Reflection Of Becoming A Teacher

Exhaustion Reflection

I became a teacher in 2014 and honestly if I had read this article before then, it might have persuaded me against becoming a teacher. It is clear that John Kuhn is not the only person who believes that the American teacher is exhausted. I strongly agree that “the people doing the actual teaching are down in the dumps” (Kuhn….QERGQ). Before becoming a teacher, I knew it would be a tough occupation but I did not expect it to be this stressful, time consuming, and costly. I have witnesses this unhappiness in my colleagues and classmates as well so I know I am not alone in this. During class, many of our discussions result in several people expressing their frustrations that they have to deal with in the classroom and with

Many shrill voices argue that teachers must change, too, by simply working harder” (KuhnYJDFJD). Teaching has to be one of the few careers where teachers are asked to do so much that they spend most of the their “free time” working unpaid hours to keep up with everything they are expected to do. The blame is also turned towards the teachers for everything from student academic failure to negative student behavior. If teacher are expected to do all this extra work to keep up with the ever changing American student then why is nobody demanding non-teachers to change for the students too? Today’s American student is not the same as the American student ten years ago or even five years ago. When I was in elementary school, no student would dare talk back to a teacher, student would be afraid of having to go to the principal’s office, and students would respect their teachers. Now-a-days students are almost the complete opposite of this, for the most

Their biggest concern is that the American student does not behave the way they once did. These teachers tend to put the blame on the parents stating that teachers now have to take over the role of parenting these children as well as trying to teach them. During one discussion in class, someone had stated that teachers may be expected to teach children what one would think their parents would teach them. The truth of the matter is that many of these students might not have parents at home who can do this, so in return this becomes the job of the teacher. The article stated that “Truth is, the problem with the American student is the American adult” (FDGDGS). Maybe it is not so much the student who has changed but the parents and the adults who have changed for the worst. Not to point any fingers, but the blame needs to be taken off the teachers and especially the students who might not know any better and be placed on the American adults in this world in general. I remember somebody in class discussing how they tried to help one of their students to be successful in class, but when the parents do not cooperate this makes it very