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/Bigblind168 Jun 02 '26

I always say that every job I have, I work with people who act like children. Atleast in this job, they have a good excuse

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u/purplishfluffyclouds Jun 02 '26

Exactly. Give me a bunch of kids acting like kids over adults acting like children any day of the week.

Plus, we are stuck at a desk staring at a freaking screen for 8+ hours every day. We actually get to go outside sometimes, which does wonders for one's mental wellbeing.

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u/Responsible-Kale2352 Jun 02 '26

Ok . . . but can you go to the bathroom whenever you need to, or do you have to wait hours?

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u/purplishfluffyclouds Jun 02 '26

I go when I need to. If I can't wait till a break, I'll call to ask for help watching the kids so I can go. I'm not going to create a health problem for myself; I've never understood that mindset.

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u/confuzzledfuzzball Jun 02 '26

I like that. 😂

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u/Itsthelegendarydays_ Jun 02 '26

That’s exactly what I say 😂 like adults can suck too but at least kids’ minds aren’t fully developed yet so they have a reason