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[quote=Anonymous]I've been teaching about 15 years.  For a few years I was unhappy.  Very unhappy.  Here's what I did to change that:
a) I no longer bring work home.  Student hours are 8-3, my hours are 7-3:30.  I no longer work through lunch, I don't bring any papers home to grade, I do all my lesson plans at work.  I don't do any special projects or anything that takes too much time.  
b) I use meeting time wisely.  I used to sit and fume through meetings, 99% of which were a waste of time.  Now, I will answer emails, write to-do lists, do lesson plans or anything else I can do without being noticed.  Sitting in the back of the room helps so much.
c) I don't do any extra clubs or programs.  I do attend the one required evening event per year.
d) While worksheets have gotten a bad rap, I am not given time to plan really cool lessons.....so I give worksheets.  It is fine.
e) I stay out of the teacher's lunchroom.  I don't spend time talking to colleagues much. 
f) I don't try and solve kids' problems that are either unsolvable or outside the purview of academics.  I'm their teacher, not their social worker or nurse.

I've gotten my life back, I don't try and fix my district anymore.  I just nod my head, close my door, do my job and then go home.  [/quote]

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