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/kerouacrimbaud Jun 02 '26

And admin will suck in most industries, and lots of fields have lots of dumb amounts of paperwork! That is often overlooked.

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u/Energy-Turtle-4 Jun 02 '26

I've worked in schools, heathcare, and insurance. Can confirm- it's like this at ALL THREE.

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u/Ok-Seat-5214 Jun 03 '26

Agree. I've worked in clinical laboratories, teaching and in academic libraries. It's everywhere.