There’s an americanisation happening with the parents, which forces the schools to americanise as well.
When I was going to school, if a teacher gave some kind of punishment, I’d get a supplementary talking from my parents. As a teacher myself, I’m quite lucky with my students, but with colleagues I hear frequently how parents protect their kids from disciplinary measures. This slows the kids down from becoming well adjusted adults. Many times they think they can get away with everything, as mom and dad will step in.
This causes the job satisfaction to go down of course.
I also feel how the rest of society looks down on teachers as a kind of babysits or “your job is easy because you have so much vacation.”.
It all becomes even more difficult with kids from economically challenged or very different cultures. So I can totally understand how the issues in Brussels are getting worse.
Everyone knows solutions: invest more so you can have smaller classes and more teachers, have more buso schools. Sometimes I have to spend 20% of my lesson on one kid with 5 learning disabilities. What about the other kids?
WTS math / chem / physics tutoring 100€/hr.
I work as a teacher in Brussels. No respect from pupils, colleagues stressed out and usually on the edge of a burn out. You can feel the tension. I don’t socialise with other teachers to keep my positive attitude. Don’t shoot me, but when I worked in a small town, there was a lot of respect. I’m quitting Brussels and going to look for a school in a cute small town with a lot of rich and respectable parents.
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Private lessons, tutors, coaches are rising … That’s the future for Belgium
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There’s an americanisation happening with the parents, which forces the schools to americanise as well.
When I was going to school, if a teacher gave some kind of punishment, I’d get a supplementary talking from my parents. As a teacher myself, I’m quite lucky with my students, but with colleagues I hear frequently how parents protect their kids from disciplinary measures. This slows the kids down from becoming well adjusted adults. Many times they think they can get away with everything, as mom and dad will step in.
This causes the job satisfaction to go down of course.
I also feel how the rest of society looks down on teachers as a kind of babysits or “your job is easy because you have so much vacation.”.
It all becomes even more difficult with kids from economically challenged or very different cultures. So I can totally understand how the issues in Brussels are getting worse.
Everyone knows solutions: invest more so you can have smaller classes and more teachers, have more buso schools. Sometimes I have to spend 20% of my lesson on one kid with 5 learning disabilities. What about the other kids?
WTS math / chem / physics tutoring 100€/hr.
I work as a teacher in Brussels. No respect from pupils, colleagues stressed out and usually on the edge of a burn out. You can feel the tension. I don’t socialise with other teachers to keep my positive attitude. Don’t shoot me, but when I worked in a small town, there was a lot of respect. I’m quitting Brussels and going to look for a school in a cute small town with a lot of rich and respectable parents.
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Private lessons, tutors, coaches are rising … That’s the future for Belgium