Michele, Reader's Comment, A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rock

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Michele, Reader's Comment, A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rocket science, Jane Caro, The Drum, Opinion, ABC, 4 October 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4293550.html Historical link preserved from the original page.

Teachers are not respected in Australia. Indonesian teachers are treated with much more respect.

Australian teachers are not respected by large number of parents and students. Historical link preserved from the original page.

We continually told how to do our jobs.

We try to solve the problems children are facing, but are abused and insulted.

We act impartially, yet are continually accused of being unfair and favoring one over the other.

And this is mostly from parents.

Then there are the children - refusing to participate, spitting at us, hitting us, throwing furniture at us, accusing us of things we didn't do, spreading rumours about us.

And we accept all of these things as part of our job.

You call this respect?

I visited a school in Jakarta recently.

I was treated like a lord by parents and students alike.

I didn't need to earn this respect.

It was a part of Indonesian society and culture.

I actually found it uncomfortable, but it was evident that it was beneficial to the learning of the students, as every teacher at that school was happy and passionate about teaching and learning.

I would love to be valued half as much as these teachers.

I'd take a cut in pay for it, actually!