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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have just described my life to a T.  20+ year veteran here.  I could do more for my students if 80% of my prep time and after school time wasn't taken up by meetings that have nothing to do with instruction.  I would like to leave the profession because of it, but I can't because there is nothing else I can do that will pay me this much, with so much vacation time and a pension.  8 more years and I'm out.  I'll do something else when I retire, but education is a train wreck.[/quote]

So it’s not just my school? Ha, of course it’s not. I’ve heard it’s not as bad in some schools but I am concerned that I’ll make the move and it will be just as bad. It doesn’t help matters that my principal literally threw a temper tantrum this week when she felt like people weren’t responding to her quickly enough. Does she really think that we’re sitting in front of our computers all day waiting to respond to ridiculous requests in lieu of actually teaching? It’s a Catch 22 because if she walked in to our rooms and we were returning an email with students in the room she’d write us up. 
-OP[/quote]

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