
BlackVanDyke said:
I taught while I could. 2 relatives are university lecturers, 3 are primary and secondary school teachers. It's one of the most astonishingly diverse jobs I can think of - it's not just teaching, it's social work, first aid, crowd control, small-scale policing, occupational therapy all rolled into one. AND the teaching.
My daughter taught in a very rough school for her first 3 years and barely did any teaching - the other things you mentioned kept her busy.She then moved to another school pretty well at the other end of the scale and she says she misses the old place!
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