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Originally Posted by marcerella02  I am not an elementary school teacher but i can answer all those questions becuase i know i didn't WANT To be an elementary school teacher.
They DO NOT get paid enough (even here in Canada where teachers make more than they do in the US). They work SO hard- they have to know 8 (here in canada there are 8 subjects in elementary school) curriculums for the particular grade they are teaching. THey work VERY long hours- my mother (she was an elementary school teacher- another reason i didn't become one) always came home after school and did "home work" with me on the dining room table until past 8 pm and was always marking or doing report cards on the weekend. I honestly feel it is a thankless job and God Bless the people who do it
I'm a high school teacher- granted we dont' get paid enough either- I only have to know 2 curriculums and I get a paid 75 min spare (a block of time i dont' teach) elementary school teachers do not get that.
Myabe i am a bit jaded because i'm the daughter of a retired elementary school teacher but I think i've truly seen what the job is like. |
oh wow. I didnt know Canada got paid more. Well i was just thinking about it cause ive always wanted to be a teacher when i was little but was always told they dont get paid enough, etc. Then i came across this article and started to think about it and it does make sense. I realized we didnt even pay that much time in class, we would always go to music class, the library etc so overall we were with the teacher for a couple hrs and i like the fact that ele. school gets out so early, like around 2pm, thats what makes me think i want to be one cause i know for sure i would stress out so much if i had to go home so late and not be with my babies, etc. And i also like the summers off thing. Im really thinking about it but i dunno. I was thinking maybe a 1st grade teacher cause the older kids would surely annoy me. They are too smart at that age and talk back lol This is the article:
Article | The Teacher-Pay Myth
but i dont know anyone who is actually a teacher so...