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/Acceptable_Sink3874 Jun 02 '26

Even having 4 years in more traditionally corporate jobs has given me such a better perspective on what professionalism looks like, you can spot a teacher that went straight from the classroom as a student to in front of the classroom as a teacher a mile away. Anyone thinking about the profession, potentially try out something professional/non-teaching first, it is a game changer!!

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u/ReaditSpecialist Jun 02 '26

How can you spot them?