Raskul, Reader's Comment, Hey politicians, leave those teachers alone, Jane Caro

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Raskul, Reader's Comment, Hey politicians, leave those teachers alone, Jane Caro, The Drum, ABC News, 12 March 2013: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4565396.html Historical link preserved from the original page.

We are also under a lot of pressure in the private system. After 14 years, I'm tired.

Please spare a thought for us secondary teachers in the private system.

The pressure is ever present, not only from fee paying parents but from management also.

After 14 years I am tired.

The expectations of what a teacher encompasses are becoming far too great.

Tired, Reader's Comment, Hey politicians, leave those teachers alone, Jane Caro, The Drum, ABC News, 12 March 2013: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4565396.html Historical link preserved from the original page.

I know why smart women do not want to be teachers.

Playground duty at my school, to be done by teachers in their break times, is around 90 minutes a week for a full time teacher.

Every teacher.

Classroom temperatures in summer exceed 40C.

Metal walls hot to the touch as I try my best to teach 30 students.

I am told aircon will never be provided or allowed as our schools must be environmentally friendly.

Enormous after school hours workload, weekends rarely free even for a few hours, holidays always used to plan and prepare lessons, make equipment (which I usually pay for) and clean my classroom.

If teachers had time to teach well, in tolerable conditions and adequate support, Australia would spend less in the future on welfare and prisons.

I fully understand why bright graduates would choose other careers - with tolerable conditions, pay and status.

Smart girls, especially.