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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well it IS kind of normal (and teachers do tend to complain to each other when they are outside of school). And also, they DO get paid ridiculously low salaries for the amount of stress they are under.
Yes, your job is super-stressful too, but you likely get compensated for it in a way that teachers do not. AND, the thing you (and even many teachers before they are IN the job) may not realize is that [b]it is literally one of the only jobs that you simply can NEVER leave "at the office[/b]" for the next day. There is always planning to do...and grading...and more planning...and more grading. There is no "down time" to do this at work because they are always ON when they have a class of students. There is no hiding in your office or sitting quietly in a meeting pretending to be paying attention. (I know you don't always do this, OP, but you *could* do it. It's an option. And that's sort of the point.) With teaching, the work is constant and ongoing from the minute you step into the school to the minute you leave. And then you take it with you.

Oops. I accidentally sound just like your friends. LOL

But that is probably why I left the profession after 8 years. And lemme tell ya...I have worked 3 different "office jobs" since--one was a law firm, one was a publishing house, and now I'm at a marketing firm (I have a Masters in English) and I haven't found an environment yet that is as stressful as teaching.[/quote]

I completely disagree.  I’m a nurse and I feel like I’m so lucky because I have one of the only jobs that I completely leave at the office.  A lot of my friends with various other jobs were unable to go part time beside you can’t just turn it off after 5 or certain days of the week.  There’s always more work to be done, emails to respond to if you’re out of the office in meetings during the day...  I’m not saying teaching is a breeze, but it’s far from the only job that you clocknoit and forget about it until the next day

I hear you. But, I also don’t get whole summers off?[/quote][/quote]

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