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FFFC(for the teachers)NBR

honeybee111honeybee111 member
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We were at a party and I was talking to the wife of one of DH's coworkers.  We're not friends, but we do talk at work functions.  She got her teaching credential in college, but never got a job.  She now has 3 kids and she is a SAHM.  What really bugged me is that she kept telling other people while making small talk(what do you do, etc) that she's a teacher.  Now, I'm a teacher and I was kind of offended that she was calling herself a teacher.  She's not a teacher, she's a SAHM!  Nothing against SAHMs, but it just pissed me off when she is basically taking credit for all the work teachers do without actually doing any of it.

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  • susanlovestexassusanlovestexas member
    Dumb.  I'd guess she has some insecurity about being a SAHM, which is lame. 
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  • 12bailey1812bailey18 member
    Yeah, that would irritate me. I'm a certified teacher but I'm a SAHM. I would  never have the audacity to call myself a teacher. I tell people I'm certified. HUGE difference...LOL.

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  • Baby428Baby428 member

    I chose to stay at home and quit teaching while DD is little.  That being said...when someone asks what I do for a profession I will tell them I am a teacher.  I worked my a$$ off to become one and just because I am choosing to stay home for a year or two doesn't mean I am all of the sudden not a teacher. 

    It is like my friend who got laid off.  He is a lawyer.  When someone asks what he does - he doesn't say nothing he says he is a lawyer. 

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  • luckylauren14luckylauren14 member

    I get why she would do it if she actually taught before... but you said she never got a job - so that would bug me too.

    I have a degree in marketing but I've never worked in marketing and would never say I work in marketing, even though that is what is written on my diploma.

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  • BakerMommyBakerMommy member
    Drives me crazy too!  And when people who work at the infant room at KinderCare call themselves teachers... um, no.  (Hopefully that can stay flame-free.)
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    We were at a party and I was talking to the wife of one of DH's coworkers.  We're not friends, but we do talk at work functions.  She got her teaching credential in college, but never got a job.  She now has 3 kids and she is a SAHM.  What really bugged me is that she kept telling other people while making small talk(what do you do, etc) that she's a teacher.  Now, I'm a teacher and I was kind of offended that she was calling herself a teacher.  She's not a teacher, she's a SAHM!  Nothing against SAHMs, but it just pissed me off when she is basically taking credit for all the work teachers do without actually doing any of it.

    Whoops!  Now that DD is finally asleep - I was able to reread this without a baby crawling all over me!  You are right, that would kind of rub me the wrong way.  Still tho - she did graduate and she is certified.  I guess I can see both sides now that I reread the post. 

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    imageBakerMommy:
    Drives me crazy too!  And when people who work at the infant room at KinderCare call themselves teachers... um, no.  (Hopefully that can stay flame-free.)

    You have got to be kidding me!  People really refer to themselves as "teachers" that work in a daycare?  Indifferent

    I know they have lead teacher positions at daycares, but outside of daycare he/she should not be allowed to refer to themseleves as a teacher! 

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  • honeybee111honeybee111 member
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    We were at a party and I was talking to the wife of one of DH's coworkers.  We're not friends, but we do talk at work functions.  She got her teaching credential in college, but never got a job.  She now has 3 kids and she is a SAHM.  What really bugged me is that she kept telling other people while making small talk(what do you do, etc) that she's a teacher.  Now, I'm a teacher and I was kind of offended that she was calling herself a teacher.  She's not a teacher, she's a SAHM!  Nothing against SAHMs, but it just pissed me off when she is basically taking credit for all the work teachers do without actually doing any of it.

    Whoops!  Now that DD is finally asleep - I was able to reread this without a baby crawling all over me!  You are right, that would kind of rub me the wrong way.  Still tho - she did graduate and she is certified.  I guess I can see both sides now that I reread the post. 

    Yeah, if she were like you(quit teaching to SAH), I would totally understand why she would tell people she's a teacher.  But if you've never had your own classroom, never been responsible for 20-30 kids, never dealt with grades, testing, parents, etc.............sorry, I don't think you can call yourself a teacher.  You are certified, I agree with that, but I think that's misleading to go around telling people you're a teacher.

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  • goldenleavesgoldenleaves member

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    Dumb.  I'd guess she has some insecurity about being a SAHM, which is lame. 

    I agree, if you SAHM, own it! It's a tough job that's not for everybody, it's something to be proud of!

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  • only1erinonly1erin
    i actually have the same pet peeve. unless you actually teach day-in and day-out and deal w/every single thing that a teacher does you don't get to say you're a teacher. if i passed the BAR but never got a job as a lawyer i wouldn't walk around saying i'm a lawyer.......think about if someone asked you follow-up questions like: where do you work? how long have you been at that place? etc. you don't really have answers b/c you don't have that job.
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  • zeptattoozeptattoo member

    imagesusanlovestexas:
    Dumb.  I'd guess she has some insecurity about being a SAHM, which is lame. 

    Agreed. 

    If it were a more private setting, I would have called her out, like saying "Oh that's great, what school are you at?" 

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    imageBakerMommy:
    Drives me crazy too!  And when people who work at the infant room at KinderCare call themselves teachers... um, no.  (Hopefully that can stay flame-free.)

    You have got to be kidding me!  People really refer to themselves as "teachers" that work in a daycare?  Indifferent

    I know they have lead teacher positions at daycares, but outside of daycare he/she should not be allowed to refer to themseleves as a teacher! 

    The ladies at DS daycare work their arses off and they could call themselves gods and I wouldn't care. 

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