Home financing ever possible? Probably not!

Then the question arises: Why are so many teachers missing? As many as in the corporation without needing to be special - there should be a rush for the jobs. ( The question is not rhetorical, but serious. I imagine I know the answer, but would like to hear other opinions ).

I'll be direct now: Because nowadays no one (anymore) wants to do this thankless crappy job. Just look at our FFF youth and partly also their parents. They think they know everything better, they can do everything better, and teachers are all stupid anyway and should certainly not interfere in the free-spirited upbringing of little Bastian, after all, he is supposed to be able to develop freely. Rules, discipline, and obedience are simply relics of the past. Sorry, but even for 150k annual salary I wouldn't want to put up with that. Furthermore, of course there is no widespread, interdisciplinary teacher shortage, at most in the STEM field. But even here, at least it is clear to me why my professional colleagues do not voluntarily take it on: mental underchallenge. Personally, I certainly prefer to work on projects that involve the procurement of new machines / the setup of new production areas in the million range, rather than explaining the same trivial basics over and over again to vocational school students.

I'll be direct now: Because nobody (anymore) wants to do this thankless crappy job nowadays. Just look at our FFF youth and partly their parents. They think they know everything better, can do everything better, and teachers are all dumb anyway and should certainly not interfere in the free-spirited upbringing of little Bastian, after all, he should be able to develop freely. Rules, discipline, and obedience are simply relics of the past.

Sorry, but even for a 150k annual salary, I wouldn’t want to do this.

Furthermore, there is of course no widespread, cross-disciplinary teacher shortage, at most in the STEM field. But even here it’s clear to me why my colleagues don’t voluntarily take it on: intellectual underchallenge. Personally, I prefer to work on projects involving the procurement of new machines / setting up new production areas in the million-euro range, rather than explaining the same trivial basics to vocational students over and over again.

Oh. But I did ask for answers that might differ from mine, so I can’t complain.

I’ll work through it briefly:

- thankless. Depends on what you want to be thanked for. I switched to the school with a pay cut because it’s by far the more grateful job.

- The FFF youth who think they know everything better. They just recognized a problem they have to deal with without having caused it themselves. At my school, no student goes to something like that or wastes a single thought on it. I would celebrate if that kind of thinking existed at my place.

- Teacher shortage: Of course it’s widespread. There are some subjects without shortage. But it’s most extreme, for example, in primary schools. Exactly where it would be most important.

- Intellectual underchallenge. I have a PhD and worked in industry. With responsibility and all that. I never worked as much as I do now at school (in terms of time). I was never as diversely engaged as I am now. I was rarely bored (actually never) as I am now. I am in one single special field below my abilities, but challenged and partly overwhelmed in many others. Sorry, but now it’s more demanding than before, honestly.

- trivial basics The non-trivial is the teaching, not the basics. Although I find physics in upper secondary school quite nice technically, for that the term “trivial” can no longer be used.

So I disagree with you and still thank you for your contribution ;-)

Oh, for 150,000 EUR I would definitely do that. There are plenty of teachers who just do their thing. Intellectual development then happens in free time or in [AGs] where the students are still intrinsically motivated. But I am writing from the perspective of a layperson. I only know two teachers who sometimes spill the beans.

- The FFF youth, who think they know everything better.
They have recognized a problem that they have to suffer the consequences for, without having caused it themselves. At my school, no student goes to something like that or even wastes a single thought on it.

Because the FFF student clientele comes from well-to-do middle-class families who usually attend grammar schools.
I can hardly imagine that students from secondary modern or comprehensive schools would voluntarily join an FFF demonstration (okay, more likely from comprehensive and secondary modern schools than from secondary modern alone).

If you prefer to work technically or otherwise content-wise instead of with children, no matter how good the teacher's salary is, then it is the wrong profession.

I would also find it fatal for the children if teachers only did the job for the money. Committed teachers are very valuable. This was clearly shown during the [Corona-Kriese].

Is it worth reviewing/catching up on the 53 pages?