i love teaching but hate being a teacher

You just fell victim to one of the oldest (and dirtiest) tricks in the teaching book: giving the new guy on the block the hardest classes to teach. I hear you say that, and I know I need to get out. Thinking of going back to subbing and perhaps tutoring on the side. I love working with children like you. Hang in there! 12 years later I just interviewed for a middle school position and after my interview sheer panic took over my body as all the memories of what happened so long ago came back full force. Its sad because I could deal with the bureaucracy so long as I could teach, and I loved the teaching part. Thankless profession. I consider the issues surrounding the profession complex and difficult to solve until or unless our society begins to respect the profession AND we unload the crummy teachers who signed up for summer break and pensions, not for teaching. Certainly, like most who have progressed up the ladder, he demonstrated an ability to keep functioning under pressure. My heart will be needing them. I know its hard to do in your first year, but they do like to have choice in their learning. That was incredibly rewarding and led me to become a teacher, a career that, in all fairness, I have mostly loved for more than 30 years, but I basically teach 2 full time loads in order to make ends meet. My students are resistant to learning, resistant to working, and generally believe they deserve an A for no other reason than they exist. Sorry for the delayed response. I know your story will help others feel validated and hopeful about finding life after teaching for themselves. However, I have also reached out to several people I had no connection to who were willing to speak with me. Lord, Sarah! The districts Human Resources officer assured me that this was the wave of the future. Excuse my run-on-sentence. Its a shame that you go the extra mile without any thanks or monetary compensation. He walked away. You were injured on the job. Gifted is great, but so are my students. I plan on reading it all and taking it in, hopefully it will provide me with courage and hope to move forward. Sorry to hear that teaching has taken such a toll on your health. Ive always wanted to be a teacher. There was a time when the things I loved about teaching heavily outweighed my frustrations. I lasted 11 years before I left the teaching profession under doctors orders with a grand case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Of those three classes, I have about 80 students, and 35 of them are failing due to not doing ANY homework. Yesterday I was so exhausted and loosing my voice, I had to just flat out tell them I can barely talk today. Though I still feel a general sense of guilt about leaving teaching, I feel much less guilty, and more content, on a daily basis. Ironically, this field seems to attract a ton of former teachers. I cant wait to have a leisurely coffee in the mornings and just feel normal about work, and actually go on vacations without panicking about coming back! I always tell people I love teaching but I hate being a teacher. Due to budget constraints, I am doing all of the same responsibilities as the literacy specialist, but for about 1/7th of the pay I earned as a full-time teacher (with a masters degree). With my additional salary I was able to purchase a lake house this year so my family and I can enjoy our extra time together. i would never consider returning to a desk job in my life. You reassured me that I was right about all the reasons I was considering quitting. Worth a read if youre considering new career avenues: http://www.robertwalters.co.uk/internal-vacancies/case-studies/alternative-careers-for-teachers.html. Jherine Wilkerson, March 4, 2022 3 min read Wilkerson spoke to Education Week about the response to her essay, society's perception of teaching, and why she hates the phrase, "teaching isn't. I think the key is to make a strong argument for why you have what it takes because of (not in spite of) your teaching experience. I feel I can do something else and really be happy. I hope I can find something else that I love and receive the gratification and freedom that others have mentioned.This career has submerged me into a life of no meaning, questioning every step that Ive taken, and diminishing my personal life. Thanks for joining the conversation! It makes me sad that this is happening. I 100% agree with everything here and I too am hoping to find a desk job for exactly the reasons you describe. What kind of principal and/or department head approved this crazy class assignment? Thank you for the book suggestions. Principals have all of the power. I dont think I can do this anymore, so I have to figure out what else to do. I still bring a stack of work home each night, but I generally dont do it. Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Giving up on the Wrong Career Is Not a Crime When I was in high school, I had the coolest history teachers. It has given me much to think about and consider as well as a possible path to discovering alternatives to teaching. Here are some tips to get you started. It doesnt matter what the kids do. Im sorry that your first year of teaching ended in a discouraging way and that youve not had the opportunity to find your stride as a teacher through a full-time position. Your answer will be I got an annual wage, I did the essential hours. As many here have said, teaching can be incredibly rewarding. Please hang in there. At this point, Im like go ahead fire me, I really dont give a shit. I finally brought in counsel and nailed him for a write up on me- hello, I was not even at work that day. I dont want to come home and have to think about my job all night. I brought stuff for my students from time to time, too. He may genuinely believe that he has made possible improvements in childrens educational opportunities. I find myself crying constantly and to just get up and get through the work day is a nightmare. Ive done my best to make my classroom a joyous place to be, where students can feel cared about, safe, and encouraged. I agree with Poodlepal below this school sounds toxic for teachers, and you are better off not being there. I think you and I are one and the same . You go into your administrators office ans ASK for help- right now. Admin is way too easy on our students! Could be getting in a bit earlier and in a quiet classroom, researching alternative lesson resources or display materials on the internet. Best laughs Ive had recently. I have nearly half a million in the bank. That was beautifully wise of you. I have zero nursing skills (nor do I want to go in that direction), but helping to enrich the lives of older folks would be really interesting. Both of those were refreshing while they lasted. If you want to teach fill out the applications and go somewhere else to teach. Guess what? I am always on edge. If coworkers wanted a lesson plan on a particular English unit, almost invariably theyd ask me for mine. Im reading this at midnight , after looking after a baby all day and therefore grading nothing, planning nothing, but worrying off and on about it -and telling myself to go to bed earlier so that I will have more energy tomorrowoh well. Here are some posts on my own job search. I also hope you have some good moments from teaching to carry with you and that the experience has helped you better understand who you are and what you want. Now Im so close to getting my degree and i feel like I cant go on. . Find a way to get out now. I have had to cut way back on hours because of high stress, but i knew it was that or have to leave, so that makes me feel okay with that. For the moment, I can hardly bear the thought of another year of freshmen, but I could work with sophomores, juniors or seniors. I definitely will. I can understand the draining frustration with the situation in schools now, but things always change. This has been one of the most sensible teacher cyberplaces Ive seen. I came across several online and campus degrees and/or certification for elder care. Well, I left the profession a year ago. That wouldnt be fair to my family. And I could have done my job with a high school education. Who has time for those? Theyve put all the kids with learning disabilities, psychiatric disorders and behaviour problems together in a room and said good luck to me. Im praying for all of you who are going through the same thing. However, I FEAR that I NEED my insurance too much because of how my health suffers due to teaching. I have found that the more engaged they are and the more often things are changing up in the period, the better my classroom management will be. Be sure to check out my posts on informational interviewing and transferable skills if youre looking for steps you can take to get to life after teaching! Please, keep sharing!! 3. I love it! Since then Ive been the department head, Teacher Mentor, on the recruitment committee, textbook committee, bonus committee, blah, blah, blah. I finally decided to leave high school teaching 18 years after being hired for my first teaching position. I have always been a very creative individual, I am a musician and artist at heart. I had no idea what I was going to do next until my next door neighbor, who is principal of a Catholic school (Im Jewish) asked if Id consider long-term subbing for a semester at her high school, teaching social studies. I am single and have so much anxiety about leaving when I have only 10 years left to get my pension but I can barely get through the day (in terms of feeling sad/hopeless..that I am wasting precious time with the wrong clients and not pursing my passion). I will never reach all of them. I gave everything I had to my students, and while I know I helped so many of them, the stress became too much and was greatly affecting my health. Thanks for stopping by, and congrats on nearly 30 years of teaching! I started in December; the students were rough to get motivated and under control. Reading this blog is like a great, big sigh of relief. Your story is very interesting. This study questions that assumption, asking whether it is possible for teachers to improve their working conditions without performing their roles any less effectively. I love teachers who want to work as a team to benefit the needs of the student. I am spending the first week of my holidays with a chest infection, having spent the last 8 weeks gaining weight, depression and IBS. Just do a little homework on the matter. I am so glad that other people feel the same way about teaching. The other two teachers and I banded together to support each other; we shared our summative evaluations. Im looking for a bit more positivity in my next adventure, just trying to figure out where and what that may be! But something does need to change for your healths sake and your familys sake. Yes, they kick out the special Ed students and behavior problems- I would gladly teach at least 5 more years. Nearly every previous poster has had workplace issues similar to mine, whether at the high school or college level. Recently, over our spring break, during that week I was myself, bright, cheerful, happy, and I looked overall radiant. The fact that youre still going in your sixth year shows enormous strength and tenacity. Then the Recession came. I am the science dept. Madelyn, Another co-worker said to me why I was so serious in everything. I honestly worry I am going to have a nervous breakdown and end up in the hospital. Since I am feeling better, and starting to lose the guilt I have about being in public enjoying myself when I would normally be in a classroom, a friend dropped off some papers to mark today. Im not sure how Meetup will go, but I am eager to meet other teachers and get ideas for a position within education. We have such high expectations heaped on us, of ourselves, of our colleagues, the education system, that it is easy for a feeling of disappointment to get a hold. I was never given a very straightforward answer for why I was not being rehired other than a reminder that they did not have to disclose that information as I only had a probationary contract and a small suggestion to continue improving on my classroom management skills. Now i feel like im stuck and while I wouldnt mind staying in my school if things got better, I feel like they wont because I just dont feel like being a teacher is my cup of tea. What would happen if we just refused, collectively? The district is great, the classroom is not! Delivering pizzas, even in a snowstorm, somehow sounds less stressful and more rewarding. At the same time, though, Ive realized that teaching made me develop skills that are desperately needed in other jobs, skills such as handling complex responsibilities and dealing with many different kinds of people. Its not really about education, just babysitting the dumb fuckers. I am now at peace with time on my hands and at a job where I am a valued part of the team. It really is not. Im 2 years from retirement and it just cant come soon enough. I kick kids out; they send them back. The corporate world has changed too. This is not fair to you or to the kids. If you feel the same, leave. I now work in a cubicle pushing papers and have a much more stable relationship with my job. This means that I NEVER get lunch and then it is the teachers fault if a kid gets a D or E. At what point to we hold students accountable for doing their job instead of always blaming and insinuating the teacher is not doing his/hers? Other days, I can not shut it out. I personally have a love-hate relationship with students: I like helping people out, I like engaging about my topic with people, but my personality is one where social interaction is cripplingly hard and takes a lot of energy out of me. You *are* still young and you *should* enjoy life. I believe this is the result of years of accumulated stress and burnt-out. Am I alone with having low test scores sometimes? I had a sick relative that year too, I used to teach evening classes as well and that took a tole on me because I had to go to work on my regular job the next day. As does the guilt and constant there is something i need to be doing feeling. I also offered free tutoring for them in summer. Its all the extra stuff. Best decision I ever made. Dollars. Currently, I am writing a TV screen-play. The paperwork. The positive relationships you have with colleagues, students and others at your school will help carry you through the end of the year as will researching your next career move. Take one and go from there. I hope you get some time to recuperate this summer, and are able to find another school that is more supportive and stable. To be allowed to keep our high expectations and our integrity. Im 25, about to turn 26 next month. Thank you for posting this; it makes me feel less guilty about not loving the profession when so many others would like to find a permanent position. Instead, Im grey-haired, bitter and in poor health, living on a meager pension that Im told is soon to be cut This isnt just a personal gripe session; the number of my colleagues in the same boat is legion. Then you dont have your own area, youre using another facultys office when theyre not there. God bless you, I couldnt figure out what happened to me after teaching 6 years in South Korea. My old colleagues keep me updated on each new hoop they have to jump through, none of which contribute to real learning or assessment for students or teachers. Yes, you will cry, but life is short.believe me,I havr cried a great deal this year and last year. The comments on this blog have also helped validate my struggles with teaching. I hope they will help you reflect. I have no time for anything but my work; prepping, planning, and grading have consumed my life and Im bitter because of it day after day. Here are some posts you might find useful: You know what really gets me about the teaching? Teachers need to hear how valuable their experiences are in the wider world, and that life after teaching can take many shapes. I know that as much as I do care that my students gain critical skills and grow in their learning, I have grown weary of taking sets of 175 assignments to grade, perfectly enter into the electronic gradebook in 24 hours, and answer every email instantly. Sarah, the health issues you experience is the reason I googled and came across this blogged. Im glad that, despite everything, you have a union rep who can support you and that there are actually laws to protect you from bullying at work. I was hated by my coworkers. Im just documenting as much as I can so my exit can be as smooth as possible. Yes! But a lot of veteran teachers will be retiring in the next one to three years. After my first year, my contract was NOT renewed; and I have currently been teaching at a different school for two years now. You should also translate the skills youve developed as a teacher to the jobs you want. I am fully vested in my states retirement system but cant collect until I am 62. Some of the staff I work with have a little joke about our passion getting sucked into paperwork etc. Now I am eligible for retirement in 2015. To the new, old you! Your blog is exactly what I have been looking for and I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to have found it! I dont want to hang in there anymore, you know? They are supposed to help you build your skill set, not berate you repeatedly. It sounds like you are recovering emotionally and that your concrete goals finishing your teaching contract, returning to the U.S. and/or starting your own business are helping you get better. Perhaps I should quit. My how things have changed since then. My goal is to spend a year rebuilding myself and then try to find my career. Once you decide that you can do it, you really can do it. My biggest worry is how I will support myself if/while I study to do something else. It has given me a lot of encouragement. What you describe in your school is, unfortunately, all too common. It is a New York Times Best selling book. I do not get paid for any of that extra time, and I simply cannot do my job effectively in 4 hours. Im one of those veteran teachers who just hit the big 5-0. I can retire next year, and I am so glad. I can tell you stories that would give you nightmares regarding how the education of the students at my schools are taking a huge backside. Im scared because I havent resolved the issue of what career path to follow, and Im not that young anymore, although I know Im a capable person. Like you said, theyre a great way to channel your energy towards something productive, instead of dwelling on how much teaching takes out of you. I feel awful about giving up but I am slowly accepting the fact that by giving up I am opening a new door toward an opportunity that may better suit me. The longer a younger person stays in teaching, the harder it is to find a decent job once he/she does decide to move on. Thats wonderful news, Carol! . I am in charge. I left teaching five years ago after teaching for a year. The teachers have been separated into two distinct groups, those with education degrees and those without. It sounds insensitive, but an adult wanting to sob on my shoulder who was not in danger of their life if they just got their car keys and drove off to a new life? First thing: Do your homework. I am an nqt who has not yet done by nqt year. Pingback: How I Got My Post-Teaching Job: By the Numbers | Those Who Teach. Do you imagine everyone who doesnt want to work with kids prefers euthanasia? I used to google the sentence I hate teaching or teaching is ruining my life pretty much every day. Thanks for posting. People (non-teachers) keep telling me it will get better. The admin has adopted yet another way for us to teach and it is SIMS but it is based on research I am happy in the classroom. My big goal is not bring it home at all. At the same time, it sounds like you are ready and able to move on and make a positive impact outside education. I hope that people take notice. Ive also written an ebook, 101 Alternative Jobs for Teachers which is available from the site. I am thinking about resigning. I am very talented at my job. I cannot BELIEVE that after only 4-5 months, I am this disappointed and upset with this career. So please allow yourself to keep the positive/constructive feedback from your old co-workers, and let go of the rest. I will have a Bachelors Degree also which should help me if I decide to switch jobs in the future. Sometimes I come home at 9:00 pm and Im tired. Just one of the many grand Catch-22s of the corporate, public sector. So is that a good start, you think? I know this an older post, I actually googled the phrase, teaching is ruining my life. And this post was on the first search page. Teaching has become a sordid, reprehensible caricature of what it once was. Learning and relearning new curriclea year in year out to meet new and ever changing government standards. It reflects a crisis in society. If it all felt like it was falling apart and you put loads of energy into performing the role, then it may take a lot of healing and coming to terms with the self belief that you somehow failed a life-critical test. And i guess the major pain is grading papers. The school systems need a wake up call. Thank you for sharing your story. Its possible that you would enjoy devoting the energy needed for teaching if that was the only work you had. I especially like your phrasing: The elephant in the room. Perfect:). Although my current job is not as meaningful as teaching was, I see this as an opportunity to find meaning in other parts of my life and strengthen my personal relationships. Heres Roses explanation of her job, and how she transitioned out of teaching, from upthread: I work with technical documents in a large corporation. . I found out this week that Im getting 13 new students from another third-grade class because mine was on the small side. Good luck everyone! I am frustrated by a society that continually criticizes the abilities of the educator. I Feel it is almost unfair in a way, because I know that I am a good teacher within my specialized area, and I dont want to loose that chance. I really do not believe that future employers would laugh at your degree. BAD IDEA! It was tough. I am only a week into my new job and I already understand everything this article is getting at. I walked into the assistant principals office a few weeks ago to tell her I dont think I can make it through the last two months. The students did well before the No Child Behind. All three conduct the evaluation differently. I just feel my current administration has it in for me, for one reason or another. I appreciate your perspective as someone who can vouch for the valuable transferable skills youve acquired but also remembers how much less stressful *not* teaching can be. Teach for America 60 days teaching certificate wonders came calling and you can find them in the bathrooms crying. However, each university is different; most of my teacher friends and colleagues had to pound the pavement and look for openings on their own, and the professors seemed to know very little about the inner workings of the districts where their candidates end up. Yes, the assistant principal that worked at he same school. Thanks for your reply, Mike. You earned the days- they are not just a given. In conclusion, I understand why you had to go and why so many remain even though they feel the struggle you did. On top of all that, it can also be a struggle to get through work as much of my time is spent on behaviour management. I too suffered a major series of spine injuries on the job. Especially those who are using their education/teaching background in their current job? I have been hearing the voices for awhile now. People who cant do, teach. Now I dont coach basketball or softball, I dont stay late tutoring kids in math, I dont work at volleyball tournaments on weekends. Do not give up! Also, I feel that I might have some PTSD from different situations I dealt with as a public school teacher. I enjoy working young people every day. Just leave! I leave at 6:30 AM and come home at 5:00 PM, spend 3 measly hours with my daughter, and then she is off to bed, and I am off to work on lesson plans, grading papers and contacting parents. bad combination. March 17, 2021 By Gerard Dawson 1 Min Read If one statement shows teachers' feelings right now, it's that one. It is not the kids. I will be retiring as soon as I can, because I want a life. When she got the idea (from a classmate) that it bothered me, she said, Does this bother you? I said it did. search, About Thats not just me tooting my own horn or justifying myselfmy colleagues who witnessed me in the classroom on visits, RSP teachers, teachers aides, and of course, the students themselveshad nothing but wonderful things to say about me. I do want to share more strategies for life after teaching, and your support helps motivate me to keep at it. Im 44 now. I have about 6 weeks left, and Im hoping thats it for teaching. Less new and improved and more good solid learning. Hi Mora, Sad but true. I am in canada, and I did not know that. I have been off all year trying to recover my mental, physical and emotional health. I find I am on edge 100% of the time, including weekends and when I am sleeping. It is hard to keep the students motivated, quiet, off their phones, not selling drugs, and learning. I suppose I could ineffectively do my job within the 4 hours, and see what the response would be. I have seen so much go wrong. I too suffered with years of back pain and developed a disease due to stress and fear in the classroom. I have been making myself guilty for leavingI just got a new job, will give my 2 weeks notice and leave before the year ends. Ive been singled out because my scores for African American males and special education students were in the Green circle and everyone else was in the RED circle. I cant wait to just go to work, do my job, that only relies on me doing a great job, and know that I really did something good, and go home and have a life and not even think about the place on my days off. Unfortunately the last five have been so low that I find it difficult to remember the good times. My biggest problem is the students. I have kind of realized though, that the nice quiet office job dream is just a pipe dream. I want your independence. We have more than one administer in our building. But I dont care anymore I want out. Anyone that tells you how good the old days were- believe them. dont we matter? My class this year is similar to other years where I have a few challenging students, but for some reason, those few challenging students are draining the energy out of me on a daily basis. Its beginning to feel incredibly hopeless. I have never worked so hard to fall so incredibly behind as this year. I am just so disheartened by the system, but I do love the kids. 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