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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am tired of people dumping on teachers and assuming they only work from 8 until 3. Teachers aren't paid enough! My kids went to DCPS, one is in HS and two have graduated. Sure there were duds along the way, but overall I am so impressed and grateful for the wonderful teachers my kids have had. Just shut up, unless you have actually taught in a classroom.[/quote]

Teacher here and I completely agree with this. People have no idea. But after putting up with crap for years I do the best I can now ro manage my time wisely and only work contract hours. Also don’t spend my own money anymore. There’s a difference between what’s absolutely necessary and what’s nice to have. [b]I wish my fellow teachers would stop being martyrs since it makes the rest of us look like we should be working for free, too. I’m not[/b].[/quote]

This times a million. My school has a bunch of martyrs who then set the precedent and idea that we all should do what they’re doing and if we don’t then we don’t care about the kids enough.

My admin had a new “innovative” idea to have teachers and stsff volunteer their lunch or planning time to cover in school suspension. AKA have others deal with it so they don’t have to. They send out a google form for people to sign up for shifts. I was flabbergasted when the first one filled up almost immediately. So now the precedent has been set and instead of admin dealing with the kids in ISS and the kid sitting in the office (which they said was too much fun for the kid) the kid gets a rotation of different staff sitting with them all day long.

The martyr mentality can be contagious and it’s easy to get caught up in it.  It took me many years to see it and change it. No, I’m not volunteering my lunch or planning time to babysit a kid in ISS. I already work straight through my lunch and the time I am spending babysitting a kid in ISS is time I’m not doing my own work which means I’ll have to do even more at night or on the weekend. Nope. 
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