Current school teacher feeling stressed beyond belief

[covertbriar]

Kindly bear with me as I air my grievances. I’m a teacher, an overloaded and thoroughly burnt out one. I love teaching and I love children, but the real struggle happens when I’m tasked with taking care of stuff that go way beyond my core duties - it's always an additional project here or some odd affair to sort out there. How exactly do you expect us to keep up, when we’ve got students to teach, scripts to mark, events to organize among other things?

We’re overworked, we’re tired. I’ve been slogging my ass off till late every single day. Even on weekends after meeting my boyfriend, much unfinished school business awaits. Dates with friends were either cut short or cancelled altogether at the last minute, so much so these days folks snidely opined it was pointless to ask me out because I would most probably be a no-show.

When we don’t get sufficient rest, long enough exasperation cum disillusionment set in. Fact: most of us teachers do not helm just one class, we are placed in charge of a few. Take myself for example, I have to cope with five. This is apart from extraneous CCA commitments. Lunch usually equals chowing down in under 20 minutes. On occasion I seriously wonder, what I am working so hard for?

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[knowwhatyouwantinlife]

So strawberry whine some more than teaching becomes eligible for ceca jobs in demand than complain say pap no good yawnsville

 

[Loofydralb]

Get out now before someone sabo you and claim you pocket thousands given by students for stationeries.

 

[covertbriar]

lmfao

 

[laksaboy]

I heard that home-based learning for MOE teachers this year was even more stressful, worse than normal classroom sessions in schools.

Typical of the jiakliaobee technocrats at MOE to complicate what should have been a simple matter.

A Sinkie child who succeeds does so despite the education system, not because of it.

 

[glockman]

Kindly bear with me as I air my grievances. I’m a teacher, an overloaded and thoroughly burnt out one. I love teaching and I love children, but the real struggle happens when I’m tasked with taking care of stuff that go way beyond my core duties - it's always an additional project here or some odd affair to sort out there. How exactly do you expect us to keep up, when we’ve got students to teach, scripts to mark, events to organize among other things?

We’re overworked, we’re tired. I’ve been slogging my ass off till late every single day. Even on weekends after meeting my boyfriend, much unfinished school business awaits. Dates with friends were either cut short or cancelled altogether at the last minute, so much so these days folks snidely opined it was pointless to ask me out because I would most probably be a no-show.

When we don’t get sufficient rest, long enough exasperation cum disillusionment set in. Fact: most of us teachers do not helm just one class, we are placed in charge of a few. Take myself for example, I have to cope with five. This is apart from extraneous CCA commitments. Lunch usually equals chowing down in under 20 minutes. On occasion I seriously wonder, what I am working so hard for?

More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2020/10/current-school-teacher-feeling-stressed.html

I have the utmost respect for teachers. It's a noble profession. It's especially tough now, dealing with those fucking spoiled brats daily. And teachers' hands are tied, they can't simply slap, cane, ruler, or detain those little fuckers like the teachers used to do in my days.

 

[laksaboy]

I have the utmost respect for teachers. It's a noble profession. It's especially tough now, dealing with those fucking spoiled brats daily. And teachers' hands are tied, they can't simply slap, cane, ruler, or detain those little fuckers like the teachers used to do in my days.

What were some of the punishments meted out back in the day? Rub chilli on your eyes? Ask you to strip naked and run down the corridor? Crawl up the staircase?

 

[covertbriar]

public caning.

 

[glockman]

What were some of the punishments meted out back in the day? Rub chilli on your eyes? Ask you to strip naked and run down the corridor? Crawl up the staircase?

No lah, none of those. Mostly the ones I highlighted.

I recall an incident during my secondary school days. One of my buddies used a derogatory term on a teacher right in his face, and he was promptly slapped across the face. No more calling the teacher yellow chink from there on. And no complaints made to principal, he didn't even dare tell his parents.

 

[blackmondy]

What were some of the punishments meted out back in the day? Rub chilli on your eyes? Ask you to strip naked and run down the corridor? Crawl up the staircase?

I vividly remembered having a fierce overweight squinty-eyed Chinese language teacher during my primary school days in the 70s. Her punishment was using the edge of a small metal ruler to hit our fingers.
And she scolded us 混蛋, 王八蛋 if we didn't do our homework or answered her questions wrongly.
And I had a music teacher from that actually scolded us bastards when we misbehaved during music period.
Man how I missed music class in my school days. That was the only time to wind down.
Some people will just be permanently etched in our minds.

 

[eatshitndie]

in u.s. when young female teachers feel stressed they can take it out on young hardbodied male stud students.

 

[Chase]

Kindly bear with me as I air my grievances. I’m a teacher, an overloaded and thoroughly burnt out one. I love teaching and I love children, but the real struggle happens when I’m tasked with taking care of stuff that go way beyond my core duties - it's always an additional project here or some odd affair to sort out there. How exactly do you expect us to keep up, when we’ve got students to teach, scripts to mark, events to organize among other things?

We’re overworked, we’re tired. I’ve been slogging my ass off till late every single day. Even on weekends after meeting my boyfriend, much unfinished school business awaits. Dates with friends were either cut short or cancelled altogether at the last minute, so much so these days folks snidely opined it was pointless to ask me out because I would most probably be a no-show.

When we don’t get sufficient rest, long enough exasperation cum disillusionment set in. Fact: most of us teachers do not helm just one class, we are placed in charge of a few. Take myself for example, I have to cope with five. This is apart from extraneous CCA commitments. Lunch usually equals chowing down in under 20 minutes. On occasion I seriously wonder, what I am working so hard for?

More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2020/10/current-school-teacher-feeling-stressed.html

so nonsense. try working in private sector for the same pay and she will probably take his/her own life.

 

[kaninabuchaojibye]

scholars at moe just write and propose
the soldiers on the ground die is their own problem

 

[Chase]

scholars at moe just write and propose
the soldiers on the ground die is their own problem

many curriculum planners in MOE are faggots and takes weeds, some not even born in Singapore.
The first chapter in Primary (3) Science is DIVERSITY. get the hint?

 

[bushtucker]

i heard they are paid well, about $8000 for a non-senior highest grade for a general education officer.

so why are they complaining about the long hours, CCAs and PTMs?

 

[nirvarq]

Some people takes 30 mins to write a good essay some 2 hrs. Some like and excel in Maths or Arts or Music if you don't take pleasure in your job it's not for you. If u're good for nothing type blame your parents. lol

If you can't find jobs and constantly asked to upgrade your 'skills' instead, your system of education syllabus is not practical.

 

[laksaboy]

i heard they are paid well, about $8000 for a non-senior highest grade for a general education officer.

so why are they complaining about the long hours, CCAs and PTMs?

For some, time is a more valuable commodity than money.

 

[Chase]

For some, time is a more valuable commodity than money.

School holidays is very relaxed now for full time teachers.

These days MOE reduces workload for teacher. They can even be adjunct teachers and get paid $4-6K a month without having to stay back, prepare exam papers, handle CCA, etc.