Teachers

We hate them more than we love them.

We try to ditch school because we think their sole purpose for existence is to ruin our lives and deprive us of any fun.

True, there are good teachers and bad teachers. I have, in various ways, disrespected the teachers I absolutely hated. Then I became a teacher for two weeks.

It is one of the most demanding jobs ever.

I felt down when my students didn’t listen. I felt horrified when giving out low grades on a test. I felt absolutely dumbstruck when I caught a kid trying to throw away his homework. I honestly don’t know if I could’ve kept it up for 180 days when I barely survived two weeks.

We expect so much of our teachers (not saying we shouldn’t), but it is super difficult to become an effective teacher, meeting all your students’ expectations. To this day, I’m not even sure I’ve become such a teacher during those two weeks.

There will always be teachers you like and dislike. Maybe you don’t actually do anything for an entire school day. Maybe your teachers literally teach you nothing.

But all teachers have one similarity: they’re willing to go through 180 days of enduring your immaturity for shitty income just because they care more about your education than do most people in this world.

At least show a little bit of respect.