Could the profession of a teacher be more stressful than we think? The increasing level of stress drives big number of teacher to want to leave their job, or even leave their life. This stress is due to the high demands of the government targets. Sue McMahon, a delegate from Calderdale, West Yorkshire, has had to help out a lot of teachers already to reduce their stress. She used the term “target tsunami” to describe the sky high demands that the governments puts on the teachers with its targets. Another reason for this stress is due to the longer hours they have to make, this is because they have to do all kinds of tasks little to do with teaching. If the burden of planning and assessment on teachers was lowered, would be a big step into reducing the stress.
While reading this article I was immediately wondering about the level of stress among teachers here in Holland. Would it be the same or has it been better taken care of. It is absurd to think that a so needed profession like being a teacher would be in danger due to government targets. I have the feeling that not a lot of people want to become a teacher anymore because it does not bring the same level of respect as it once did. But if we bully away the teacher we already have and scare of the new teachers. Who will teach?
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