Teachers in the UK are getting more and more stressed out by their jobs. This because of the rising targets that have to be met to keep education up to its standards. Almost half of teachers that have been interviewed see themselves as being highly stressed. A lot of them only last 5 years and are definitely not able to keep doing this job until their retirement age, which is 68. There are even a few who have attempted suicide because of stress. This stress doesn’t stay within the boundaries of teachers’ jobs, but follows them home. A 50-hour workweek is no exception.
I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that so much pressure is put on teachers. When you have a regular office job from 9 to 5, you get to go home and leave your work behind. Teachers, however, have to check tests, prepare lessons, etcetera. And with targets increasing in amount and level, it certainly will not become less stressful. So next to the fact that these people are working their heads off, it’s also not fair to them that they have to work a lot harder than most people and get paid less. However, I do know that a lot of people just don’t have enough self-esteem to stand in front of a class filled with rowdy teenagers.
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