martybegan
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- Apr 5, 2010
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You should try standing in front of 25+ children and have to teach them all day every day, and then go home, grade papers, set tests and get ready for another day. I had Brownies one day a week for 2 hours and I was exhausted at the end of it. It taught me enormous respect for teachers who have to be "on" and leading the class from the time they arrive at school, until they go home.
Teachers are hardly "classroom monitors", having to present the material in a way that engages and interests the student, as well as imparting the information they need.
Agreed. I've volunteered at schools several times through programs like Junior Achievement in a Day, for example, and there is no way I could do that job. I don't have the patients or the temperament.
And it has gotten worse in the past 3 decades or so. When I was in Grade school if you got in trouble, you were asked by your parents what you did to piss off the teacher.
Now the parents go after the teachers for disciplining their "little angels"
Still, the salary of teachers is based on what the market will bear, the talent pool availible, and the resources of the school boards in question.