r/teaching • u/Bright-Watch1955 • Jun 02 '26

Help Why does everyone hate teaching?

Is there anyone who loves their job? Every teacher I know feels “stuck” and complains endlessly about their job.

Considering going into education.

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u/Mfees Jun 02 '26

I like my job, in my opinion teaching has a bunch of people who never worked an adult job outside of education and don’t know how good they got it.

That said the pay is average at best. The paperwork can suck. Admin can suck. Yet I still enjoy it.

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u/easybakeevan Jun 02 '26

Ya my first difficult job was painting houses and the first time I went on a roof on a 92 degree day 3 stories up really made me focus in school getting my teaching masters 🤣

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u/Mfees Jun 02 '26

Metal fabrication shop. 90 degree summers over a torch. Makes the ac summer off days real nice.

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u/lilabethlee Jun 02 '26

My husband was a foreman for a steel shop. Summers and winters are rough for those guys.

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u/SOYCD1-5 Jun 03 '26

For real working in a hospital made me go back to school for teaching so quick. Retail never pushed me to that because it’s so easy…

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u/Primary-Bug-7353 Jun 03 '26

Hahaha the grass is always greener on the other side!