It’s been a stereotype for at least the last 50 years. Why has this never changed? Why has organized labor not had a substantial effect for such an essential part of the workforce?
It’s been a stereotype for at least the last 50 years. Why has this never changed? Why has organized labor not had a substantial effect for such an essential part of the workforce?
Teaching isn’t considered a professional job in the USA. It’s considered to be part of the service industry, thus the low pay.
My entire life I have been hearing how teachers are overpaid, lazy, pathetic losers who just want to leech off the taxpayer. And frankly… probably 30-40% of them are. The profession attracts a lot of slackers. The other 60% though should probably be making double what they are. I went to school in a poor district and 1/3 of the teaching staff were shitty teachers and often day-drunk at their jobs. I had like 3 good teachers in my high school, most were doing the bare minimum.
I wanted to teach but the salary was just too low to ever consider it. Nor would I ever have been qualified enough to teach at some elite private school where the pay is good.
Teachers are not lazy. The institutions charged with supporting teachers are lazy.
all the dumbest people i know became teachers because they wanted a minimal effort job. nobody who was smart and hardworking I’ve ever met wanted to be a teacher. a lot of party people did though.
not every teach is crappy, but you are ignorant if you think every teacher is some hardworking dedicated person.
That’s interesting. My experience has been the opposite. Teachers I currently know are very hard working and want to leave because the pay is shit, and the workload is very high, plus the school boards, administration, etc offload all responsibility into the teachers. The culture of cover your own ass has become toxic. They are not allowed to give a grade of less than a 50% even if the student turns in nothing. The emphasis is to graduate all kids regardless of participation or effort. ACE and other advanced classes are crammed with low performing kids so they can qualify to be tested out of highschool and graduate early. All teaching is geared onlytowards passing the test. Critical thinking is not important, just passing the test. The kids don’t care, they all use AI to cheat. Kids who can barely read are getting perfect test scores. The entire education system is fucked, at least in America. I know every district is a little different, and the southern states are even worse. I’m sad to hear your experience is even worse. Other countries have figured this out already, why the hell don’t we do what works!
I can’t recall ever having shitty teachers in public schools up until uni. In fact, I got amazing teachers who cared and sometimes went above and beyond. None of them came to school drunk, save for one uni teacher who was also named the top surgeon in my city. 🤷♂️
sounds like you went to school in a rich town. yeah, in rich towns they tend to be much better because they have better pay and/or they don’t really need the money. a know a couple of millionaires who are teachers, but at that point it’s just volunteer work for them. they aren’t living off the salary.
No, I never lived in a rich town. lol I find it odd you assume that. And mind you, this was in 6 different states between the US and Mexico.