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I'm not a teacher but married to one for the last 20+ years. I would concur with the above.
There are great things about teaching which keeps the committed ones in it, but it's hard work. State schools are run efficiently, on tight budgets. Contact time is maximised, and then colleagues may have to cover when someone is off sick or whatever, meaning that admin, lesson planning, marking etc are largely done in the teacher's own time (i e. evenings, weekends and holidays).
Kids can be great but they can also be twats
Parents can be twats
Management can be twats (obvs this one is not restricted to teaching!)There are certainly good things about it; a real sense of purpose and contributing to society. Holidays are good compared to most work but as above, a fair chunk ends up being taken up with school work of one kind or another. And when you do go away, you always have to pay the school holiday tax!
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Anyone gone into secondary school teaching later in their career?
I'm looking to leave my relatively well paid cushy job in a uni to go into teaching because I think kids are ace and people need to do more for them. Anyone done this and regretted it? Could it be worse than banal admin and management?