| Teaching is considered as a noble vocation by many. | | | | abuse is one of the major constraints in today's |
| Those who enroll in this profession are considered as | | | | schools. Bullying by students on teachers is often |
| having a love of teaching and love for children. | | | | unrecorded. Few teachers are ready to admit that |
| Although, many teachers have the required aptitude | | | | they are facing bullying by their students and admit that |
| and motivation, they soon find themselves failing in this | | | | they have failed in their profession. |
| profession. The truth is that teaching is one of the | | | | Teachers have to view their role beyond teaching and |
| most stressful jobs. Thus many opt out of this job | | | | passing on knowledge to their students. A lot of the |
| after a few years of teaching. | | | | disruptive behaviour in our schools has to be due to |
| Teachers' constraints in today's world are many. One | | | | parental responsibility - or lack thereof. Students are |
| of the biggest constraints remains the curriculum and | | | | coming from dysfunctional families, where most often |
| the syllabus where they are expected to pass on a | | | | one parent or both are missing. When the parents are |
| box of knowledge to their students. They are | | | | present, students often lack the adequate care. |
| expected to deliver and the exams are a benchmark | | | | Parents have to cope with their stressful working life |
| if the teacher has managed to do his or her job | | | | and neglect the basic emotional needs of their children. |
| correctly. | | | | The teacher has to replace parents in some cases to |
| "Youngsters have no respect for their elders | | | | give care and attention. Most disruptive students are |
| anymore". This saying is often repeated by teachers | | | | yelling to be given individual attention and seek to |
| who have to face verbal abuse on a daily bases from | | | | obtain it in a wrong way. |
| their students. Violence, verbal and sometimes physical | | | | |