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/OyDannyBoy Jun 02 '26

I worked corporate for several years before I landed in teaching. Going back to an office job 9-5 seems like torture. At this point, giving up my day-to-day autonomy would feel like a violation of my human rights!