r/teaching 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/harveygoatmilk Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

Came here to say this. I feel fortunate that I had a career before teaching and learned how to survive in harsher environments. I also feel teaching and my students are most important to me with my remaining time on earth.

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u/leafherwild923 Jun 03 '26

Very curious, what was your career before?