Teacher strike

kelloggs36

mummyofboys wrote: »

I am a student nurse and whilst on placement, I have witnessed nurses taking work home after work... reading up and refreshing there skills, completing online in house courses and generally keeping there knowledge and skills up to date.

Also since being a nurse, the emotional baggage you bring home from work is astounding I have often found myself worrying about patients at home and thinking about there progress which is mentally draining.

Teachers also think about work whilst at home - it is 24/7 sometimes but we have marking and planning to do aswell - we can't just do that in our heads.

patchwork_cat

kelloggs36 wrote: »

Teachers also think about work whilst at home - it is 24/7 sometimes but we have marking and planning to do aswell - we can't just do that in our heads.

Kelloggs36 - do you really feel that as far as anxiety after work is concerned or working hours being very difficult that teachers have it worse than nurses? Do you regularly have someone you are working with die, or have to leave them fighting for their life? Do you really feel that equates to marking as far as stress is concerned and the ability to switch off on leaving?

This is not about who has it worse, but that public sector employees are undervalued and the public do not realise just how much they rely on the public sector.

Other public sector staff often do take work home with them. My DH knows someone who works in planning who is currently working 7 days a week!

Kaz2904

Just going to jump in here; I'm a nurse and would never for love nor money want to be a teacher. The hours they work are ridiculous and they do do an awful lot of hours. I don't take work home with me. I do do study but still don't put in the same hours as a teacher. I know that sisters are expected to do a lot of extra stuff in their own time hence the fact that I would never even consider applying for a sister's position!

msb5262

Hang on a minute people...I can't believe we're having a debate between nurses and teachers about whose working life is hardest!

Both jobs are physically and mentally draining.

Both jobs can involve exhausting emotional involvement and challenging contact with members of the public.

Both jobs can be very rewarding but both jobs are probably inadequately rewarded in terms of pay, conditions and status.

Do we really need to give some kind of medal to one profession or the other for having the hardest job? I think not!

MsB

lostinrates

patchwork_cat wrote: »

This is not about who has it worse, but that public sector employees are undervalued and the public do not realise just how much they rely on the public sector.

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I think this is fair. What about people in private sector though...for example, an executive whose succes or failure could earn jobs for his/her team or indeed, for a company? A fairly hefty repsonsibilty too?

I think we DO need to appreciate the public sector AND the private sector, and that the sucess of one depends on the other in the way they intertwine to provide for our needs. Its no could one seeing itself as ''superior'' but there are different demands and strains in different JOBs, not just sectors.

mummyofboys

I wasnt arguing the that nurses work harder than teachers.. I was arguing that it was said that teachers are one of the few people who are not over paid and also that teachers have to bring work home when nurses dont. Therefore I was highlighting the fact that nursing isn't a job you can leave behind at the end of every day.

pollypenny

Teachers also have worries about pupils, although not usually life-threatening.

There are neglected kids, ones whose parents' expectations are totally unrealistic - the sort who compete through their kids etc.

And I suspect that I'm not the only English teacher who's had a pupil write about being sexually abused.

I wouldn't be a nurse, though.

Lotus-eater

pollypenny wrote: »

I wouldn't be a nurse, though.

I wouldn't be a teacher or a nurse, both deal with crap, just in different ways.

Mind you, I'm not really the caring sort anyway, the ladies in my OH's family (apart from my OH, but it was a close thing) are all teachers and my DD wants to be one too. I think she will be.

Person_one

pollypenny wrote: »

Teachers also have worries about pupils, although not usually life-threatening.

There are neglected kids, ones whose parents' expectations are totally unrealistic - the sort who compete through their kids etc.

And I suspect that I'm not the only English teacher who's had a pupil write about being sexually abused.

I wouldn't be a nurse, though.

Its often lowly paid pastoral staff such as learning mentors and teaching assistants who deal with the very naughtiest or most troubled children and their personal problems. Let's not forget about them, I think they're shockingly undervalued for what they do.

Rummer

Person_one wrote: »

Its often lowly paid pastoral staff such as learning mentors and teaching assistants who deal with the very naughtiest or most troubled children and their personal problems. Let's not forget about them, I think they're shockingly undervalued for what they do.

Not undervalued, maybe under paid.