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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes I think, boy it would be nice to have a job where I don't actually have a lot of real responsibilities, I can do the same thing every year and it's fine and the people I work with are so dumb and immature they would admire me.

And then I'm like, good god that sounds like a nightmare. I'll keep the job I've got, thanks![/quote]

If you really think teachers have no responsibilities, you are pretty daft. Teachers not only have to be able to teach their subject and deal with parents, rhey have to administer Narcan, watch out for school shooters, break up fights, watch for signs of abuse and suicide ideation in their students..the list is long. You clearly don't have what it takes.[/quote]

I mean, I believe that some teachers have to do that, but my kids teachers never did that. They were all pretty cool with bullying, disruptive behavior and mainly just called security when they got tired of it. As far as dealing with parents, yeah, they were PRETTY adept at avoiding that. It was damn near impossible to get parent teacher conferences, and despite a plethora of platforms and apps to allegedly improve communication, they were remarkable in their ability to avoid it. They also graded pretty arbitrarily.

I'm not saying they didn't care or try hard, but they seemed to be pretty light on taking any direct responsibility and definitely cleared the decks once a semester was over. [/quote]

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