Yab of Sydney, Reader's Comment, 'Toxic teacher' warning as debate rages on lift

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Yab of Sydney, Reader's Comment, 'Toxic teacher' warning as debate rages on lifting uni entry marks, Catherine Armitage, Rachel Browne, 3 October 2012: http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/toxic-teacher-warning-as-debate-rages-on-lifting-uni-entry-marks-20121002-26xi5.html Historical link preserved from the original page.

High school teacher: teaching is a thankless job.

I had a TER of 96 and my sister had a TER of 98, and we both became teachers.

I'm a high school teacher and she's a primary school teacher.

Unfortunately she was placed in a very disadvantaged school with little resources and could not deal with the workload and chose to go back to corporate work.

I, on the other hand, am working minimum 10 hour days everyday (planning, marking, learning new things about my subject), and working one full weekend day every weekend.

Teaching is a thankless job with the media and politicians constantly attacking teachers.

I don't blame the smart students for not going into teaching, but it's a sad situation.