A noble profession no more
By solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
Philippines
August 13, 2016 4:41pm CST
At one point in time, I wanted to work as a public school teacher. The pay is high as they say and one is guaranteed of a stable source of income until retirement. You are set for life so to speak. But beyond the salary, I wanted to be of service to my country.
However you can't just work in a public school because you want to. You gotta have someone with a high position to back you up and make sure that your documents don't go to the trash. The story of a licensed teacher with ten years of experience who lost the spot over a fresh graduate who was backed up by a city mayor always makes me cringe.
It's quite disappointing that the government doesn't hire teachers based on performance and credentials but on which public officials you know.
How can a rotten system produce a good harvest?
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27 responses
@cacay1 (83595)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Aug 16
@jaboUK , England is the best.My niece teaches there in UK and during her vacation, she is paid despite not yet regular faculty.By December she will deliver her first baby, and she is given 1 year maternity leave with pay.I am so overwhelmed with how UK government supports the people there.My niece is a teacher there and obtained a spousal visa.her husband is a nurse in a government hospital.How nice to reach UK.
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@Genipher (5405)
• United States
13 Aug 16
@sol_cee
He teaches higher education now, so he doesn't have to deal with a lot of that crap. But when he taught at a private High School, he said it was just horrible. Parents blaming the teachers for their teenage children's failures...when it was the "kids" that were refusing to do their work or even plagiarizing!
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@snowy22315 (182478)
• United States
13 Aug 16
Being a public school teacher is a hard, hard job, and getting harder all the time.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
13 Aug 16
I guess it depends on where you live. Here in the U.S, I live in California, I have had many teachers in my life and they don't get booted like that. What you are talking about does sound like a nightmare.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
14 Aug 16
makes no sense outside'f the fact that those new grads don't cost's much :(
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@cacay1 (83595)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx, agree 100%.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
14 Aug 16
You're right, but I think some are being hired based on their good credentials because our country is in need for many teachers for the K-12 program.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
14 Aug 16
How sad that palakasan system is being employed instead of merit system. I heard from Duterte that one of his agenda is to raise teacher's salary to PHP50K a month, and I hope it will not be for public school teachers only. I hope Duterte would also do something to change the rotten system.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Aug 16
That's the world we live in! Thankfully there are still some good and decent people. Matthew 7:17 
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(Genesis to Revelation) 
@toniganzon (72553)
• Philippines
14 Aug 16
And that's why students in some public schools don't get quality education at all. I'm very saddened by that.
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@toniganzon (72553)
• Philippines
14 Aug 16
@sol_cee with that I salute the teachers. But for those who got in because of ninongs and ninangs , well they're just not that good at teaching at all. And the students suffer.
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@cacay1 (83595)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Aug 16
Even here in Philippines,it was whom you know they preferred with, so shameful for those hired do not have qualifications.What a big slap on the eyes of the qualified candidates. I once worked in a private college, and never had they hired a teacher from whom you know, the recruitment was based on qualification.Now, I am teaching in a public university, that is what I noticed they hired junk brains. I wonder last sem two new applicants already have items, what a s*t then.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 Aug 16
That is really bad, corruption spoils the whole system whether education or any other department.
Why do buildings collapse? Poor quality material by poor quality builders who are all out to make a quick buck.
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@excellent10 (360)
• Israel
14 Aug 16
In the eyes of every country in this system is damaged.
In my country, notable flaw is the salary of teachers just a joke.
I think every state the problem in the education system..
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
14 Aug 16
@excellent10 that's ridiculous. What will happen to the students if nobody wants to teach them?
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@excellent10 (360)
• Israel
14 Aug 16
@sol_cee Because the salary is very low compared to the cost of living in my country.
Not worth to be a teacher in our schools.
Only a university lecturer..
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Aug 16
I am sorry to hear about that teacher applying for that spot . 
Luckily , my sister and her son got a teaching job in a public school without any backer . The son at first worked at a private school then when he heard that there is a vacancy in an island , he applied for it . He taught there for maybe 3 years then this year he was lucky to be finally transferred to the school near our hometown and where her mother teaches also.
Luckily , my sister and her son got a teaching job in a public school without any backer . The son at first worked at a private school then when he heard that there is a vacancy in an island , he applied for it . He taught there for maybe 3 years then this year he was lucky to be finally transferred to the school near our hometown and where her mother teaches also. 
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
14 Aug 16
That's the corrupt system working for so long in our homeland .. hopefully, it will change slowly but surely ..
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
16 Aug 16
It exists in more then just the teaching world-and I think society is reflective of these problems...and you are correct, a rotten system can't produce a good harvest...and right now, it is begetting more and more.
@lovebeingmummy2 (806)
• Aberdeen, Scotland
13 Aug 16
My boys have good teachers. That's a pity the government is like that. Teachers do a wonderful job.
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