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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There seem to be regular threads on this board about getting out of teaching, and then on FB there are all the people cheering for snow days and winter break, etc. Why are so many people teachers if it’s so awful. Seems like like all just suffer and exist for school closures/summer break. [/quote]

The parents.  Since you asked. [/quote]

+1  Some of them are awful, and I doubt any other profession includes the barrage of abuse and disrespect.

For example.  I recently learned that a group of moms were mocking teachers for their fashion choices and appearance.  The moms had accidentally added a colleague to the thread because the colleague's child is in the class of one of the teachers whose clothing they were discussing. They said horrible things about me, and you know what?  They're right.  I "look exhausted" and "haven't bought new clothes in forever" because I spend so many hours reading/marking essays and planning lessons.  I've been teaching a long time, but when I saw the things those moms posted about how I look, I went home and cried later. Some of them had actually emailed me earlier in the year to thank me for the extra time I had spent with their children.

I love my subject and working with the students, but I hate hate hate the behavior of a lot of the parents.  Yes, there are some lovely parents, too, but the bad ones take up so much time and emotional space.  I don't think the majority of parents respect teachers, and they tend to view us as childlike servants who need to be watched all the time and who don't notice the parents' contempt.

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