Why do teachers complain so much?

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Comparative to other professions, they do very little work and results would seem to indicate that many do it badly. Some fail to teach basic numeracy and literacy and then complain they don't get paid enough and demand a pay rise.
They work the shortest hours of any profession. and get approximately 13 weeks unofficial holiday a year and then complain about being overworked.


There are some good teachers out there, but some of them need to get a job in the real world to find out what hard work truly is.
 
I never knew any teachers who complained, but having gone to school, I can tell you that students are really annoying and come from all walks of life. Stupid, ignorant, shallow. You name it, the American school has it.
 
For one, they have to deal with kids who don't want to be there and don't pay attention.

Then they have to deal with the students' parents who have a bad tendency to disagree with a teacher's disciplinary action if the student misbehaves or reject the teacher's advice if it has any negative consequence for their child.

On top of that, they have to deal with the school's administration and the nit-picky rules that they have to follow because parents complain so much.

Some teacher's do put a lot of time into their job. Not only do they have to be at the school for 7 or 8 hours a day, they have to go home and spend even more time grading assignments, writing up lesson plans, and doing the other little tasks the job demands (e-mail, paperwork, etc.).

That said, I do agree most teachers complain far more than they should. They may not be paid much, but they have excellent benefits (at least in my state). And most of them don't do that great of job.
 
You are clueless. Teachers have very difficult jobs. They take papers home every night to correct. They have to meet with parents, supervisors and other teachers. It takes hrs of time and research to do lesson plans. They earn very little money and most have to have second jobs. Students are rude and unappreciative and it causes stress and burn-out. Teachers have many duties outside of the classroom such as monitoring lunch rooms, chaperoning games and after school and week-end activities. They coach and mentor clubs, and athletic groups.
Your grammar is atrocious. You are the one who is complaining here and you need to spend more time on your school work. There is no such word as "numeracy,"
 
There is no such word as "numeracy,"
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Actually, in UK and Aussie English for starters, there is very definitely a word called and spelt 'numeracy'. Numeracy comes from the same stem as such words as 'numerate' and 'innumerate'. The British Government even has such things as ' The National Numeracy Strategy' and 'The Numeracy Hour' that it insists must take place every single day in state primary schools. Basically 'numeracy' is the English, Australian, etc term for what American English apparently refers to as ' Quantative Literacy'.

Similarly with grammar, there is no single, standard, correct version of English grammar that applies to the English language as it is employed in all its many variants. I found that much out for myself on an online English Grammar quiz the other day which was based on American English grammar; to me, as a user of Australian English, the site was advocating nonsense as its answers!

As is often said, nothing divides the many English speakers of the world more than their common language.
 
notyou 31. There is such a word as numeracy, if you are a teacher I am surprised you don't know it. Also, I don't think you should be criticizing other people's grammar, your own is not so great.
I am a teacher of 5 years experience, but I have done lots of other jobs too, and guess which one was the easiest....teaching.
Teaching is great but it's not exactly rocket science, unfortunately many of my profession get it so consistently wrong.

As teachers we should not blame everyone else at the falling literacy and numeracy results of our students.
If buildings fell down we would blame the builders and the architects. So if students can't read or write then we should blame ourselves.
 
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