Is teaching teenagers a good job?

Question

I'm starting a teacher training course next week and hopefully this time next year, will be a qualified teacher. For those of you who teach the age group 13 - 18, is it a good job? Do the positives outweigh the negatives?

Answer 1

It's a fun job.  I've been teaching for 11 years now.  It does get frustrating at times.  Don't get caught up in the teachers lounge gossip because things said there can stress you out even further.  Many of the students are lazy and don't care.  However, there are even more who do.  The reward is seeing those smart ones succeed and also reaching some of those who are lazy before it's too late.  Dealing with the parents can become a little overwhelming at times.  As long as you find a job with a very supportive adminstrative team...you're good!

Answer 2

take it from me if you teach teens you'll get a lot of c**p. It has a lot of positives though if you can connect with the kids. great usually intelligentt conversations. And much of the kind. It makes it easier if you have fun. with the kids and see things on their level.I'm 14 so yeah.

Answer 3

In the long run its good and you'll be touched. but there will be few students that will be disrespecting you to the bone. There are students like that at my well off school in Princeton. I suggest 5th grade, they are at the threshold of being rude and disrespectful and innocent. I personally enjoyed 5th grade the most and I think you will too.

Answer 4

Bad

* we are rude

* we can give you a hard time

* there is a lot of drama between students

Good

* we aren't at the "we want our mommy age"

* we are somewhat mature

* if your nice and not a grump, most of us won't give you a hard time

Answer 5

My godmother teaches GCSE Bio (14-16year olds) and loves it. She gets the hormonal tantrums, the bitchy comments on her clothes/hair/general appearance, the illegible handwriting, the kids who didn't bother with the homework at all, the complete disregard for her hard work preparing classes and the rap from other teachers when her students complain to THEM that their homework was too long, but says that the elated joy on their faces when she brings out the video player at the start of class is so worth all the other stuff. =P     Oh, and that you can actually hold conversation with them, some of them are intelligent and ask interesting questions, they keep her on her toes and the screams of 'GUESS WHAT, MISS B, I GOT AN A IN MY GCSE BIO!!' on results day make it totally worth it.