I don’t know who in their right mind would want to be a teacher. Bad pay, hard work, ungrateful students and parents, and limited opportunities for growth.
It's not terrific by Hacker News standards, but should be a living wage in most places especially if you marry or room with someone who can split housing costs with you.
Remember educators also have to get a master’s within 5-10 years in most states.
I am extremely grateful for the talents of several of my public school teachers (and until they were downsized) counselors.
That wasn't really necessary? Your point is taken and some of us are indeed grateful (and I don't doubt GP is or was), but I think we're in the minority. And it seems a general thing in Western societies? There's a lot of teacher bashing in France too, and also a difficulty to find ones. The pay, the teaching conditions, the permanent bashing and ridiculing by the elites, the ruling class, and any class really...
I mean, when your secretary of education tells teachers during the first covid lockdown, most of them fighting to keep classes running, to go help pick strawberries instead. Err... When you can't even fund 5 kn95 masks (to be reused) for every teacher and you relax all covid constraints because the economy is grinding to a halt. 15 euros... Not even that. Even my company pays for 2 daily kn95 masks and I'm not exposed to kids.
Perhaps not. I guess what I'm trying to say is:
Yes, it's a woefully underappreciated and underpaid job. But unlike what must of us fully-hatched adults do with our lives - I do feel that (good) teachers are in fact doing something very valuable and important, and ultimately, at least some of their students will appreciate their efforts long after the fact.
What OP is saying is that most people don't appreciate teachers, and aren't greatful for them, not that THEY (OP) don't appreciate teachers.
Had I only listened to my teachers more, when it still mattered.
> relatively short day
Citation needed. Teachers I know spend a ridiculous amount of time prepping, marking, and going to meetings outside of class hours.
Teachers can't even bring their dog to work! How can anyone deal with that.
So yes it’s unlikely to occur. But it could and it requires very little effort to be prepared.
Older American folks here may remember doing nuclear attack drills in school, where the kids were told to crouch under their desk.
As teacher is normal to deal with problematic, or even very twisted children sometimes, but the feeling in Europe is very different. I can perfectly understand somebody that leaves after experiencing such traumatic events non-stop each ten days.