Okay it has been almost a year but I am back to blogging. In the past year, another school year went by and a new school year is about to begin. The friends that I have that are teachers all seem to be excited to be going back to school but I am dreading the start of the new school year. It will be another year of BS.

I sometimes have trouble putting a finger on what bothers me but I think the main issue is that, being a teacher, you are expected to please EVERYONE. Of course, this is impossible so, no matter how hard you try, you are going to end up pissing somebody off. Students want good grades and don’t like it when they don’t get the grades they want. Parents whine when you flunk their child and then, when they don’t like what you tell them, they complain about you to the administration. I ABSOLUTELY hate this. Often you get called down there and the parent always makes the situation out to be a bigger event than what it really is. The final group is the administration and even other teachers who always seem to find something to nit-pick about.

The other issue is the nonsense about test scores. You have to have decent test scores or your job is on the line. Trouble is that students come in all types and sometimes you might get more of one kind than another. This can affect scores and no matter what you do as a teacher this will not change. This issue is often not taken into account at the end of the year when the administration looks at test scores.

The final issue with teaching is that I simply don’t like having to deal with people. I am a naturally introverted person so getting up in front of a large group of people is never comfortable for me. Dealing with one person or small groups is okay but getting up in front of 25-30 people is always difficult. At the end of the day, I don’t see myself being a teacher for 30 or 40 years but right now I am trying to figure out what sort of career I would enjoy and be good at. I have been looking at career options but I am finding the whole thing frustrating and difficult. In the mean time the new academic year looms……………..