Teacher Says Her Profession Is The Most Toxic, Talks About Abuse From Students That Teachers Deal With
Teachers are real human beings. Unfortunately, not all people think of them that way. To some students, teachers are their enemies. Just an extension of the school, not living, breathing, thinking, feeling, vulnerable people who are like us in every way except that they face away from the blackboard and towards us in the classroom.
Annie Demczak couldn’t hold her emotions in anymore and vented her true feelings on Facebook in a viral post that got overwhelming support from readers. According to Demczak, teaching is the most toxic profession she knows because staff members are expected to come to work with a smile on their face despite the physical and verbal abuse they receive from pupils.
One teacher couldn’t hold it in any longer and shared her feelings about the job online
Image credits: Annie Demczak
The post went viral
Image credits: Annie Demczak
The teacher’s post touched many a person’s heart. The truthful rant got over 92,000 likes and was shared over 114,000 times. Most social media users thanked Demczak for telling it how it is and not sugar coating a serious issue.
According to Demczak, teachers and other people need to speak up about the issues surrounding teacher-student relationships, and also set firm boundaries. Nobody deserves to be abused, especially not teachers who are responsible for molding kids into adults.
She compared what teachers face during work to an abusive relationship
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Sadly, Demczak is right about how tough educators and academics have it. The BBC writes that a poll of 5,000 NASUWT teacher’s union members found that 24 percent of teachers face violence in classrooms once a week. While 42 percent have received verbal threats.
“Having taught for almost 40 years I have witnessed a demonstrable and seemingly unstoppable deterioration in pupil behaviour,” one of the teachers revealed to researchers. “Moreover, teachers are, it seems, now expected to tolerate verbal abuse and threats as ‘par for the course’ and, quite literally, ‘an occupational hazard’. There appears to be no appetite for tackling the issues that face teachers in the classroom.”
Internet users thanked her for telling the truth
I do not envy teachers at all. They are overworked, under paid and under appreciated. So many teachers are leaving the profession in droves due to the stress, abuse, pay and workload etc. In Australia alone 40% of teachers will leave the profession within the first 5 years.
I have a relative who works in a private school - which is another story entirely. But with regards to public schools, I do not envy teachers at all, I would never want their job; neither do I envy bus drivers nor daycare workers. My day job is in digital marketing, yeah I make more money a year than a lot of teachers. But back to my relative who teaches a tech course at a private school: his class is very small (16 students), the students are well-behaved and eager to learn, he makes very good money, well above what a public school teacher in the same field makes. He does not have an education degree (which is not needed in a private school) but he does have his Master's in computer tech.
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Parents have been consistently undermining teacher's authority for years, and now we see the results. And administration is too afraid of putting a foot down to all those Karens and Kevins who won't even try to instill some empathy to their kids.
SO MUCH OF THIS. You are absolutely right. Admin says "fill out an incident report (on your break) and get back in the classroom" And don't make a scene. Let it go.
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Unfortunately, our society is sick quite sometime now. Little ones with such toxic behaviour ,it's just a reflection.
Little ones with toxic behavior and no consequences... actually that's part of the cause.
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I do not envy teachers at all. They are overworked, under paid and under appreciated. So many teachers are leaving the profession in droves due to the stress, abuse, pay and workload etc. In Australia alone 40% of teachers will leave the profession within the first 5 years.
I have a relative who works in a private school - which is another story entirely. But with regards to public schools, I do not envy teachers at all, I would never want their job; neither do I envy bus drivers nor daycare workers. My day job is in digital marketing, yeah I make more money a year than a lot of teachers. But back to my relative who teaches a tech course at a private school: his class is very small (16 students), the students are well-behaved and eager to learn, he makes very good money, well above what a public school teacher in the same field makes. He does not have an education degree (which is not needed in a private school) but he does have his Master's in computer tech.
Load More Replies... Parents have been consistently undermining teacher's authority for years, and now we see the results. And administration is too afraid of putting a foot down to all those Karens and Kevins who won't even try to instill some empathy to their kids.
SO MUCH OF THIS. You are absolutely right. Admin says "fill out an incident report (on your break) and get back in the classroom" And don't make a scene. Let it go.
Load More Replies... Unfortunately, our society is sick quite sometime now. Little ones with such toxic behaviour ,it's just a reflection.
Little ones with toxic behavior and no consequences... actually that's part of the cause.
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