Petros, Reader's Comment, 22 March 2011: Pay-rises and productivity: getting the best out of teachers, Winston Smith, Unleashed, ABC, 18 March 2011: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/45264.html Historical link preserved from the original page.
Teachers have to deal with unprecedented amounts of unwarranted verbal and sometimes physical abuse from both students and parents.
My first profession was that of a teacher
With declining respect from the community and an increase in behavioural problems among students, teachers have to deal with unprecedented amounts of unwarranted verbal and sometimes physical abuse from both students and parents - who too often use teachers as emotional punching bags.
It's no accident that the levels of stress and depression in teaching are second only to those of police officers.
Malice in Wonderland, Reader's Comment, 19 March 2011: Pay-rises and productivity: getting the best out of teachers, Winston Smith, Unleashed, ABC, 18 March 2011: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/45264.html Historical link preserved from the original page.
My mother - a primary teacher - has worked really hard for 40 years.
After watching my Mother teach primary for over 40 years, out on stations and also in cities, here's my observations:
She is at school well before you drop the kids off.
She works while you have your coffee break.
She is working while you're 'taking five' to check the news headlines on the net.
She works while you take your lunch break.
She works back after you pick up your kids.
She has to deal with everything from behavioural disorders, s_xual molestation cases, drug problems, divorce affected children, and maybe why your kids aren't fed properly.
At night, while you kick back with a coldie in front of the idiot box, she spends at least another two hours marking your kids work and preparing lessons for the next day.
Oh yeah those extended holidays she gets - days and days spent programming for your kids new curriculum.