Teachers in Singapore more respected than in Finland, UK, US

[dimsum]

:? I am surprised by the survey results.

[tutor_ng]

I am surprised too!


Especially this part: \"However, while Singaporeans thought highly of teachers in most regards, respondents believed that the fair wage for a teacher should be 14 per cent less than the average actual wage of US$37,144 (S$46,400), which was the highest among the nations in the study. In contrast, 95 per cent of the countries believed teachers’ pay should be more than the actual wage received.\"

Who did they survey actually? :roll:

[kevkevkaf]

i am extremely surprised by the results. doesn’t look this way anywhere i look

[h3ngh3ngl4h]

I think there are portions of both side around. Its just that the bad experiences get amplified often.

[Dreamaurora]

Hmm, according to the article:


Parents want their kids to become teachers.
Parents think teachers are overpaid.

Hmm, does not compute. Who the heck they surveyed anyway?

[limlim]

Dreamaurora:

Hmm, according to the article:


Parents want their kids to become teachers.
Parents think teachers are overpaid.

Hmm, does not compute. Who the heck they surveyed anyway?

Why not? who doesn't want an overpaid job?

:evil:

[tutor_ng]

limlim:

Dreamaurora:

Hmm, according to the article:


Parents want their kids to become teachers.
Parents think teachers are overpaid.

Hmm, does not compute. Who the heck they surveyed anyway?

Why not? who doesn't want an overpaid job?

:evil:

I still fail to see why people believe that teaching is an overpaid job.

It is a job that does not end at 1pm or at 5pm, as most people think. When you come back from school, you continue to work till late at night, sometimes midnight or past that. When else do you think teachers find the time to mark your child's worksheets? When else do you think teachers find the time to plan the lessons for the next day? And this is after a long and tiring day at school where you face energetic and boisterous children both during lessons and CCAs, who no longer have as much respect towards the teachers as in the past. You barely have 5 - 6 hours of sleep before waking up at 6am to leave for school. This is a routine that is repeated almost every weekday. The only time you can have more than 6 hours of sleep is during weekend (which teachers with children might not even have the luxury of as they have to spend time with their own kids).

Some people think oh, but teachers have long long holidays! They fail to consider that teachers do not have annual leave and they are not allowed to just go on holidays anytime they want. The only time they can go for vacation is during June and December, which is the peak period and coincides with the highest price for plane tickets, hotel stay or tour price. Even if you stay at home, there are still work that you have to do during the holiday - preparation for the following year, remedial and supplementary classes (during June holidays), preparing worksheets, meetings during the first and last week, etc.

Let's not forget that teachers are given the responsibility of teaching your children. Teachers are the main driving force of the education system and teaching is the profession that creates all the other professions. Without our teachers, we wouldn't be where we are today, would we?

[limlim]

tutor_ng:

limlim:

[quote=\"Dreamaurora\"]Hmm, according to the article:


Parents want their kids to become teachers.
Parents think teachers are overpaid.

Hmm, does not compute. Who the heck they surveyed anyway?

Why not? who doesn't want an overpaid job?

:evil:

I still fail to see why people believe that teaching is an overpaid job.[/quote]My comment nvr talked about teachers are overpaid worr..

I'm just replying to DA's comment on it doesn't compute..

A job is overpaid -> They want their kids to be overpaid employee..

Makes sense mah..

[dimsum]

tutor_ng:

.......
It is a job that does not end at 1pm or at 5pm, as most people think. When you come back from school, you continue to work till late at night, sometimes midnight or past that. When else do you think teachers find the time to mark your child's worksheets? When else do you think teachers find the time to plan the lessons for the next day? And this is after a long and tiring day at school where you face energetic and boisterous children both during lessons and CCAs, who no longer have as much respect towards the teachers as in the past. You barely have 5 - 6 hours of sleep before waking up at 6am to leave for school. This is a routine that is repeated almost every weekday. The only time you can have more than 6 hours of sleep is during weekend (which teachers with children might not even have the luxury of as they have to spend time with their own kids).

Some people think oh, but teachers have long long holidays! They fail to consider that teachers do not have annual leave and they are not allowed to just go on holidays anytime they want. The only time they can go for vacation is during June and December, which is the peak period and coincides with the highest price for plane tickets, hotel stay or tour price. Even if you stay at home, there are still work that you have to do during the holiday - preparation for the following year, remedial and supplementary classes (during June holidays), preparing worksheets, meetings during the first and last week, etc.

Let's not forget that teachers are given the responsibility of teaching your children. Teachers are the main driving force of the education system and teaching is the profession that creates all the other professions. Without our teachers, we wouldn't be where we are today, would we?

I am just puzzled. How come my teacher friend didn't complain to me before that she has to mark papers past mid-night. She even has time to take up some tuition assignments. And her performance appraisal was pretty good (promoted to HOD after a few years and also posted to MOE for few years).