A recent research study says that parents, not students, are the real reason for teacher burnout. Teacher burnout is generally characterized by feelings of emotional exhaustion, and the appearance of feeling uncaring or cynical about students’ abilities to reach personal goals. Rowdy students and unrealistic bureaucratic expectations are cited as common causes of teacher burnout, but the German-based study found that parents put the most pressure on teachers “to be perfect.”
The study is particularly relevant to American schools as teacher turnover increases with baby-boomers retiring and new teachers leaving the field. Approximately 8.4 percent of teachers in the nation’s 3.2 million public schools left the field in 2003-2004.
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yes I left after a parent yelled at me for 30 minutes because I wished her student good luck on the high school exit exam. I embarassed her because she was a senior. Did I yell it across the room no I said it very quietly at my desk. Adm felt I was to blame. the eal issue was that I caught the studnet chewing gum. After that I became a nurse come aboard I get paid over time. no more 12 hr days and get paid for 6
gina knight