The shit rise to the top
Im a teacher, so enough said
Despite a genuine desire to help kids I am constantly hampered by inept up their own arse managers

I am actually angry that THE MONEY I PAY IN FUCKING TAX goes towards PAYING ME to do some of the inane shit I am forced to do by management when I could be doing somehting that actually helps children

examples include but are not limited to

Filling out hundreds of forms that will never be read by another human
Attending staff training for an hour where we are asked to 'create a scene from Romeo and Juliet in plastacine.......'
Go through at least 4 layers of management to get the bloke down the corridor to move a piano from one room to another (I am 'not allowed' to do it by myself)
Spend four years asking for something to be done with the temprature in my room which reaches 90 degreed in summer to find out 'oh the 'cool air blowers' have 'never been turned on'
Be told at the last minute about everything and expected to 'deliver'
Explain to management on day one that a certain child stands absolutely zero chance of passing the course and in fact will cause other students to fail due to their fucking retarded behaviour and need to be found a 'vocational' place, then repeat this constantly, then be put under scrutiny by management for 'reasons' this child 'failed' as well as the other children that 'failed' as a result of them not listening to me in the first place.

Too many chiefs not enough indians
(robojoel, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 23:05, 2 replies)

My parents
Were both teachers, thankfully retired now. My father practically had a nervous breakdown thanks to all the added pressure, OFSTED, paperwork, and having his hands tied, even when pupils were threatening him and threatening to raise a sexual harassment case because he touched one on the shoulder.

Never work with children. Animals are okay.
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 8:57, closed)

My parents
were also both teachers - bloody good ones, and lucky enough to avoid the majority of disruptive feral kids

even so, their advice to me: "Never become a teacher"
( Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 11:50, closed)