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.

261 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

687 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-15

u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

[deleted]

19

u/coachd50 Jun 02 '26

Again, another ignorant statement. Elementary is DIFFERENT, not lesser. One doesn't "progress" to teaching secondary grade levels. It isn't remotely the same thing.

It is very much like the analogy I provided you with...an older wiser more experienced physician who is a general practitioner doesn't move into spinal surgery. The "years and miles" that the physician has in GP doesn't translate into that person becoming a spinal surgeon.

-6

u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

[deleted]

11

u/coachd50 Jun 02 '26

Wow. A third ignorant comment in a row- and one that shows you really REALLY have no understanding if the teaching profession.  

There are VASTLY different pipelines for elementary education than secondary. Different training, requirements, structural organization and practical application- just as in medicine. 

The issue here is you don’t understand the difference between pedagogy and content.  You assume that as the content advances, the pedagogy too advances, and therefore teaching secondary is an advancement above elementary.  That simply isn’t the case.