Why are teachers so unfriendly? And how come..?
How come Match.com states that most of its customers are in the field of education. I am a teacher and most places i have worked i find most teachers miserable always complaining and quite unfriendly. So are they all lonely and miserable?
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Maybe they're not so much miserable teachers, but miserable people.
They probably get fed up with the pay and conditions. Maybe they take a perverse pleasure in moaning amongst themselves?
Hey, I'm happy. Not lonely, not miserable
Three little words: Teacher's Unions.
i dont recon that all teachers are as i no many who aint just need keep looking hun
Know nothing about teaching, but considering how the young of today act to people in authority, is it any wonder that teachers are miserable and always complaining?
Well if you are a teacher yourself I'm suprised that you are seeking insights from others into this. What I would offer is that teaching is a very demanding job that is all too often under compensated, under appreciated, and under valued. Teachers don't really get to see the results of what they do for the most part - they have to believe that the seeds they plant bear fruit - but they don't really get to see that - what they get to see is snotty kids, know-it-all parents, pointy-headed bureaucrats and a frustratingly under-resourced system. It would be enough to drive one to the bottle - and I'm quite sure it frequently does.
I think u'll find that its all the boring old fart teachers that are left but dont worry they're dying out fast.thankfully. I too am a teacher but i am bright, cheerful n full of life n ask u politely to stop talking rubbish! I'm certainly not a user of match.com!
I used to work as teaching support and teachers were a cliquey lot, some were nice but all seemed very demoralised and stressed (lot of backbiting where I worked). Strange as teaching is always quoted as a job with a high degree of job satisfaction. i admit, i didn't find them very friendly but it was a very stressful environment (UK secondary school).I wouldn't work in that environment again so maybe it's just the surroundings.
Hi, I know just what you mean, I work in a learning support unit within a primary school, only a couple of the teachers are happy in their job. In my opinion the rest shouldn't be teaching, we have above average numbers of children with behavioural problems, but these children respond to positive teaching and understanding.The problem is most teachers are so negative towards these children and show them no respect and wonder why they don't get any back.
This is not something I recognise - in my 37 years of teaching I have invariably found colleagues to be both supportive, and friendly. Re the comments on match.com - this is probably because teachers are generally conscientious and work incredibly long hours leaving little time for the socialising that most people take for granted.
hmmm. I have wondered the same thing. I also wonder what it is that makes them go into the education field. It maybe that they go into it when they are young and want to be at school when their children are. Once their children are gone, they don't really want to be around children, yet that is their career they chose. Who knows, but it is not all teachers, but it does seem to be a common finding. I will say that my sister is a teacher and she is absolutely wonderful, but she does not have children yet and she is in her mid 30's but she has been a teacher for about 15 years.
I did 2 years of a teaching degree before stopping for health reasons. I loved the teaching practice but hated break times. Each day the onus would be on me towalk and and smile and introduce myself and say hi. It wasn't like I'd start asking loads of questions or try to start a long conversation when they were busy, I just tried to be friendly in the hope they would return it. No such luck. The teachers were rude, ignorant and looked down on me as though I was the scum of the earth. I never felt welcomed in the staffroom, was nevr told where the tea was or shown how the photocopier worked. The only reason they would talk to me was to get me to do their DT lessons as I was a DT specialist and they all loathed it.
They spent most of their lunch breaks complaining about the national curriculum, the children, parents, government, the school building, parking and how tired they were. I know teaching is hard, so hard I had to stop because of my disability, but if they're that upset with the profession, leave!
Could it be because of all the bad behaviour they get from their pupils, who don't know any better because their parents have not brought them up properly?
Because it's a poorly paid, thankless job with lots of whinging whiny kids & aggressive gits with parents who don't back up the school system.
Yes, you do get some moaning teachers. I never really understood it myself, I just think, 'well, if you don't like it, why not find another job?'
I think its a great job personally. every day is different, some days are rubbish, but then some are brilliant! And its far more rewarding than being sat in an office all day.
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Answers:
Maybe they're not so much miserable teachers, but miserable people.
They probably get fed up with the pay and conditions. Maybe they take a perverse pleasure in moaning amongst themselves?
Hey, I'm happy. Not lonely, not miserable
Three little words: Teacher's Unions.
i dont recon that all teachers are as i no many who aint just need keep looking hun
Know nothing about teaching, but considering how the young of today act to people in authority, is it any wonder that teachers are miserable and always complaining?
Well if you are a teacher yourself I'm suprised that you are seeking insights from others into this. What I would offer is that teaching is a very demanding job that is all too often under compensated, under appreciated, and under valued. Teachers don't really get to see the results of what they do for the most part - they have to believe that the seeds they plant bear fruit - but they don't really get to see that - what they get to see is snotty kids, know-it-all parents, pointy-headed bureaucrats and a frustratingly under-resourced system. It would be enough to drive one to the bottle - and I'm quite sure it frequently does.
I think u'll find that its all the boring old fart teachers that are left but dont worry they're dying out fast.thankfully. I too am a teacher but i am bright, cheerful n full of life n ask u politely to stop talking rubbish! I'm certainly not a user of match.com!
I used to work as teaching support and teachers were a cliquey lot, some were nice but all seemed very demoralised and stressed (lot of backbiting where I worked). Strange as teaching is always quoted as a job with a high degree of job satisfaction. i admit, i didn't find them very friendly but it was a very stressful environment (UK secondary school).I wouldn't work in that environment again so maybe it's just the surroundings.
Hi, I know just what you mean, I work in a learning support unit within a primary school, only a couple of the teachers are happy in their job. In my opinion the rest shouldn't be teaching, we have above average numbers of children with behavioural problems, but these children respond to positive teaching and understanding.The problem is most teachers are so negative towards these children and show them no respect and wonder why they don't get any back.
This is not something I recognise - in my 37 years of teaching I have invariably found colleagues to be both supportive, and friendly. Re the comments on match.com - this is probably because teachers are generally conscientious and work incredibly long hours leaving little time for the socialising that most people take for granted.
hmmm. I have wondered the same thing. I also wonder what it is that makes them go into the education field. It maybe that they go into it when they are young and want to be at school when their children are. Once their children are gone, they don't really want to be around children, yet that is their career they chose. Who knows, but it is not all teachers, but it does seem to be a common finding. I will say that my sister is a teacher and she is absolutely wonderful, but she does not have children yet and she is in her mid 30's but she has been a teacher for about 15 years.
I did 2 years of a teaching degree before stopping for health reasons. I loved the teaching practice but hated break times. Each day the onus would be on me towalk and and smile and introduce myself and say hi. It wasn't like I'd start asking loads of questions or try to start a long conversation when they were busy, I just tried to be friendly in the hope they would return it. No such luck. The teachers were rude, ignorant and looked down on me as though I was the scum of the earth. I never felt welcomed in the staffroom, was nevr told where the tea was or shown how the photocopier worked. The only reason they would talk to me was to get me to do their DT lessons as I was a DT specialist and they all loathed it.
They spent most of their lunch breaks complaining about the national curriculum, the children, parents, government, the school building, parking and how tired they were. I know teaching is hard, so hard I had to stop because of my disability, but if they're that upset with the profession, leave!
Could it be because of all the bad behaviour they get from their pupils, who don't know any better because their parents have not brought them up properly?
Because it's a poorly paid, thankless job with lots of whinging whiny kids & aggressive gits with parents who don't back up the school system.
Yes, you do get some moaning teachers. I never really understood it myself, I just think, 'well, if you don't like it, why not find another job?'
I think its a great job personally. every day is different, some days are rubbish, but then some are brilliant! And its far more rewarding than being sat in an office all day.
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