is being a hichschool teacher hard on the back?
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Teachers tend to spend a lot of time standing at the front of the classroom. Standing for long periods on hard floors can cause back pain.  It's mostly due to lack of exercise to keep the back and abdominal muscles toned. These muscles help support the upper body while standing. \n\nA few hours a week in the gym, working on back and abs can really help.
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It really depends where you re and where ou want to go.  Many many students do it so it cant be too difficult...;
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Many and yes.  \n\nI love teaching and the children are a challenge.  I know many who enter the profession end up hating it.  They believe teaching is like a movie where the right teacher (like Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society) comes into a classroom and inspires the students to do great things.  While this can happen, it usually takes a lot of work behind the scenes that nobody ever sees.  In reality, teaching is about manipulating (in a good way) and motivating students to maintain a controlled environment where students can take the time to see the magic of what you are trying to teach them.\n\nFor most it takes time to develop these skills.  So you have to enter the field of teaching with the correct mindset knowing that until you develop the skills necessary to balance classroom discipline with fun, teaching can be quite frustrating.  With time and understanding, however, teaching to give you lots of excitement and good times.
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It really does depend on your cooperating teacher for student teaching. If you have a good one, the experience is both much more difficult than classes, and highly rewarding. If you have a bad one, you either end up thinking things are much easier and end up in a total panic your first year with your own classroom; or, you are so overwhelmed it's nearly impossible.
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I am a straight-A-student and for me it's great! If I forget about something, don't know how to do homework or so, teachers always try to help me and there are nearly no consequences of it. They just know I work hard and it's not because of laziness.\nThere are also some cons, though. Sometimes I've got enough of being the first one, HAVING to be the first one. When I say I haven't prepared something just because I don't care, my classmates can't believe in it. It's so strange for them... And, among all, I'm treated like an encyclopaedia. Most of people can't see that I'm a living person, not a machine.
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Where I work, we call a moving class a "looping team".  I work in a 7-8 building and we keep kids from one year to the next.  This is a great thing to do, as it builds relationships, and saves a great deal of time in the fall of the second year.  There are issues that can arise, especially if teachers and/or parents and/or students have personality conflicts, but on the whole, I've liked doing it.  I feel I know my students and their families better and as they grow and I learn more about their learning styles and needs, I can cater to that and be a better teacher for them.  Worst case scenario: You get a rough bunch of kids and know you're stuck for the next two years :)
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its a tough job emotionally. the course is easy and so is the testing, but the concern is can you handle loosing people who you take care of every day? i couldnt
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NEWS FLASH: Not every teacher is going to smother you with sweetness. During my long stay overseas, I had more than my share of meanness from teachers who resented having "this American" come up in their class and be all "foreign". My daring to even ask or ,God  forbid, answer questions was enough to provoke accusations of "being a showoff" and all sorts of petty meannesses. I survived, but with a lifelong contempt for the kind of folks who wallow in pettiness and envy. You'd think an adult would have the sense to treat a child better,but that's life. \n\nIn fairness to the teacher,it was not "harsh" of her to want to be able to place your abilities by expecting you to write a placement test. Instructing you to return to your seat is not an insult by any means - how about being the only pupil  in a class of 25 who was made to stand on a desk if you happened to get an answer wrong? how about having someone mimic your accent every time you spoke up in class,even when they were the one who called upon you to speak in the first instance?\n\nSome people have "issues". You might want to have the calmer one (!) of your parents speak with the Principal of the school about having you change Math instructors since the present one apparently is triggered by something about you. And whether or not you do succeed in changing instructors, by all means be scrupulously polite and respectful to this woman.  She may not deserve it in your opinion, but you will simply have to deal with this with some maturity. Her actions can only be highlighted by anyone with a speck of powers of observation when they contrast your ladylike behavior with her surliness.\n\nYou are supposed to ask questions,because that is what you do in a school. If "she doesn't have time" for your questions,the Principal should be - very politely - appraised of this  unacceptable situation.\n\nAbove all,don't be a wimp! Fainting because someone spoke to you in a tone you didn't like? Then I've got to say , it's great job you weren't in my shoes, you'd have ended up in a blooming coma. You can stand up for yourself politely. But if you worry that openly complaining will only provoke worse you may simply revel in the fact that you are superior to this sort of behavior, as long as you maintain a calm demeanor. She may be a rude jerk,but don't let her provoke you into copying her example.\n\nOne powerful tool at your disposal in such a tense environment is to be the most angelic person in town with all your other instructors.When she comes up with any negative tales in the teacher's lounge about you(and this person will have some very lively opinions to air about you there, trust me),it may very well be the only saving grace for you if other teachers simply don't have any reason to take her word for it in your case. And one other helpful thing that did the trick for me in junior high was to seek the counsel and arbitration of another teacher who was well disposed towards me. It gave me the responsibility of making sure that that I didn't let the intervening staff member down by letting the antagonist under my skin and finally lashing back at her, and it made the antagoniser aware that her peers were alert to her treatment of me. So getting an ally on staff may be just the thing for you.\n\nIn parting ,keep to the high road at all times and be the best at what you do. Always make sure that no one has cause to put you down.\nKEEP IT REAL, AND DON'T BE A SOFTIE :-) .\nTOUGHEN UP AND WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!
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Stay in school until you have the highest degree that you're capable of.  Those who work with their backs get very little more than back aches. Those who work with their heads don't do much sweating, and don't have back aches, but they do make a pile of money.\n       You can be a boss or you can be a flunkie. The choice is yours.
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Not all teachers are cruel to students. The ones who are, probably don't know any other way to control their class. It's not a very good excuse, but being the only adult in a room full of kids is an intimidating experience. Especially if the kids aren't paying attention. Usually, the 'cruel' teachers have good sides too. You just have to follow the rules to get on, and stay on, that good side.
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I am 36 and this is my eighth year teaching.  The first 1-3 years are tricky because you have to figure out how to NOT spend 2-3 hours after the fact grading papers.  It took me about 2 years to figure out what works for me and what doesn't.  I spend a lot of time around positive people who love their jobs and who are willing to share and receive new ideas.  I keep a binder of ideas, good and terrible, to help me keep from making mistakes over and over.  As far as the pay goes...yeah, I'm underpaid.  But you know what?  I work 180 days a year from 7:30-3:30.  I am out of school when my child is out of school.  I do something everyone of those 180 days a year that really matters.  Talk to people who love their jobs and see if they say things that sound appealing to you.  Truth is...nobody ever decided to be a teacher because the pay is awesome or because it is easy as pie.  Folks who love teaching either feel called to do it, love kids, enjoy the opportunity to do something different in the summer (I got my real estate license and sell at my will), etc.  If you have a deep feeling that it isn't the right thing for you, move on.  There are children who deserve a teacher who wants to be there and who feel good about their work.
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Being a teacher is just hard. Some days you feel like a 3rd grader knows more than you do. Sorry for the bad days but don't let it get you down. What you are doing is a worthwhile thing. Love your students and forget about the others.
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It's hard at first, I'm in it, but you'll get the hang of it. But do your homwwork, the gifted teachers hate it we don't do it.
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From my own experience online is more difficult for many students because it comes right down to commitment. Are you really committed to the work which is necessary? One role of the teacher, in the classroom, is to motivate students to complete and achieve. If you cannot motivate yourself, then online will be much more difficult to complete. Personally, I prefer the classroom technique to online instruction because I like the interactions which take place in that setting.
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Teachers are not hard to get along with if you follow their rules. Treat them with respect, and complete your assignments on time. They are there to help you. In college I found that when I got to know my professors and asked for help when I needed it that I usally had a pleasant experience. When I didnt do so I tended to struggle more then normal. Teachers jobs are about building strong moral character, and providing a stepping stone for the student to be successful in the world. They are not there to destroy your future or make you suffer. Most of the time when you are having problems with a teacher its because you are not getting the lessons that they feel you need to learn, talk to them and they will address the issues that they feel you need to improve on. The more you listen the better off you are, that shows a willingness to learn, the more you ask questions the better off you are, that shows the desire to increase your knowledge.
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i learned that the really strict catholic school i went to up till 8th grade taught me a lot more than some of the other schools around were teaching. in 9th grade i took all the honors or college-prep classes, and a lot of it was stuff i had already done in 6th grade. but, that kinda hurt me too, because i had already done that stuff, i got used to not having to really work at it. by 11th grade things caught up with me, but i was so used to not trying that i didnt care to open a book at all unless i was going to fail.
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I think I can answer this. We never used desks, but I definitely had a very rigorous curriculum, lots of homework, and I practically killed both my son and I with worksheets and homework our first year of homeschooling. He was busy doing lots of work, and I was spending hours planning and grading work as well. \n\nWhy? Because I felt so much pressure the first year of homeschooling to be the perfect teacher and to teach him everything, and not to miss teaching anything. And the truth is you can't teach everything, and you especially can't teach a child everything in one year, and especially I just kind of figured out at some point that I was just trying to do way too much. Plus I had scheduled my ds for half a dozen social activities, lessons, and sports because I wanted to make sure that he was getting plenty of socialization. I was just feeling so much pressure that I had put on myself not to screw this up! I wanted to make sure my ds was getting 100% of his socialization and academic requirements. But in trying to be the perfect homeschool mom, I was actually really messing up. So towards the end of my first year, I started loosening up. \n\nThank goodness, and homeschooling became so much easier for my son and I, pretty much all the rocky patches were gone. I worked on making homeschooling more fun and enjoyable and pleasant, and started tailoring our hs curriculum to my children's interests. The children have more free time now to just goof around, and we're not just rushing around to homeschool activities all the time. We just choose a few of their favorite activities; instead of half a dozen.