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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29 responses
@cacay1 (83320)
• 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 (177149)
• 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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@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 (83320)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx, agree 100%.
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@MALUSE (69378)
• Germany
13 Aug 16
Can you please make clear what a public school is for you? Have you got the English or the American system? Strangely, the term 'public' school is used for 'private' schools in England. Eton, Harrow, Rugby, etc.
In Germany, a public school is a state school. I was a teacher at public secondary grammar schools for 40 years and have never experienced anything like what you've decribed here. No teacher in Germany needs someone to back them. I was a civil servant until my retirement.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
13 Aug 16
'Public school' in my country is where parents send their children to if they can't afford the high tuition in private schools. The govertment funds public schools hence the facilities are mostly outdated, the buildings in far flung areas dilapidated, the students hungry for quality education. Don't get me wrong. I am in fact a product of a public school and I love my alma mater despite.
@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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@toniganzon (72277)
• 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 (72277)
• 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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@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• 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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@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
13 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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@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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@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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@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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@sabtraversa (13893)
• Italy
13 Aug 16
Corrupted systems are everywhere, but when it comes to Education, which builds the future of a country, it's so sad to see. Here teachers are usually hired based on their scores (experience, university scores, high school scores, if they attended a lyceum or a technical high school), and our country is pretty corrupted overall. (The situation may vary when it comes to private schools).
Recently teachers have been given exams to do in order to rate their efficency, and some complained because "I gave my exams when I was at school/university and now have I not been done with them yet?" 
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@cacay1 (83320)
• 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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@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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