Vent: Complete and total lack of respect towards teachers on here

[OlliOlliOlli]

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I think they were talking about people who were mechanics, not necessarily people who work in factories. I could be totally wrong.

WoW was speaking hypothetically, saying talking about teachers in a certain way is like talking about assembly line workers in a certain way. I believe he said it's not his personal opinion.

Oh ok. Honestly I'm trying to make sense of the topic now...it seems to be many tangents. I'm going to shut up now

 

[saddina]

I am in the gap I suppose. I've taught in a normal classroom, and now I teach in a charter school. The bulk of the kids are homeschooled the 4 days not in my class (including my sons), and some have gone thru the public school route and tested into the program. In the program, we've several top teachers (I jokingly tell them I don't know how I got in), and our kids work consistently 2-3 years abouve thier age peers. With the kids we see, most of them have spent several years in school untill there's a spot in the program (you have to test in, and our budget was just again slashed), and many of them have been "problem" kids due to bordom in regular classes, so there's a certain adjustment the first few weeks when they realize that we expect them to work, and there is no "down time".

Now that being said, I did have a 5th grade teacher who had no business being in a classroom, she simply didn't like children, and would tell us so.

 

[mtnhomechick]

I wouldn't want to be a teacher. There's so many roles to fill besides teaching anymore. I am sorry you feel this way. Like they say No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished. I hope parents are careful not to speak badly about the teacher in front of the kids.......children listen.

 

[sundance]

IMO, teachers are the most overworked, under paid workers(and they do WORK) in America.The next generation of our country is depending on them to carry on, and most of our public school system is a joke, and if the teacher dares to call the parent about precious, they will get the HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE MY CHILD OF THAT.Money is being cut from the schools, not enough teachers, and what teachers we have cannot discipline a child what ever they do, when we have to have police to monter (SP) our hall ways, we need to realize its the parents fault, most of the time. teachers have children 6-7 hrs a day, WHO HAS THEM THE REST OF THE TIME. marrie

 

[DuckyBoys]

Well...I'm not a teacher basher - at least I don't remember participating in very many teacher threads here because we homeschool, but I think the bashing comes from frustration with the system, and not really the teacher. But I must say, even my kid's limited time in the PS system gave me LOTS of head scratching in bewilderment. Was it the teacher - sometimes, yes it was. But mostly it was the system.

And I agree that WriterofWords sounds like a GREAT teacher.


I do however feel homeschool is awesome!

 

[CoonX]

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Probably because I worked at the GM-OKC plant for several years before they voted themselves out of a job.

I'm sorry, but I don't feel bad for them.

 

[Judy]

My son was homeschooled for most of grade school, then went to public school. He did have one really bad teacher, for one class in high school; not a bad average, really. Most did a good job, and some were excellent.

I homeschooled for several reasons, none of which had anything to do with the quality of teachers. I think the educational system in this country is a mess, I suspect most teachers would agree, and I also think most teachers do an excellent job IN SPITE OF the system they have to work with.

But I don't blame you for your rant, and if I were a teacher, I'd also be disinclined to refer other teachers to BYC.

I find it completely unacceptable that teachers feel forced to spend their own limited money on school supplies. Between the school system and the parents, this should never happen. Just one of many examples of things wrong with the system.

 

[TennesseeTruly]

Writer, I raised 6 children who all went to public schools and am now raising my 8 year old grandson. I can honestly say that in all the years that my children and grandson have gone to school I have only had one teacher that I had a problem with.

I think considering the number of teachers that each child dealt with x 6, those are pretty good statistics. There was a definite personality conflict between my daughter and this teacher and there was no fixing it.

Other than that, every single teacher, including the teachers that I had as a child and as a college student was wonderful, including my second grade teacher Ms. Lamphere that both my parents also had in second grade.

My youngest child, who is going to be 21, was so inspired by his history teachers that he is in college studying to become a history teacher himself.

So I give every single teacher who goes to work every day, despite the weather, the situations in the classrooms, and the lack of fair pay, a standing ovation and a huge BRAVO!!!

Laurie

 

[crait]

You're right: There's a lot of teachers out there that do amazing things. But- you have to realize that there are a lot of awful teachers out there too. It's split 50/50. If you say all the teachers at your school are nice, well, that means there's a school somewhere with all bad teachers.
I understand a lot of people are idiots and a lot can't spell whenever they're on the internet on MySpace or YouTube or texting or whatever, but that doesn't mean they're dumb. They could have typing problems or be dyslexic.
The reason we see so many posts about bad teachers is because everyone has teachers no matter what country you live in or how rich you are or how old you are and eventually people come across bad ones and they want to vent about them.
I was blessed to have mostly cool teachers this past school year but in past years I've had awful ones.
For some teachers, you can't just keep the anger built up inside or your head will pop off.
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Those are the worst teachers.. If you don't like teaching or children, why on Earth would you become a teacher?

 

[JennsPeeps]

Remember to play nice or this thread will get shut down.

WoW, it's always disheartening to see one's chosen profession get bashed. I work for a large public university. There are regular bashings of government employees. Since I am one, it's hard to take. I agree with you that the teacher-bashing threads are completely unneccessary.

It's important for each of us to remember that we cannot make generalities about any group - religious, professional, ethnic, age, economic, etc. - but rather we must limit our comments to individuals. Furthermore, both positive AND negative stereotypes have the potential to be harmful.

The lack of respect for and support of teachers is one major reason (of several) why I chose not to become a teacher. I started the program at my college to get certified and realized that I didn't want to teach, and that was a factor. Why would I work so hard to get into a profession that, while immensely rewarding at times, would come with a heavy burden, one which I was unwilling to bear.

Coincidentally, I recently realized that being a government employee with my qualifications (master's degree, 10 years experience) means I earn less than a teacher with a similar educational background. Oh well.