Comments on: Teachers Are Underworked and Overpaid

By: Serena

Serena — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:37:59 +0000

I am a teacher and I can honestly say that I do not complain about most of the things that were mentioned in this article. I feel that teachers should be held accountable. There’s nothing wrong with an administrator coming in to observe and it is perfectly okay if some of these observations are unannounced.

I also recognize the fact that we teachers do kind of have a sweet deal because we get summers off and have every bank holiday and even get a Christmas, winter, and spring vacation! Let’s not forget to that we get snow days off. in most professions when it’s snowing you’re still expected to drive in the dangerous conditions and be on time to work.

However I have to be honest and say that I do complain about the fact that students (or at least many of them anyway) can be quite disrespectful and unmotivated. I feel that I give my students a lot of respect but oftentimes I feel I am disrespected in return. it doesn’t seem that students are raised to have a lot of respect for the adults in their lives. This does make my job harder and tends to cause me a lot of stress.

By: Your mom

Your mom — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:59:05 +0000

In reply to Mo Gould. I wonder how many suicides and fights they have prevented that you had no idea about. Put a price on that.

By: Lucretia Borgia

Lucretia Borgia — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:17:47 +0000

A dentist tells his/her patients to brush their teeth every day. One year later, the patients return with mouths full of cavities. The patients, the patients’ parents, and society in general all blame the dentist. That’s why teachers complain. Teachers are the dentists. We blame teachers for everything and most people could never put up with the things they put up with on a daily basis. It’s beyond me how somebody who does not teach has the audacity to make these kinds of assumptions.

By: Katrina Saralegui

Katrina Saralegui — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 18:26:46 +0000

This is written by a college student who has never taught? Give me a break. Wow, I am amazed by the over-confidence of this young man who thinks he can opine about a profession he has never tried himself. There are many assumptions made in this article with no actual understanding. Have you considered teaching for a while first?

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:58:21 +0000

I agree with everything said here. they basically have it as easy as a student. it’s basically not ever getting out of school and hitting the real world. that’s right, if you don’t want to have to compete in the real world and never graduate from school then there is only one job for you .

By: Mo Gould

Mo Gould — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:24:26 +0000

How about this. I know a high school counselor on Long Island that makes $150,000 a year. Could be the most obscenely overpaid person I have ever encountered.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:50:52 +0000

In reply to Nik. Sorry to say you have no idea about the teaching profession, how we view ourselves or what our job is like. I would very much like to argue you with you because you have an extreme bias.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:48:58 +0000

In reply to Justin. What do you do Justin?

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:12:07 +0000

In reply to Justin. Do the job then

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:22:27 +0000

Just read this article and couldn’t agree more teacher earn about 10 grand more than me but i can do there job with almost no orientation, where as my job it would take a teacher months to learn if they could even grasp it