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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a former teacher. My perspective is [b]1) teachers underestimate how overworked everyone else is. They think they’re uniquely working unpaid overtime when just about anyone in a salaried role is feeling the same pressure, especially if they want to be regarded as good as their job. Same as teachers. [/b]2) A ton of this, teachers bring on themselves. Take decorating rooms. No one is making them do that. You choose to go blow $200 at Michaels and then spend a weekend taping kitschy crap to the walls. [/quote]

Thank you for this. I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone in this forum recognize this reality for other salaried workers, especially non-federal government employees. We earn low wages compared to the private sector and routinely work hours for which we are not compensated. [/quote]

Right. Teachers, in my experience, tend to compare themselves to more cushy public sector jobs instead of the private sector with a similar education level. There is no pot of gold for someone with a BA (or easy masters plus BA). That said, I think the non teaching public can’t understand how exhausting instruction can be. I find the public speaking aspect so draining that in many ways my next career in biglaw was less exhausting despite being many more hours. [/quote]

That's a fair point, as it the issue of not being able to go to the bathroom.

As to "cushy public sector jobs" I'm not sure there are any anymore. Outside of the federal government, employees in state and local employment routinely work more than 50-60 hours per week for low pay doing important work. Ask anyone working in public health these last three years about being overworked and underpaid. Teachers seem to not understand that. [/quote]

Could be. The teachers I personally have known with this complaint tend to have some cousin or sister in law with some cushy government job where they do nothing and get paid the same as a classroom teacher. [/quote]

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