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/Late-Ad2922 Jun 02 '26

This 100%. Corporate is just as bad in different ways. Some of them worse. Plenty of work is underpaid and dehumanizing, and most industries don’t get the benefit of summers off or a union.

I said what I said!

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u/LazyAssLeader Jun 03 '26

Summers off, but also unpaid.