Radical Career change!

[Castiel]

Teaching isn't poorly paid however, it isn't necessarily any more difficult than any other comparable job either...it certainly comes with a few perks...13 weeks paid holiday anyone?

As for the OP, get a pilots licence and operate a charter.

 

[Puzzled]

Teaching isn't poorly paid however, it isn't necessarily any more difficult than any other comparable job either...it certainly comes with a few perks...13 weeks paid holiday anyone?

I used to think they had it easy but after seeing the amount of work my friend has to do as primary teacher I quickly changed my view on the matter.

He even had a kid throw a chair at him as a thank you for all his hard work.

 

[Castiel]

I used to think they had it easy but after seeing the amount of work my friend has to do as primary teacher I quickly changed my view on the matter.

He even had a kid throw a chair at him as a thank you for all his hard work.

It's no different from a whole range of other comparable occupations with comparable salary expectations, in fact, when you factor in the holidays and actual teaching time v paid time, they are nowhere near as poorly off as some would have you believe. Teaching isn't easy money or a doss, but it isn't underpaid or exceptionally difficult either.

 

[Hyburnate]

Truck driver! Then go work for a Motorsport team and drive their cars all round Europe!

I was thinking this at the start, you'll have a load of driving experience under your belt, you're good with vehicles, if you've got 2k to spare, get your licence and get yourself a job (it may be slightly easier said than done dependant on the area) however if you love manual work and want to keep yourself doing something. Then go for it. Honestly, at that age you'll struggle to get a new trade and companies would normally rather employ, how do I say 'younger blood'...

 

[Skeeter]

Dyslexia lures KO!

Why do people with labels always think it gives them a pedestal to preach from?

 

[Diagro]

Teaching isn't poorly paid however, it isn't necessarily any more difficult than any other comparable job either...it certainly comes with a few perks...13 weeks paid holiday anyone?

As for the OP, get a pilots licence and operate a charter.

Here is another one of the public who hasn't a clue.

There is no 13 week paid holiday. Half terms are used for training and catching up on paperwork and prepareing for following weeks ahead. Summer holidays is much of the same. 4 out of the 6 weeks they may get to wind down but thats the same as everyone else with their 28 days holiday entitlement.

People such as yourself haven't a clue.

If teaching was so easy and not poorly paid why dont the people who belittled the career join in? After all its easy work for easy pay and all that free easy holiday.

Seriously. ..

 

[Castiel]

Here is another one of the public who hasn't a clue.

There is no 13 week paid holiday. Half terms are used for training and catching up on paperwork and prepareing for following weeks ahead. Summer holidays is much of the same. 4 out of the 6 weeks they may get to wind down but thats the same as everyone else with their 28 days holiday entitlement.

People such as yourself haven't a clue.

If teaching was so easy and not poorly paid why dont the people who belittled the career join in? After all its easy work for easy pay and all that free easy holiday.

Seriously. ..

Seriously,...and there is a 13 week paid holiday period...on top of this they get specified teacher training periods, set time for lesson planning and marking, teachers are contracted for 195 working days a year, with 5 inset days for training included in this...the teaching portion of each average 35-39 hour week (depending on key stage) is split between 20-22 hours actual teaching time and the rest set aside for lesson planning and marking (PPA and NCT). I suspect that some teachers use some of that 13 weeks to prepare and plan for the term, and some may work more hours than others. But it is not a specific requirement and those with either better time management skills or a more laissez faire attitude to their job are not required to work during these periods. In fact Head Teachers cannot make a teacher work more than 1265 hours in a year, which is around 32.5 hours a week inclusive of teaching time, PPA, NCT, Parents Evenings and so on, whatever else a teacher works is entirely their choice and dependent upon how a teacher manages their time.

I also did not say it was easy, I said it is no more difficult than comparable occupations on balance and isn't particularly poorly paid. Like many professional occupations, it depends on the individual and how they manage both their time and their responsibilities to how difficult or easy a job is....

I have a clue Diagro, I question whether you can really say the same!

 

[pitchfork]

Your mate is a moron then. Only a teacher who just does enough to get by would say that.

Primary is the hardest especially when its 4 to 6 year olds.

How is it the hardest? It's the simplest skills you are teaching to a bunch of kids who will respond to firm discipline because they haven't hit the angsty teen stage.

Secondary, alright, you need to know a bit and you're dealing with spoilt little *****.
FE, you need to know what you're talking about.
HE, you need to be extremely intelligent and mindful because of the complexity of what you're teaching, especially postgrad programmes, but your job is made easier by the fact you're teaching adults.